Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 10, 2024 / Notices 73371 

1See Certain Low Speed Personal Transportation 

Vehicles from the People’s Republic of China: 

Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 89 

FR 57870 (July 16, 2024) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3The petitioner is American Personal 

Transportation Manufacturers Coalition. 

4See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Postponement of the Preliminary Determination,’’ 

dated August 23, 2024. 

5 Id. 

6Postponing the tolled preliminary determination 

deadline to 130 days after initiation would place 

the deadline on Sunday, November 24, 2024. 

Commerce’s practice dictates that where a deadline 

falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the 

appropriate deadline is the next business day. 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). 

percent or less manganese, less than three 

percent magnesium, and 10 percent or less of 

any other element. The merchandise covered 

also includes product described as slag, if the 

product meets these specifications. 

Subject merchandise includes material 

matching the above description that has been 

finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in 

a third country, including by performing any 

grinding or any other finishing, packaging, or 

processing that would not otherwise remove 

the merchandise from the scope of the 

investigation if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the ferrosilicon. 

Ferrosilicon is currently classifiable under 

subheadings 7202.21.1000, 7202.21.5000, 

7202.21.7500, 7202.21.9000, 7202.29.0010, 

and 7202.29.0050 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

While the HTSUS numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope remains 

dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Change in Ownership 

VI. Benchmarks 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2024–20365 Filed 9–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–177] 

Certain Low Speed Personal 

Transportation Vehicles From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable September 10, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Hoadley at (202) 482–3148, AD/ 

CVD Operations, OVII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a 

countervailing duty (CVD) investigation 

of imports of Certain Low Speed 

Personal Transportation Vehicles 

(LSPTV) from the People’s Republic of 

China (China).1 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 Currently, the preliminary 

determination is due no later than 

September 20, 2024. 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination 

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 3 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 August 23, 2024, the petitioner 

submitted a timely request that 

Commerce postpone the preliminary 

determination in this investigation.4

The petitioner stated that they request 

postponement to extend the deadline for 

the preliminary determination in order 

to collect the necessary information for 

determining accurate countervailable 

subsidy rates.5

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.205(e), the petitioner submitted its 

request for postponement of the 

preliminary determination in this 

investigation 25 days or more before the 

scheduled date of the preliminary 

determination and stated the reasons for 

its request. For the reasons stated above, 

and because there are no compelling 

reasons to deny the request, in 

accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of 

the Act, Commerce is postponing the 

deadline for the preliminary 

determination to no later than 130 days 

after the date on which this 

investigation was initiated, i.e., 

November 25, 2024.6 Pursuant to 

section 705(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. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). 

Dated: September 3, 2024. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20348 Filed 9–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–351–861] 

Ferrosilicon From Brazil: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, Preliminary Affirmative 

Critical Circumstances Determination 

in Part, and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of ferrosilicon 

from Brazil. The period of investigation 

is January 1, 2023, through December 

31, 2023. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 


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