[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 160 (Monday, August 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39564-39565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17620]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-475-836, A-580-891, A-412-826, A-469-816, A-791-823, A-489-831, A-
823-816]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy, the Republic of
Korea, the Republic of South Africa, Spain, the Republic of Turkey,
Ukraine and the United Kingdom: Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable August 21, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Cho at (202) 482-5075
(Italy); Lingjun Wang at (202) 482-2316 (the Republic of Korea
(Korea)); Alice Maldonado at (202) 482-4682 (the United Kindgom (UK));
Davina Friedmann at (202) 482-0698 (Spain); Moses Song at (202) 482-
5041 (the Republic of South Africa (South Africa)); Ryan Mullen at
(202) 482-5260 (the Republic of Turkey (Turkey)); and Julia Hancock at
(202) 482-1394 (Ukraine), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 17, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of
carbon and alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Italy, Korea, South
Africa, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, and the UK.\1\ Currently, the
preliminary determinations are due no later than September 5, 2017.\2\
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\1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Belarus, Italy, the
Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, the
Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and United
Kingdom: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 82
FR19207 (April 20, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
\2\ The statutory deadline is actually September 4, 2017, which
is a federal holiday. It is the Department's practice that where a
deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate
deadline is the next business day. 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).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), requires the Department to issue the preliminary determination in
a LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which the
Department initiated the investigation. However, section
733(c)(1)(A)(b)(1) of the Act permits the Department to postpone the
preliminary determination until no later than 190 days after the date
on which the Department initiated the investigation if: (A) The
petitioner makes a timely request for a postponement; or (B) the
Department concludes that the parties concerned are cooperating, that
the investigation is extraordinarily complicated, and that additional
time is necessary to make a preliminary determination. Under 19 CFR
351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a request for postponement 25
days or more before the scheduled date of the preliminary determination
and must state the reasons for the request. The Department will grant
the request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny the request.
On August 11, 2017, the petitioners \3\ submitted a timely request
that the Department postpone the preliminary determinations in these
LTFV investigations.\4\ The petitioners stated that they request
postponement because the Department is still gathering data and
questionnaire responses from the foreign producers in these
investigations, and that additional time is necessary for the
Department and interested parties to fully and properly analyze all
questionnaire responses, and
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to facilitate analysis of and the submission of comments and new
factual information.\5\
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\3\ The petitioners are Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., Keystone
Consolidated Industries Inc., Charter Steel, and Nucor Corporation.
\4\ See Kelley, Drye, and Warren, LLP's August 11, 2017,
submission; see also Wiley Rein, LLP's August 11, 2017, submissions.
\5\ Id.
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For the reasons stated above, and because there are no compelling
reasons to deny the request, the Department, in accordance with section
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary
determinations by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date on which these
investigations were initiated). As a result, the Department will issue
its preliminary determinations no later than October 24, 2017. In
accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1),
the deadline for the final determinations of these investigations will
continue to be 75 days after the date of publication of the preliminary
determinations, unless postponed at a later date.
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: August 15, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-17620 Filed 8-18-17; 8:45 am]
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