Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 27 / Thursday, February 8, 2024 / Notices 8649 

12See Certification of Factual Information To 

Import Administration During Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 

17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also the frequently asked 

questions regarding the Final Rule, available at 

https://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_

info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf. 

13Administrative Protective Order, Service, and 

Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

14See section 782(b) of the Act; see also Final 

Rule; and the frequently asked questions regarding 

the Final Rule, available at https://enforcement.

trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_

07172013.pdf. 

15See 19 CFR 351.302. 

1See Truck and Bus Tires from Thailand: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 88 

FR 77960 (November 14, 2023). 

2The petitioner is the United Steel, Paper and 

Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial and Service Workers International Union, 

AFL–CIO, CLC. 

3See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Extend the 

Preliminary Determination,’’ dated November 27, 

2023. 

4 Id. 

Please review the Final Rule,12 available 

at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/ 

FR-2013-07-17/pdf/2013-17045.pdf, 

prior to submitting factual information 

in this segment. Note that Commerce 

has amended certain of its requirements 

pertaining to the service of documents 

in 19 CFR 351.303(f).13

Any party submitting factual 

information in an AD or CVD 

proceeding must certify to the accuracy 

and completeness of that information 

using the formats provided at the end of 

the Final Rule.14 Commerce intends to 

reject factual submissions in any 

proceeding segments if the submitting 

party does not comply with applicable 

certification requirements. 

Extension of Time Limits Regulation 

Parties may request an extension of 

time limits before a time limit 

established under Part 351 expires, or as 

otherwise specified by Commerce.15 In 

general, an extension request will be 

considered untimely if it is filed after 

the time limit established under Part 

351 expires. For submissions which are 

due from multiple parties 

simultaneously, an extension request 

will be considered untimely if it is filed 

after 10:00 a.m. on the due date. 

Examples include, but are not limited 

to: (1) case and rebuttal briefs, filed 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309; (2) factual 

information to value factors under 19 

CFR 351.408(c), or to measure the 

adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 

351.511(a)(2), filed pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.301(c)(3) and rebuttal, clarification 

and correction filed pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.301(c)(3)(iv); (3) comments 

concerning the selection of a surrogate 

country and surrogate values and 

rebuttal; (4) comments concerning CBP 

data; and (5) Q&V questionnaires. Under 

certain circumstances, Commerce may 

elect to specify a different time limit by 

which extension requests will be 

considered untimely for submissions 

which are due from multiple parties 

simultaneously. In such a case, 

Commerce will inform parties in the 

letter or memorandum setting forth the 

deadline (including a specified time) by 

which extension requests must be filed 

to be considered timely. This policy also 

requires that an extension request must 

be made in a separate, stand-alone 

submission, and clarifies the 

circumstances under which Commerce 

will grant untimely-filed requests for the 

extension of time limits. Please review 

the Final Rule, available at https://

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/ 

html/2013-22853.htm, prior to 

submitting factual information in these 

segments. 

These initiations and this notice are 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(1)(i). 

Dated: February 2, 2024. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–549–848] 

Truck and Bus Tires From Thailand: 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable February 8, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Faris Montgomery or Jonathan Schueler, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1537 

and (202) 482–9175, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 6, 2023, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigation of imports of truck and bus 

tires from Thailand.1 Currently, the 

preliminary determination is due no 

later than March 25, 2024. 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination 

Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires 

Commerce to issue the preliminary 

determination in an LTFV investigation 

within 140 days after the date on which 

Commerce initiated the investigation. 

However, section 733(c)(1) of the Act 

permits Commerce to postpone the 

preliminary determination until no later 

than 190 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 the 

request. 

On November 27, 2023, the 

petitioner 2 submitted a timely request 

that Commerce postpone the 

preliminary determination in the LTFV 

investigation.3 The petitioner stated that 

it requested postponement due to the 

‘‘complexity of the issues presented in 

this investigation.’’ 4

For the reason stated above and 

because there are no compelling reasons 

to deny the request, Commerce, in 

accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of 

the Act, is postponing the deadline for 

the preliminary determination by 50 

days (i.e., 190 days after the date on 

which this investigation was initiated). 

As a result, Commerce will issue its 

preliminary determination no later than 

May 14, 2024. In accordance with 

section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final 

determination of this investigation will 

continue to be 75 days after the date of 

the preliminary determination, 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: February 1, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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