[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 17166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8499]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(C-580-851)


Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors from the Republic of 
Korea: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 14, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler at (202) 482-0189 or 
David Neubacher at (202) 482-5823; AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 30, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of administrative review 
of the countervailing duty order on dynamic random access memory 
semiconductors from the Republic of Korea, covering the period January 
1, 2007 through December 31, 2007. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 73 FR 56795 (September 30, 2008). On February 17, 2009, the 
petitioner, Micron Technology, Inc., alleged that the respondent, Hynix 
Semiconductor, Inc., received new subsidies.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and the 
final results of review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. If it is not practicable to complete 
the review within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 
days and 180 days, respectively.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    This administrative review is extraordinarily complicated due to 
the complexity of the countervailable subsidy practices found in the 
investigation and the new subsidy allegations. Because the Department 
requires additional time to review, analyze, and possibly verify the 
information, and to issue additional supplemental questionnaires, if 
necessary, it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
original time limit (i.e., by May 3, 2009). Therefore, the Department 
is extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results 
by 90 days to not later than August 1, 2009, in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. August 1, 2009, however, falls on a Saturday. 
The Department's long-standing practice is to issue a determination on 
the next business day when the statutory deadline falls on a weekend, 
federal holiday, or any other day when the Department is closed. 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). Accordingly, the deadline 
for completion of the preliminary results is now no later than Monday, 
August 3, 2009.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 8, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-8499 Filed 4-13-09; 8:45 am]
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