[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 9391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4284]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-601]


Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished or 
Unfinished, from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time 
Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 2008-2009 Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Quinn or Demitrios 
Kalogeropoulos, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
5848 or (202) 482-2623, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 29, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished or unfinished, from 
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for the period June 1, 2008, 
through May 31, 2009. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews and Deferral of Administrative Review, 74 
FR 37690 (July 29, 2009). Due to the closure of the Government 
resulting from recent snowstorms, as of February 12, 2010, all Import 
Administration deadlines have been uniformly tolled for one calendar 
week. As a result, the current March 2, 2010, deadline for the 
publication of the preliminary results has been tolled to March 9, 
2010. Thus, the preliminary results are currently due no later than 
March 9, 2010.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination in 
an administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and a 
final determination within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. However, if it is not practicable to 
complete the review within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit for the 
preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days after the last day 
of the anniversary month.

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    The Department finds it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of this review within the original time limit 
because we require additional time to analyze various complicated 
issues involving, for example, ownership of a certain respondent, and 
to obtain additional information from the respondents. Accordingly, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results of this administrative review by the full 120 days 
allowed under section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. As explained in the 
memorandum from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, the Department has exercised its discretion to toll 
deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal Government 
from February 5, through February 12, 2010. Thus, all deadlines in this 
segment of the proceeding have been extended by seven days. The revised 
deadline for the preliminary results of this administrative review is 
now March 9, 2010. See Memorandum to the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, 
DAS for Import Administration, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative 
Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure During the Recent 
Snowstorm,'' dated February 12, 2010. An extension of 120 days from 
this revised deadline would result in a new deadline of July 7, 2010, 
for the publication of the preliminary results. The final results 
continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary 
results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 23, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-4284 Filed 3-1-10; 8:45 am]
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