[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73838-73839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29336]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-819]


Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Turkey: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: December 9, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room C-
100, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 
telephone: 202-482-2209.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 24, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated a countervailing duty investigation on steel concrete 
reinforcing bar from Turkey.\1\ The original signature date for the 
preliminary determination was November 29, 2013. Subsequently, as 
explained in a memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 
and Compliance, the Department exercised its discretion to toll 
deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal Government 
from October 1, through October 16, 2013.\2\ Accordingly, all deadlines 
in this investigation were extended by 16 days, and the signature date 
for the preliminary determination was revised to December 16, 2013.\3\
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    \1\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Turkey: Initiation 
of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 78 FR 60831 (October 2, 2013) 
(Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Memorandum for the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by 
the Shutdown of the Federal Government'' (October 18, 2013).
    \3\ See Memorandum to the File titled ``Revised Signature Date 
for Preliminary Determination,'' dated October 24, 2013.

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Postponement of the Preliminary Determination

    Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
requires the Department to issue the preliminary determination in a 
countervailing duty investigation within 65 days after the date on 
which the Department initiated the investigation. However, if the 
petitioner makes a timely request for an extension in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.205(b)(2), section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to postpone the preliminary determination until no later 
than 130 days after the date on which the administering authority 
initiated the investigation.
    On November 21, 2013, the Rebar Trade Action Coalition and its 
individual members, the petitioners in this investigation, requested 
that the deadline for the preliminary determination in this case be 
extended in accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2). Therefore, pursuant 
to section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, we are fully extending the due date 
for the preliminary determination. Because, as noted above, the 
Department tolled the original preliminary signature date to account 
for the Federal Government closure, the extension is effectively 65 
days from the revised preliminary date of December 16, 2013. As a 
result, the deadline for completion of the preliminary determination is 
now February 19, 2014.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act.

    Dated: November 25, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-29336 Filed 12-6-13; 8:45 am]
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