[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13559-13560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5567]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-869]


Large Residential Washers From the Republic of Korea: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty 
Investigation

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Neuman, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0486.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On January 19, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the countervailing duty investigation of large residential 
washers from the Republic of Korea. See Large Residential Washers From 
the Republic of Korea: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 
77 FR 4279 (January 27, 2012). The current deadline for the completion 
of the preliminary determination is March 26, 2012.\1\
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    \1\ The statutory deadline for the preliminary determination is 
March 24, 2012, which is a Saturday. When the statutory deadline 
falls on a weekend, it is the Department's practice to issue the 
determination on the next business day, which in this case would be 
March 26, 2012. 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) (Next Business Day Rule).
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Postponement of Due Date for the 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, the 
Department may postpone making the preliminary determination until no 
later than 130 days after the date on which the administering authority 
initiated the investigation if, among other reasons, the petitioner 
makes a timely request for an extension pursuant to section 
703(c)(1)(A) of the Act. In the instant investigation, the petitioner, 
Whirlpool Corporation, made a timely request on February 28, 2012, 
requesting a postponement of the preliminary countervailing duty 
determination to 130 days from the initiation date. See 19 CFR 
351.205(e) and the petitioner's February 28, 2012, letter requesting 
postponement of the preliminary determination.
    Therefore, pursuant to 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act and because the 
Department does not find any compelling reason to deny the request, we 
are extending the due date for the preliminary determination to no 
later than 130 days after the date on which this investigation was 
initiated, or May 28, 2012. Because May 28, 2012, falls on a federal 
holiday, the deadline for the completion of the preliminary 
determination is now May 29, 2012, the first business day after the 
130th day from initiation. See Next Business Day Rule.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(l).


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    Dated: March 1, 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-5567 Filed 3-6-12; 8:45 am]
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