[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 174 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62098-62099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21653]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-872]


Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Effective September 8, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Maloof at (202) 482-5649, or 
Davina Friedmann at (202) 482-0698, 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 July 20, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated a countervailing duty investigation on finished carbon steel 
flanges from India.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is due 
no later than September 23, 2016.
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    \1\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India: Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 81 FR 49625 (July 28, 2016).
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Postponement of the Preliminary Determinations

    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 
petitioner makes a timely request for an extension in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.205(e), section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to postpone the preliminary determination until no later 
than 130 days after the date on which the Department initiated the 
investigation.
    On August 24, 2016, Petitioners \2\ submitted a timely request 
pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e) to 
postpone the preliminary determination.\3\ In its request, Petitioners 
state: ``As the Department has not yet made a selection of mandatory 
respondents, Petitioners seek postponement of the preliminary 
determination to permit the Department sufficient time to receive, 
analyze, and comment on the questionnaire responses prior to the 
preliminary determination.'' \4\
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    \2\ Weldbend Corporation (Weldbend) and Boltex Manufacturing 
Co., L.P. (Boltex) (collectively, Petitioners).
    \3\ See Letter from Petitioners, ``Re: Finished Carbon Steel 
Flanges from India: Request for the Postponement of the Preliminary 
Determination,'' dated August 24, 2016.
    \4\ Id., at 1-2.
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    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, the Department, in accordance with section 
703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary 
determination to no later than 124 days after the day on which the 
investigation was initiated. As a result, the Department will issue its 
preliminary determination no later than November 21, 2016. In 
accordance with

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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 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: August 31, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-21653 Filed 9-7-16; 8:45 am]
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