[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-226]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-703]


Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From Italy: Extension of 
Time Limit for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 9, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler or Alicia Winston, at 
(202) 482-0189 or (202) 482-1785, respectively; AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 22, 2008, the Department published the notice of 
amended preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin from 
Italy covering the period August 1, 2006, through July 31, 2007. See 
Amended Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From 
Italy, 73 FR 54557 (September 22, 2008) (``Preliminary Results'').

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') to 
issue the final results of an administrative review within 120 days of 
the publication of the preliminary results. If it is not practicable to 
complete the review within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act allows the Department to extend this deadline to a maximum of 180 
days.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    The Department requires additional time to complete this review 
because it conducted sales and cost verifications after the Preliminary 
Results. The Department needs to allow time for parties to brief any 
issues and for the Department to consider all the issues raised, 
including complex cost accounting issues. Consequently, it is not 
practicable to complete this review within the originally anticipated 
time limit (i.e., by January 20, 2009). Therefore, the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the final results by 60 days 
to March 21, 2009, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations. However, 
March 21, 2009, falls on a Saturday and it is the Department's long-
standing practice to issue a determination the next business day when 
the statutory deadline falls on a weekend, federal holiday, or any 
other day when the Department is closed. 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). Accordingly, the deadline for completion of 
the preliminary results is now no later than March 23, 2009.
    We are issuing this notice in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Act.

    Dated: December 30, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-226 Filed 1-8-09; 8:45 am]
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