[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42682-42683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18210]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-978]


High Pressure Steel Cylinders From the People's Republic of 
China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing 
Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Effective Date: July 19, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Holland and Yasmin Nair, AD/CVD 
Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1279 and (202) 482-3813, 
respectively.

Background

    On May 31, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated an investigation of high pressure steel

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cylinders from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See High 
Pressure Steel Cylinders From the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 76 FR 33239 (June 8, 
2011). Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than 
August 4, 2011.

Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determination

    Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the preliminary determination 
in a countervailing duty investigation within 65 days after the date on 
which the Department initiated the investigation, However, if the 
Department concludes that the parties concerned in the investigation 
are cooperating in the investigation and determines that the 
investigation is extraordinarily complicated, section 703(c)(1)(B) of 
the Act allows the Department to postpone making the preliminary 
determination until no later than 130 days after the date on which the 
administering authority initiated the investigation.
    The Department has determined that the parties involved in the 
proceeding are cooperating and that the investigation is 
extraordinarily complicated. See section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Act. 
Specifically, the Department is currently investigating alleged subsidy 
programs involving loans, grants, income tax incentives, and the 
provision of goods or services for less than adequate remuneration. Due 
to the number and complexity of the alleged countervailable subsidy 
practices being investigated, it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary determination of this investigation within the original 
time limit (i.e., August 4, 2011).
    Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we 
are fully extending the due date for the preliminary determination to 
no later than 130 days after the day on which the investigation was 
initiated. However, as that date falls on a Saturday (i.e., October 8, 
2011), and October 10, 2011, is a Federal Holiday, the deadline for 
completion of the preliminary determination is now Tuesday, October 11, 
2011, the next business day.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f).

     Dated: July 13, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-18210 Filed 7-18-11; 8:45 am]
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