[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 160 (Monday, August 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39564-39565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17620]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-836, A-580-891, A-412-826, A-469-816, A-791-823, A-489-831, A-
823-816]


Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy, the Republic of 
Korea, the Republic of South Africa, Spain, the Republic of Turkey, 
Ukraine and the United Kingdom: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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

DATES: Applicable August 21, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Cho at (202) 482-5075 
(Italy); Lingjun Wang at (202) 482-2316 (the Republic of Korea 
(Korea)); Alice Maldonado at (202) 482-4682 (the United Kindgom (UK)); 
Davina Friedmann at (202) 482-0698 (Spain); Moses Song at (202) 482-
5041 (the Republic of South Africa (South Africa)); Ryan Mullen at 
(202) 482-5260 (the Republic of Turkey (Turkey)); and Julia Hancock at 
(202) 482-1394 (Ukraine), 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 April 17, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
carbon and alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Italy, Korea, South 
Africa, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, and the UK.\1\ Currently, the 
preliminary determinations are due no later than September 5, 2017.\2\
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    \1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Belarus, Italy, the 
Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, the 
Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and United 
Kingdom: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 82 
FR19207 (April 20, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ The statutory deadline is actually September 4, 2017, which 
is a federal holiday. It is the Department's practice that where a 
deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate 
deadline is the next business day. See Notice of Clarification: 
Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative 
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As 
Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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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 Department will grant 
the request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny the request.
    On August 11, 2017, the petitioners \3\ submitted a timely request 
that the Department postpone the preliminary determinations in these 
LTFV investigations.\4\ The petitioners stated that they request 
postponement because the Department is still gathering data and 
questionnaire responses from the foreign producers in these 
investigations, and that additional time is necessary for the 
Department and interested parties to fully and properly analyze all 
questionnaire responses, and

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to facilitate analysis of and the submission of comments and new 
factual information.\5\
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    \3\ The petitioners are Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., Keystone 
Consolidated Industries Inc., Charter Steel, and Nucor Corporation.
    \4\ See Kelley, Drye, and Warren, LLP's August 11, 2017, 
submission; see also Wiley Rein, LLP's August 11, 2017, submissions.
    \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 24, 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 
continue to 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: August 15, 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. 2017-17620 Filed 8-18-17; 8:45 am]
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