2768 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 13 / Friday, January 19, 2018 / Notices 

1See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of Less-ThanFair-Value and Countervailing Duty Investigations, 

82 FR 57214 (December 4, 2017) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Initiation Notice, and accompanying 

Supporting Memorandum for the Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Common Alloy 

Aluminum Sheet from the People’s Republic of 

China (CVD Initiation Memo), dated November 28, 

2017. 

3See Memorandum, re: Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet 

from the People’s Republic of China: Respondent 

Selection, dated December 20, 2017. See also 

Commerce Letter, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet 

from the People’s Republic of China: Countervailing 

Duty Questionnaire,’’ dated December 20, 2017. 

4See Letter from Henan Mingtai and Zhengzhou 

Mingtai, ‘‘Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the 

People’s Republic of China: Mingtai CVD Section III 

Affiliation Response,’’ dated January 8, 2018; Letter 

from Yong Jie New Material, ‘‘Common Alloy 

Aluminum Sheet from the People’s Republic of 

China: Yong Jie New Material CVD Section III 

Affiliation Response,’’ dated January 8, 2018. 

5 Id. 

6Postponing the preliminary determination to 

130 days after initiation would place the deadline 

on Saturday, April 7, 2018. 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). 

standards, and safety management 

systems. 

Public Comment 

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statements will depend upon the 

number of people who wish to speak. 

Speakers should assume that their 

presentations will be limited to three 

minutes or less, but commenters may 

submit written statements for the 

record. 

Contact Person for Further Information 

Hillary Cohen, Communications 

Manager, at public@csb.gov or (202) 

446–8094. Further information about 

this public meeting can be found on the 

CSB website at: www.csb.gov. 

Dated: January 17, 2018. 

Raymond Porfiri, 

Deputy General Counsel, Chemical Safety and 

Hazard Investigation Board. 

[FR Doc. 2018–01066 Filed 1–17–18; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6350–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–074] 

Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet 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 January 19, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yasmin Bordas at (202) 482–3813, Lana 

Nigro at (202) 482–1779, and John 

Anwesen at (202) 482–0131, AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 28, 2017, the 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

self-initiated a countervailing duty 

(CVD) investigation of common alloy 

aluminum sheet (common alloy sheet) 

from the People’s Republic of China.1

Currently, the preliminary 

determination is due no later than 

February 1, 2018. 

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 countervailing duty 

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 makes a timely request for a 

postponement; or (B) Commerce 

concludes that the parties concerned are 

cooperating, and determines that the 

investigation is extraordinarily 

complicated, and that additional time is 

necessary to make a preliminary 

determination. 

As described in the Initiation Notice, 

Commerce self-initiated this 

investigation under section 702(a) of the 

Act on the basis of information available 

to it pertaining to 26 subsidy programs.2

On December 20, 2017, Commerce 

selected mandatory respondents to this 

CVD investigation and issued 

countervailing duty questionnaires.3 On 

January 8, 2018, we received responses 

to the affiliation section of the CVD 

questionnaire from mandatory 

respondents Henan Mingtai Aluminum 

Industrial Co. Ltd. (Henan Mingtai); 

Yong Jie New Material Co. Ltd. (Yong Jie 

New Material); and Zhengzhou Mingtai 

Industry Co Ltd. (Zhengzhou Mingtai).4

In their responses, Henan Mingtai, Yong 

Jie New Material, and Zhengzhou 

Mingtai stated that they intend to 

provide complete questionnaire 

responses on behalf of themselves and 

multiple cross-owned entities.5 Given 

the large number of subsidy programs 

that Commerce is investigating in this 

proceeding, many of which involve 

complex methodological issues, and the 

large number of mandatory respondents 

and their cross-owned entities that are 

participating in this investigation, 

Commerce determines that this 

investigation is extraordinarily 

complicated and additional time is 

necessary to issue a preliminary 

determination. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

703(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce is 

postponing the deadline for the 

preliminary determination to no later 

than 130 days after the date on which 

the investigation was initiated, i.e., 

April 9, 2018.6 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: January 12, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00922 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–063] 

Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings From 

China: Amended Preliminary 

Determination of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On December 19, 2017, the 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

published in the Federal Register the 

preliminary determination of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) investigation 

on cast iron soil pipe fittings from the 

People’s Republic of China (China). 

Commerce is amending the preliminary 

determination of the investigation to 

correct a significant ministerial error. 


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