[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35753-35754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16161]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-602-810, A-351-850, A-403-805]


Silicon Metal From Australia, Brazil, and Norway: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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


DATES: Applicable: August 1, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith at (202) 482-1766 
(Australia); Robert James at (202) 482-0649 (Brazil); or Brittany Bauer 
at (202) 482-3860 (Norway), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On March 28, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
silicon metal from Australia, Brazil, and Norway.\1\ Currently, the 
preliminary determinations are due no later than August 15, 2017.
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    \1\ See Silicon Metal From Australia, Brazil and Norway: 
Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 82 FR 16352 
(April 4, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to issue the preliminary determination in 
a LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which the 
Department initiated the investigation. However, section 
733(c)(1)(A)(b)(1) of the Act permits the Department to postpone the 
preliminary determination until no later than 190 days after the date 
on which the Department initiated the investigation if: (A) The 
petitioner makes a timely request for a postponement; or (B) the 
Department concludes that the parties concerned are cooperating, that 
the investigation is extraordinarily complicated, and that additional 
time is necessary to make a preliminary determination. Under 19 CFR 
351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a request for postponement 25 
days or more before the scheduled date of the preliminary determination 
and must state the reasons for the request. The

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Department will grant the request unless it finds compelling reasons to 
deny it.
    On July 10, 2017, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request 
that the Department postpone the preliminary determinations in these 
LTFV investigations.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requests 
postponement to provide adequate time for the Department to issue 
supplemental questionnaires and receive responses.\4\ The petitioner 
further stated that these investigations involve complex issues, 
including further manufacturing, purchases of major inputs from 
affiliated parties, and the application of the ``special rule'' under 
section 772(e) of the Act.\5\
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    \2\ The petitioner in these investigations is Globe Specialty 
Metals, Inc.
    \3\ See Letter from the petitioner, ``Request for Postponement 
of Preliminary Determinations,'' dated July 10, 2017.
    \4\ Id.
    \5\ Id.
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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 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary 
determinations by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date on which these 
investigations were initiated). As a result, the Department will issue 
its preliminary determinations no later than October 4, 2017. In 
accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), 
the deadline for the final determinations of these investigations will 
be 75 days after the date of publication of the preliminary 
determinations, 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).

    Dated: July 26, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-16161 Filed 7-31-17; 8:45 am]
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