[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65583-65584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17857]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-166, A-533-926, A-580-919, A-583-876, A-549-850]


Certain Epoxy Resins From the People's Republic of China, India, 
the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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


DATES: Applicable August 12, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner (the People's Republic 
of China (China)) at (202) 482-6312; Sean Grossnickle (India) at (202) 
482-3818; Laura Delgado (the Republic of Korea (Korea)) at (202) 482-
1468; Benito Ballesteros (Taiwan) at (202) 482-7425; and Rachel 
Jennings (Thailand) at (202) 482-1110, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement 
and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
certain epoxy resins (epoxy resins) from China, India, Korea, Taiwan, 
and Thailand.\1\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 
these administrative proceedings by seven days.\2\ The deadline for the 
preliminary determinations is now September 17, 2024, which is the 
original September 10, 2024, deadline tolled by seven days.
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    \1\ See Certain Epoxy Resins from the People's Republic of 
China, India, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand: 
Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 89 FR 33324 
(April 29, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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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 an 
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 July 29, 2024, the petitioner \3\ submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in the LTFV 
investigations of imports of epoxy resins from China, India, Korea, 
Taiwan, and Thailand. The petitioner stated that ``{p{time} ostponement 
is warranted so that Commerce can evaluate fully the initial 
questionnaire responses submitted by the mandatory respondents and 
solicit supplemental information as necessary,'' and that the 
petitioner ``seeks postponement of all the antidumping investigations 
in order to keep them on the same schedule and avoid the need to split 
the cases at the International Trade Commission.'' \4\
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    \3\ The petitioner is the U.S. Epoxy Resin Producers Ad Hoc 
Coalition, comprising Olin Corporation and Westlake Corporation.
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Request for 
Postponement of the Preliminary Determinations,'' dated July 29, 
2024.
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    For the reasons stated above, and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e), Commerce is postponing the deadline for 
the preliminary determinations by 50 days. As a result, Commerce will 
issue its preliminary determinations in the above-referenced 
investigations no later than November 6, 2024. 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 the preliminary determinations, 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: August 6, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-17857 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
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