Federal Register, Volume 76 Issue 121 (Thursday, June 23, 2011)

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 121 (Thursday, June 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 36901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15724]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-602]


Brass Sheet and Strip From Germany: Extension of Time Limits for 
Preliminary and Final Results of Full Third Five-Year (``Sunset'') 
Antidumping Duty Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: June 23, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mahnaz Khan or Yasmin Nair, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
0914 and (202) 482-3813, respectively.

Background

    On March 1, 2011, the Department initiated the third five-year 
(``sunset'') antidumping duty review of this order, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). See 
Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 76 FR 11202 (March 1, 
2011). The Department received a notice of intent to participate from 
domestic interested parties, GBC Metals, LLC of Global Brass and 
Copper, Inc., doing business as Olin Brass; Heyco Metals, Inc.; Luvata 
North America, Inc. (previously Outokumpu American Brass); PMX 
Industries, Inc.; Revere Copper Products, Inc.; International 
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; United Auto Workers 
(Local 2367 and Local 1024); and United Steelworkers AFL-CIO CLC 
(collectively, ``Petitioners''), within the deadline specified in 19 
CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). Petitioners claimed interested party status under 
sections 771(9)(C) as a manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler in the 
United States of a domestic like product, or under 771(9)(D) of the Act 
as a certified union or recognized union or group of workers 
representative of an industry engaged in the manufacture, production, 
or wholesale in the United States of a domestic like product.
    The Department received timely substantive responses from 
Petitioners and the following respondent interested parties: Wieland-
Werke AG, Schwermetall Halbzeugwerk GmbH & Co., KG, and Messingwerk 
Plettenberg Herfeld & Co., KG (collectively, ``Respondents''). 
Petitioners and Respondents also submitted to the Department timely 
rebuttal comments. On June 7, 2011, the Department determined to 
conduct a full sunset review of the antidumping duty order on brass 
sheet and strip from Germany. See Memorandum to Edward C. Yang, Acting 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, from Susan Kuhbach, Director, Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, Office 1, regarding ``Adequacy 
Determination: Third Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Brass Sheet and Strip from Germany'' (June 7, 2011).

Extension of Time Limits

    In accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the Department 
may extend the period of time for making its determination by not more 
than 90 days, if it determines that the review is extraordinarily 
complicated. Petitioners and Respondents have argued that the 
Department should consider recalculating the ``Margins Likely to 
Prevail,'' and these arguments present complex issues for which the 
Department needs additional time, pursuant to section 751(c)(5)(C) of 
the Act.
    The deadline for the preliminary results of the full sunset review 
of the antidumping dumping duty order on brass sheet and strip from 
Germany is June 19, 2011, and the deadline for the final results of 
this review is October 27, 2011. The Department is hereby extending the 
deadlines for both the preliminary and final results of the full sunset 
review. As a result, the Department intends to issue the preliminary 
results of the full sunset review of the antidumping duty order on 
brass sheet and strip from Germany on September 17, 2011,\1\ and the 
final results of the review on January 25, 2012. These dates are 90 
days from the original scheduled dates of the preliminary and final 
results of these full sunset reviews.
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    \1\ September 17, 2011 falls on a Saturday, and it is the 
Department's practice to issue a determination 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 September 19, 
2011.
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    This notice is issued in accordance with sections 751(c)(5)(B) and 
(C)(ii) of the Act.

    Dated: June 16, 2011.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-15724 Filed 6-22-11; 8:45 am]
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