8774 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 37 / Thursday, February 26, 2009 / Notices 

and Urban Development and others rely 

on these data to provide the most 

current information on the financial 

status of state and local governments. 

These data are included in the quarterly 

estimates of National Income and 

Product Accounts developed by the 

Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development has used the property tax 

data as one of nine cost indicators for 

developing Section 8 rent adjustments. 

Legislators, policy makers, 

administrators, analysts, economists, 

and researchers use these data to 

monitor trends in public sector 

revenues. Journalists, teachers, and 

students use these data as well. 

Tax collection data are used to 

measure economic activity for the 

Nation as a whole, as well as for 

comparison among the various states. 

These data are also useful in comparing 

the mix of taxes employed by individual 

states, and in determining the revenue 

raising capacity of different types of 

taxes in different state-areas. 

Affected Public: State, local or tribal 

government. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

Section 182. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: February 20, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–4063 Filed 2–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–831] 

Fresh Garlic from the People’s 

Republic of China: Extension of Time 

Limits for Final Results of the 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and New Shipper Reviews 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicholas Czajkowski or Summer Avery, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–1395 and (202) 

482–4052, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 27, 2007, the 

Department of Commerce (Department) 

published the initiation of an 

administrative review of fresh garlic 

from the People’s Republic of China. 

See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews, 72 FR 73315 (December 27, 

2007). On January 2, 2008, the 

Department published the initiation of 

new shipper reviews of fresh garlic from 

the People’s Republic of China. See 

Fresh Garlic from the People’s Republic 

of China: Initiation of Antidumping 

Duty New Shipper Reviews, 73 FR 161 

(January 2, 2008). On July 23, 2008, the 

Department aligned the new shipper 

reviews with the administrative review, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(j). 

See Memorandum to All Interested 

Parties from the Department Re: The 

Alignment of the New Shipper Reviews 

with the 13th Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review of Fresh Garlic 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(July 23, 2008), which is on file in the 

Central Records Unit, room 1117 of the 

main Commerce building. As such, the 

time limits for the new shipper reviews 

were aligned with those for the 

administrative review. On December 8, 

2008, the Department published the 

preliminary results of this antidumping 

duty administrative review and the new 

shipper reviews. See Fresh Garlic from 

the People’s Republic of China: 

Preliminary Results of the Antidumping 

Duty Administrative and New Shipper 

Reviews and Intent to Rescind, In Part, 

the Antidumping Duty Administrative 

and New Shipper Reviews, 73 FR 74462 

(December 8, 2008). The period of 

review for this administrative review 

and the new shipper reviews is 

November 1, 2006 through October 31, 

2007. The final results are currently due 

on April 7, 2009. 

Extension of Time Limits for Final 

Results 

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), provides 

that the Department will issue the final 

results in an administrative review of an 

antidumping duty order within 120 

days after the date on which the 

preliminary results are published. 

However, the Department may extend 

the deadline for completion of the final 

results of an administrative review to 

180 days if it determines it is not 

practicable to complete the review 

within the foregoing time period. See 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.213(h)(2). Section 

751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.214(i)(2) also provide that the 

Department may extend the deadlines in 

a new shipper review if we determine 

that the case is extraordinarily 

complicated. 

The Department determines that it is 

not practicable to complete the final 

results of the aligned administrative 

review and new shipper reviews by the 

current deadline of April 7, 2009. 

Specifically, the Department requires 

additional time to conduct sales and 

factors of production verifications and 

to analyze issues it considers to be 

extraordinarily complicated, including, 

but not limited to, the bona fides nature 

of certain transactions and surrogate 

financial ratios. Thus, we are fully 

extending the time for completion of the 

final results of the administrative review 

and new shipper reviews to no later 

than June 6, 2009, a Saturday. Where a 

statutory deadline falls on a weekend, 

federal holiday, or any other day when 

the Department is closed, the 

Department will continue its 

longstanding practice of issuing a 

determination on 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). 

Accordingly, in this instance, the due 

date for the final results will now be no 

later than June 8, 2009. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act. 

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1Namely, entries of small diameter graphite 

electrodes from the PRC entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption after February 16, 

2009, and before the date of publication of the ITC’s 

final injury determination in the Federal Register. 

