[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61697-61698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25231]
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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 Limits for Preliminary Results of the Third
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: October 6, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Palmer or Katie Marksberry, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
9068 or (202) 482-7905, respectively.
Background
On May 28, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'')
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain
activated carbon from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering
the period April 1, 2009, through March 31, 2010. See Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 75 FR 29976
(May 28, 2010); see also Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 75 FR
37759 (June 30, 2010).
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On July 21, 2010, the Department selected one mandatory respondent
in the above-referenced administrative review pursuant to section
777A(c)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). See
Memorandum to James Doyle, Director, Office 9, from Jamie Blair-Walker,
Case Analyst, and Kabir Archuletta, Case Analyst, RE: Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Certain Activated Carbon from the People's
Republic of China: Selection of Respondent for Individual Review, dated
July 21, 2010. On September 29, 2010, the Department selected Calgon
Carbon (Tianjin) (``CCT'') as the second mandatory respondent in the
above-referenced administrative review pursuant to section
777A(c)(2)(B) the Act. See Memorandum to James Doyle, Director, Office
9, through Catherine Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9, from Katie
Marksberry, International Trade Specialist, RE: Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Certain Activated Carbon from the People's
Republic of China: Selection of Additional Mandatory Respondent, dated
September 29, 2010. The preliminary results of this administrative
review are currently due on December 31, 2010.
Statutory Time Limits
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of 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. Consistent with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act,
the Department may extend the 245-day period to 365 days if it is not
practicable to complete the review within a 245-day period.
Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results
The preliminary results are currently due on December 31, 2010.
This administrative review covers two mandatory respondents, both of
whom have numerous suppliers which will require the Department to
gather and analyze a significant amount of information pertaining to
each supplier's manufacturing methods. Moreover, because several rounds
of comments and extensive analysis had delayed the Department's
selection of CCT as the second mandatory respondent, the Department
will need additional time to fully analyze CCT's initial questionnaire
responses prior to the preliminary results. This extension is also
necessary to give all parties to the proceeding adequate time to supply
the Department with information related to CCT's factors of production.
The current date of the preliminary results does not afford the
Department adequate time to gather, analyze, request supplementary
information, and allow parties to fully participate in the proceeding.
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the
Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary
results within the original time period and thus the Department is
extending the time limit for issuing the preliminary results by 120
days until April 30, 2011. The final results continue to be due 120
days after the publication of the preliminary results.
This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(3)(A) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
Dated: September 30, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-25231 Filed 10-5-10; 8:45 am]
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