[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 61185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21331]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-045]


1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid From People's Republic 
of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation

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

DATES: Effective September 6, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Omar Qureshi or Kenneth Hawkins, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5307, or (202) 482-6491, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On April 20, 2016, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated an antidumping duty investigation of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 
1-diphosphonic acid from the People's Republic of China.\1\ Section 
733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 
19 CFR 351.205(b)(1) state that the Department will make a preliminary 
determination no later than 140 days after the date of the initiation 
(i.e., April 20, 2016). Accordingly, the preliminary determination of 
this antidumping duty investigation is currently due no later than 
September 7, 2016.
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    \1\ See 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid from the 
People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigation, 81 FR 25377 (April 28, 2016).
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    Sections 733(c)(1)(B)(i) and (ii) of the Act permit the Department 
to postpone the time limit for the preliminary determination if it 
concludes that the parties concerned are cooperating and determines 
that the case is extraordinarily complicated by reason of the number 
and complexity of the transactions to be investigated or adjustments to 
be considered, the novelty of the issues presented, or the number of 
firms whose activities must be investigated, and additional time is 
necessary to make the preliminary determination. Under this section of 
the Act, the Department may postpone the preliminary determination 
until no later than 190 days after the date on which the Department 
initiated the investigation.
    The Department determines that the parties concerned are 
cooperating and that the case is extraordinarily complicated. 
Additional time is necessary to issue and analyze supplemental 
questionnaires and to make a preliminary determination in this 
investigation.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the 
Department is postponing the deadline for the preliminary determination 
by 50 days, to October 27, 2016. In accordance with section 735(a)(1) 
of the Act, the deadline for the final determination of this 
investigation will continue to be 75 days after the date of the 
preliminary determination, unless postponed at a later date.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).\2\
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    \2\ We acknowledge that the Department inadvertently did not 
notify the parties to this investigation of this postponement within 
the time frame provided in section 733(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: August 30, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-21331 Filed 9-2-16; 8:45 am]
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