Dated: February 20, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. E9–4132 Filed 2–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

A–570–929 

Antidumping Duty Order: Small 

Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the 

People’s Republic of China 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 2009. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) and the 

International Trade Commission 

(‘‘ITC’’), the Department is issuing an 

antidumping duty order on small 

diameter graphite electrodes from the 

People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Magd Zalok or Drew Jackson, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 4, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–4162 and 482– 

4406, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with sections 735(d) 

and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the ‘‘Act’’), on January 14, 

2009, the Department published the 

Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value and Affirmative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances: Small Diameter 

Graphite Electrodes from the People’s 

Republic of China, 74 FR 2049 (January 

14, 2009) (‘‘Final Determination’’). 

On February 19, 2009, the ITC 

notified the Department of its 

affirmative final determination of 

material injury to a U.S. industry. See 

Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes 

from China, Investigation No. 731–TA– 

1143 (Final), USITC Publication 4062 

(February 2009). 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

order includes all small diameter 

graphite electrodes of any length, 

whether or not finished, of a kind used 

in furnaces, with a nominal or actual 

diameter of 400 millimeters (16 inches) 

or less, and whether or not attached to 

a graphite pin joining system or any 

other type of joining system or 

hardware. The merchandise covered by 

this order also includes graphite pin 

joining systems for small diameter 

graphite electrodes, of any length, 

whether or not finished, of a kind used 

in furnaces, and whether or not the 

graphite pin joining system is attached 

to, sold with, or sold separately from, 

the small diameter graphite electrode. 

Small diameter graphite electrodes and 

graphite pin joining systems for small 

diameter graphite electrodes are most 

commonly used in primary melting, 

ladle metallurgy, and specialty furnace 

applications in industries including 

foundries, smelters, and steel refining 

operations. Small diameter graphite 

electrodes and graphite pin joining 

systems for small diameter graphite 

electrodes that are subject to this order 

are currently classified under the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) subheading 

8545.11.0000. The HTSUS number is 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, but the written description of 

the scope is dispositive. 

Provisional Measures 

Section 733(d) of the Act states that 

suspension of liquidation instructions 

issued pursuant to an affirmative 

preliminary determination may not 

remain in effect for more than four 

months except where exporters 

representing a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise 

request the Department to extend that 

four–month period to no more than six 

months. At the request of exporters that 

account for a significant proportion of 

small diameter graphite electrodes, we 

extended the four–month period to no 

more than six months. See Small 

Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Affirmative 

Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, 73 FR 49408 

(August 21, 2008) (‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’). In this investigation, 

the six–month period beginning on the 

date of the publication of the 

Preliminary Determination (i.e., August 

21, 2008) ended on February 16, 2009. 

Furthermore, section 737 of the Act 

states that definitive duties are to begin 

on the date of publication of the ITC’s 

final injury determination. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 733(d) of the 

Act, we have instructed U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to 

terminate suspension of liquidation and 

to liquidate without regard to 

antidumping duties (i.e., release all 

bonds and refund all cash deposits), 

unliquidated entries of small diameter 

graphite electrodes from the PRC 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption after February 16, 

2009, and before the date of publication 

of the ITC’s final injury determination 

in the Federal Register. Suspension of 

liquidation will continue on or after the 

date of publication of the ITC’s final 

injury determination in the Federal 

Register. 

Antidumping Duty Order 

On February 19, 2009, in accordance 

with section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC 

notified the Department of its final 

determination, pursuant to section 

735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that an 

industry in the United States is 

materially injured by reason of less– 

than-fair–value imports of subject 

merchandise from the PRC. Therefore, 

in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of 

the Act, the Department will direct CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

the Department, antidumping duties 

equal to the amount by which the 

normal value of the merchandise 

exceeds the export price of the 

merchandise for all relevant entries of 

small diameter graphite electrodes from 

the PRC. Except for the entries noted 

above,1 these antidumping duties will 

be assessed on all unliquidated entries 

of small graphite electrodes from the 

PRC entered, or withdrawn from the 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

August 21, 2008, the date on which the 

Department published its Preliminary 

Determination. See Preliminary 

Determination. 

The ITC also notified the Department 

that it made a negative critical 

circumstances determination in this 

investigation. Therefore, we will 

instruct CBP to lift suspension, release 

any bond or other security, and refund 

any cash deposit made to secure the 

payment of antidumping duties with 

respect to entries of the merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption prior to August 21, 

2008 (i.e., during the 90 days prior to 

the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination). 

Effective on the date of publication of 

the ITC’s final affirmative injury 

determination, CBP will require, at the 

same time as importers would normally 

deposit estimated duties on this 

merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the 

estimated weighted–average