[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 3178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00947]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-999]


1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane from the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the 
Countervailing Duty Investigation

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: January 17, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Marksberry or Josh Startup, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: 202-482-7906 and 202-482-5260, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 2, 2013, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated the countervailing duty investigation of 1,1,1,2-
Tetrafluoroethane from the People's Republic of China.\1\ Currently, 
the preliminary determination is due no later than February 5, 2014.
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    \1\ See 1,1,1,2- Tetrafluoroethane from the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 78 FR 73839 
(December 9, 2013).
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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, 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 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 made a timely request on January 
7, 2014, requesting a postponement of the preliminary determination 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2).\2\ Therefore, pursuant to the 
discretion afforded the Department under section 703(c)(1)(A) of the 
Act and because the Department does not find any compelling reason to 
deny the request, we are fully postponing the due date until 130 days 
after the Department's initiation for the preliminary determination. 
Therefore, the deadline for the completion of the preliminary 
determination is now April 11, 2014.
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    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.205(e) and the petitioner's January 7, 2014 
letter requesting postponement of the preliminary determination.
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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: January 13, 2014.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2014-00947 Filed 1-16-14; 8:45 am]
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