[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 36092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15449]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-929]


Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the First 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: June 21, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Veith or Lindsey Novom, AD/CVD 
Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-4295 or (202) 482-5256, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On March 30, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
small diameter graphite electrodes from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC'') for the period August 21, 2008, through January 31, 2010. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 75 FR 15679 (March 30, 
2010). The preliminary results of this review were published on March 
7, 2011. See Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the First Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order; Partial Rescission of 
Administrative Review; and Intent To Rescind Administrative Review, in 
Part, 76 FR 12325 (March 7, 2011). The final results of this review are 
currently due by July 5, 2011.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to make a final determination in an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. However, if it is not practicable to 
complete the review within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act allows the Department to extend the 120-day period to 180 days 
for the final results.

Extension of Time Limit of Final Results

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit because the 
Department requires additional time to analyze issues raised in post-
preliminary factual submissions concerning respondents' U.S. sales 
databases, case briefs, and rebuttal briefs. Therefore, the Department 
is extending the time limit for completion of the final results by 60 
days. An extension of 60 days from the current deadline of July 5, 
2011, would result in a new deadline of September 3, 2011. However, 
since September 3, 2011, falls on a Saturday, a non-business day, the 
final results will now be due no later than September 6, 2011, the next 
business day. See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next 
Business Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant 
to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: June 14, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-15449 Filed 6-20-11; 8:45 am]
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