[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31677-31678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10579]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-148]


Gas Powered Pressure Washers From the People's Republic of China: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigation

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

DATES: Applicable May 18, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla, AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-3477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated the less-than-fair-value investigation (LTFV) of gas powered 
pressure washers from the People's Republic of China.\1\ Currently, the 
preliminary determination is due no later than June 8, 2023.
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    \1\ See Gas Powered Pressure Washers from the People's Republic 
of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 88 FR 4807 (January 25, 2023).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act) requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in an 
LTFV investigation within 140 days of 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

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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 April 24, 2023, FNA Group, Inc. (the petitioner) submitted a 
timely request that Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in 
this LTFV investigation.\2\ The petitioner stated that it requests 
postponement due to concerns that Commerce will need more time to issue 
supplemental questionnaires to address deficiencies in the respondents' 
initial questionnaire responses. Under the current timeline, the 
petitioner believes that Commerce will not have complete responses and 
sufficient information to prepare and issue the preliminary 
determination.\3\
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    \2\ See Petitioner' Letter, ``Gas Powered Pressure Washers from 
the People's Republic of China: Request for Postponement of the 
Preliminary Determination,'' dated April 24, 2023.
    \3\ Id.
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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)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e), is postponing the 
deadline for this preliminary determination by 50 days (i.e., 190 days 
after the date on which these investigations were initiated). As a 
result, Commerce will issue its preliminary determination no later than 
July 28, 2023. In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final determination in this 
investigation will continue to be 75 days after the date of the 
preliminary determination, unless postponed at a later date.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: May 11, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-10579 Filed 5-17-23; 8:45 am]
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