[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 17270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06402]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-914]


Superabsorbent Polymers From the Republic of Korea: Postponement 
of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Applicable March 28, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles DeFilippo or Elfi Blum, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3979 or (202) 482-0197, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 22, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of 
certain superabsorbent polymers (SAP) from Korea.\1\ Currently, the 
preliminary determination is due no later than April 11, 2022.
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    \1\ See Certain Superabsorbent Polymers from the Republic of 
Korea: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair Value Investigation, 86 FR 67915 
(November 30, 2021) (Initiation Notice).
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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 \2\ 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.
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    \2\ The petitioner is the Ad Hoc Coalition of American SAP 
Producers.
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    On March 14, 2022, the petitioner submitted a timely request that 
Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in the LTFV 
investigation.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement 
because it has identified deficiencies in the respondent's 
questionnaire responses that should be addressed in advance of the 
preliminary determination, and so Commerce can issue supplemental 
questionnaires to the respondent and develop the record regarding these 
deficiencies.\4\
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    \3\ See Petitioner`s Letter, ``Certain Superabsorbent Polymers 
from the Republic of Korea--Petitioner's Request for Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination,'' dated March 14, 2022.
    \4\ Id.
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    For the reasons 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 31, 2022. 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: March 22, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-06402 Filed 3-25-22; 8:45 am]
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