[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 42896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17537]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-113]
Certain Collated Steel Staples From the People's Republic of
China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing
Duty Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable August 19, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Palmer or Joshua Simonidis, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9068 or (202)
482-0608, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 26, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a
countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of certain collated
steel staples (collated staples) from China.\1\ Currently, the
preliminary determination is due no later than August 30, 2019.
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\1\ See Certain Collated Steel Staples from the People's
Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation,
84 FR 31840 (July 3, 2019).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD
investigation within 65 days after the date on which Commerce initiated
the investigation. However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act permits
Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no later than
130 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation
if: (A) The petitioner \2\ 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.
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\2\ The petitioner is Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc.
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On August 5, 2019, the petitioner submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary CVD determination.\3\ The petitioner
stated that it requests postponement ``{d{time} ue to the number and
nature of subsidy programs under investigation and the fact that the
full initial questionnaire responses are not due until September 4,
five days after the current preliminary determination deadline.'' \4\
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\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Request to Postpone
the Deadline for the Preliminary Determination,'' dated August 5,
2019.
\4\ Id.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner has stated the
reasons for requesting a postponement of the preliminary determination,
and Commerce finds no compelling reason to deny the request. Therefore,
in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, Commerce is
postponing the deadline for the preliminary determination to no later
than 130 days after the date on which this investigation was initiated,
i.e., November 4, 2019.\5\
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\5\ Postponing the preliminary determination to 130 days after
initiation would place the deadline on Sunday, November 3, 2019.
Commerce's practice dictates 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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Pursuant to section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1),
the deadline for the final determination of this investigation will
continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determination.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: August 9, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-17537 Filed 8-16-19; 8:45 am]
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