[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39916-39917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17023]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-904


Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 13, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Palmer or Kathleen Marksberry, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9068 or (202) 
482-7906, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 29, 2009, Department of Commerce (``Department'') published 
the notice of the initiation of the antidumping duty administrative 
review on certain activated carbon from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''), covering the period April 1, 2008, through March 31, 2009. 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 25711 (May 29, 2009) 
(``Initiation Notice'').
    On November 24, 2009, the Department published a notice extending 
the time period for issuing the preliminary results by 120 days to 
April 30, 2010. See Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic 
of China: Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 61330 (November 24, 
2009). Additionally, the Department exercised its discretion to toll 
deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal Government 
from February 5, through February 12, 2010. See Memorandum to the 
Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import Administration, regarding 
``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government 
Closure During the Recent Snowstorm,'' dated February 12, 2010. On May 
13, 2010, the Department published the preliminary results of this 
review. See Certain Activated Carbon from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Preliminary Results of the Second Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, and Preliminary Rescission in Part, 75 FR 26927 
(May 13, 2010) (``Preliminary Results''). The final results are 
currently due on September 10, 2010.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), requires the Department to issue the final results in an 
administrative review of an antidumping duty order 120 days after the 
date on which the preliminary results are published. The Department 
may, however, extend the deadline for completion of the final results 
of an administrative review to 180 days if it determines it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the foregoing time period. 
See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
    The Department requires additional time to complete this review 
because the Department must fully analyze and consider significant 
issues related to surrogate values raised in the parties'

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case and rebuttal briefs and post-preliminary surrogate value 
submissions. Thus, it is not practicable to complete this review within 
the time specified under the Act. Therefore, we are extending the time 
for the completion of the final results of this review by 45 days to 
October 25, 2010.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 7, 2010.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-17023 Filed 7-12-10; 8:45 am]
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