[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 47 (Monday, March 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 8669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04280]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-433-813, A-427-830]
Strontium Chromate From Austria and France: Postponement of
Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable March 11, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith at (202) 482-1766 or Jaron
Moore at (202) 482-3640 (Austria); and Dennis McClure at (202) 482-5973
or Josh Simonidis at (202) 482-0608 (France), 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 September 25, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of
strontium chromate from Austria and France.\1\ The original deadline
for these preliminary determinations was February 12, 2019. However,
Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the
partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018, through the
resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\2\ If the new deadline
falls on a non-business day, in accordance with Commerce's practice,
the deadline will become the next business day. Accordingly, the
revised deadline for these preliminary determinations is now March 25,
2019.\3\
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\1\ See Strontium Chromate from Austria and France: Initiation
of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83 FR 49543 (October 2,
2018) (Initiation Notice).
\2\ See Memorandum to the Record from 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, ``Deadlines
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding
have been extended by 40 days.
\3\ This is the next business day after March 24, 2019, the 40-
day tolled preliminary determination deadline which falls on a
Sunday.
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a
LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which Commerce
initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1) of the Act
permits Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no
later than 190 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the
investigation if: (A) The petitioner makes a timely request for a
postponement; or (B) Commerce 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.
Commerce will grant the request unless it finds compelling reasons to
deny the request.
On February 11, 2019, the petitioner \4\ submitted a timely request
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV
investigations.\5\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement
to provide adequate time for it to review the respondents'
questionnaire responses and for Commerce to issue supplemental
questionnaires and receive responses to those supplemental
questionnaires prior to the preliminary determinations.
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\4\ The petitioner is Lumimove, Inc., d.b.a. WPC Technologies.
\5\ See Letters from the petitioner, ``Strontium Chromate from
Austria: Request to Extend Preliminary Determination,'' dated
February 11, 2019; and ``Strontium Chromate from France: Request to
Extend Preliminary Determination,'' dated February 11, 2019.
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For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling
reasons to deny the request, Commerce, in accordance with section
733(c)(1) 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 plus 40 days for tolling). As a result,
Commerce will issue its preliminary determinations no later than May
13, 2019. 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: March 4, 2019.
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. 2019-04280 Filed 3-8-19; 8:45 am]
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