[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 76815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30262]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-997, C-580-873, C-583-852]


Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's Republic of 
China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Austin Redington at (202) 482-1664 or 
Nancy Decker at (202) 482-0196, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 6, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated countervailing duty investigations on non-oriented electrical 
steel (NOES) from the People's Republic of China, the Republic of 
Korea, and Taiwan.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determinations are due 
no later than January 10, 2013.
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    \1\ See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's Republic 
of China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigations, 78 FR 68412 (November 14, 2013).
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Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determinations

    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 a postponement, section 
703(c)(1)(A) of the Act allows the Department to postpone making the 
preliminary determination until no later than 130 days after the date 
on which the administering authority initiated the investigation.
    On November 26, 2013, AK Steel Corporation, the petitioner in these 
investigations, requested that the deadline for the preliminary 
determination in each of these cases be postponed in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.205(b)(2). Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) 
of the Act, we are fully postponing the due date for the preliminary 
determinations to no later than 130 days after the day on which the 
investigations were initiated. However, as that date falls on a Sunday 
(i.e., March 16, 2014), the deadline for completion of the preliminary 
determinations is now March 17, 2014, the next business day.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: December 13, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-30262 Filed 12-18-13; 8:45 am]
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