[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84302-84303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28595]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-898; C-557-822]


Utility Scale Wind Towers from India and Malaysia: Postponement 
of Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations

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


DATES: Applicable: December 28, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Kinter at (202) 482-1413 
(India) and Nathan James at (202) 482-5305 (Malaysia), 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 November 9, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of 
utility scale wind towers from India and Malaysia.\1\ Currently, the 
preliminary determinations are due no later than January 13, 2021.
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    \1\ See Utility Scale Wind Towers from India and Malaysia: 
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 85 FR 73019 
(November 16, 2020).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD 
investigation within 65 days after the date on which Commerce initiated 
the investigation. However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act permits 
Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no later than 
130 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation 
if: (A) the petitioner makes a timely request for a postponement; or 
(B) Commerce 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. Commerce will grant the 
request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny it.
    On December 4, 2020, the Wind Tower Trade Coalition (the 
petitioner) submitted timely requests that Commerce postpone the 
preliminary CVD determinations.\2\ The petitioner stated that it 
requests postponement because additional time is needed to collect the 
necessary information for

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determining the most accurate possible CVD subsidy rates.\3\
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    \2\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Utility Scale Wind Towers from 
India: Request for Extension of Preliminary Determination 
Deadline,'' dated December 4, 2020 (India Postponement Request); and 
``Utility Scale Wind Towers from Malaysia: Request for Extension of 
Preliminary Determination Deadline,'' dated December 4, 2020 
(Malaysia Postponement Request).
    \3\ See India Postponement Request at 2; and Malaysia 
Postponement Request at 2.
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner has stated the 
reasons for requesting a postponement of the preliminary 
determinations, and Commerce finds no compelling reason to deny the 
requests. Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the 
Act, Commerce is postponing the deadline for the preliminary 
determinations to no later than 130 days after the date on which these 
investigations were initiated, i.e., March 19, 2021. Pursuant to 
section 705(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 the preliminary determinations.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: December 17, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-28595 Filed 12-23-20; 8:45 am]
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