[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 9391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4284]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-601]
Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished or
Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time
Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 2008-2009 Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Quinn or Demitrios
Kalogeropoulos, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
5848 or (202) 482-2623, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 29, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'')
initiated the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished or unfinished, from
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for the period June 1, 2008,
through May 31, 2009. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Administrative Reviews and Deferral of Administrative Review, 74
FR 37690 (July 29, 2009). Due to the closure of the Government
resulting from recent snowstorms, as of February 12, 2010, all Import
Administration deadlines have been uniformly tolled for one calendar
week. As a result, the current March 2, 2010, deadline for the
publication of the preliminary results has been tolled to March 9,
2010. Thus, the preliminary results are currently due no later than
March 9, 2010.
Statutory Time Limits
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the
Act''), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination in
an administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and a
final determination within 120 days after the date on which the
preliminary results are published. However, if it is not practicable to
complete the review within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit for the
preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days after the last day
of the anniversary month.
Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results
The Department finds it is not practicable to complete the
preliminary results of this review within the original time limit
because we require additional time to analyze various complicated
issues involving, for example, ownership of a certain respondent, and
to obtain additional information from the respondents. Accordingly, the
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the
preliminary results of this administrative review by the full 120 days
allowed under section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. As explained in the
memorandum from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, the Department has exercised its discretion to toll
deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal Government
from February 5, through February 12, 2010. Thus, all deadlines in this
segment of the proceeding have been extended by seven days. The revised
deadline for the preliminary results of this administrative review is
now March 9, 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. An extension of 120 days from
this revised deadline would result in a new deadline of July 7, 2010,
for the publication of the preliminary results. The final results
continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary
results.
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: February 23, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-4284 Filed 3-1-10; 8:45 am]
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