[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 184 (Thursday, September 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48715-48716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23115]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-421-811)


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands; Extension 
of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 24, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Edwards, Brian Davis, or 
Angelica Mendoza, AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-8029, (202) 482-7924, or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on purified 
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from the Netherlands on August 26, 2008. 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 73 FR 50308 (August 26, 2008).\1\ On May 26, 2009, the 
Department published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order covering purified CMC from the 
Netherlands. See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands; 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 
24823 (May 26, 2009) (Preliminary Results). In the Preliminary Results, 
we invited parties to comment. In response, CP Kelco submitted a case 
brief and a request for a public hearing on June 26, 2009. See Case 
Brief from Arent Fox LLP (counsel for respondent) titled ``Purified 
Carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands; Case Brief of CP Kelco 
B.V.,'' dated June 26, 2009 (Case Brief). Petitioner submitted comments 
on June 30, 2009. See Letter from Haynes & Boone, LLP (counsel for 
petitioner), titled ``Comment by Petitioner Aqualon Company in Lieu of

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Reply Brief,'' dated June 30, 2009. CP Kelco subsequently contacted 
officials at the Department and withdrew its request for a public 
hearing. See CP Kelco's ``Withdrawal of Hearing Request,'' dated July 
2, 2009. In lieu of a public hearing, counsel for respondent requested 
a meeting with Department officials. See the Memorandum to the File, 
titled ``Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands: Meeting with 
Counsel for Respondent,'' dated July 15, 2009. The current deadline for 
the final results of this review is September 23, 2009.
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    \1\ On October 9, and October 10, 2008, respectively, Akzo Nobel 
Functional Chemicals B.V. (Akzo Nobel) and the Aqualon Company, a 
division of Hercules, Incorporated (petitioner), withdrew their 
requests for review of Akzo Nobel's sales of merchandise covered by 
the order. Therefore, the Department rescinded the review with 
respect to Akzo Nobel. See Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from the 
Netherlands: Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 73 FR 66841 (November 12, 2008).
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Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to complete the final results of an 
administrative review 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 120 day time period for the 
final results to 180 days.
    The Department has determined it is not practicable to complete 
this administrative review within the statutory time limit because the 
Department requires additional time to fully evaluate the comments put 
forth by CP Kelco, particularly the extensive comments concerning the 
nature of reported factoring expenses. Accordingly, the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the final results of this 
administrative review until no later than October 7, 2009, which is 134 
days after the date on which the preliminary results of review were 
published.
    This extension is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: September 18, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-23115 Filed 9-23-09; 8:45 am]
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