[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62023-62024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26274]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-825]


Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
the Republic of Turkey: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in 
the Countervailing Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Effective Date: October 15, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reza Karamloo at (202) 482-4470 or 
Rebecca Trainor at (202) 482-4007, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 
14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 10, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of heavy walled 
rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from the Republic of 
Turkey.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later 
than October 14, 2015.
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    \1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from the Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigation, 80 FR 49207 (August 17, 2015).
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Postponement of 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 CVD 
investigation within 65 days after the date on which the Department 
initiated the investigation. However, if the Department concludes that 
the parties concerned are cooperating, and that the case is 
extraordinarily complicated such that additional time is necessary to 
make the preliminary determination, 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. We have concluded that the 
parties concerned are cooperating and that the case is extraordinarily 
complicated, such that we need more time to make the preliminary 
determination. Specifically, the analysis will involve not only the 
usual consideration of financial contribution and specificity for 
numerous programs,

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but will also involve the more complex consideration of the provision 
for less than adequate remuneration for several inputs. The deadline 
for completion of the preliminary determination is now December 18, 
2015.
    We also note that, on September 30, 2015, the petitioners \2\ in 
this investigation, requested that the deadline for the preliminary 
determination be postponed to 130 days from the date of initiation in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2).
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    \2\ The petitioners are Atlas Tube, a division of JMC Steel 
Group, Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, Hannibal Industries, Inc., 
Independence Tube Corporation, Maruichi American Corporation, 
Searing Industries, Southland Tube, and Vest, Inc.
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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)(l).\3\
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    \3\ We acknowledge that the Department inadvertently did not 
notify the parties to this investigation of this postponement within 
the timeframe provided in section 703(c)(2) of the Act.

    Dated: October 7, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-26274 Filed 10-14-15; 8:45 am]
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