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1Titan Tire Corporation (‘‘Titan’’), and 

Bridgestone Americas, Inc, and Bridgestone 

Americas Tire Operations, LLC (collectively 

‘‘Bridgestone’’), both domestic producers of the like 

product. 

2This new preliminary results deadline 

incorporates the Import Administration’s tolling of 

all deadlines by seven calendar days due to closure 

of federal government offices in February 2010 from 

a snowstorm. For further information, please see 

Memorandum from DAS for Import Administration 

regarding: Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As 

A Result of the Government Closure During the 

Recent Snowstorm, dated February 12, 2010, 

available at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ia-highlights-andnews.html. 

administrative review of new pneumatic 

off–the-road tires (‘‘OTR Tires’’) from the 

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

This review covers the period February 

20, 2008, through August 31, 2009. 

DATES: Effective Date: June 7, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrea Staebler Berton or Raquel Silva, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–4037 or (202) 482– 

6475, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 26, 2009, the Department 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of initiation of the administrative 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on OTR Tires from the PRC. See 

Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews and Request for Revocation in 

Part, 74 FR 54956 (October 26, 2009). 

The preliminary results of this review 

are currently due no later than June 9, 

2010. 

Statutory Time Limits 

In antidumping duty administrative 

reviews, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the 

Act’’), requires the Department to make 

a preliminary determination within 245 

days after the last day of the anniversary 

month of an order for which a review 

is requested and a final determination 

within 120 days after the date on which 

the preliminary results are published. 

However, if it is not practicable to 

complete the review within these time 

periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 

allows the Department to extend the 

time limit for the preliminary 

determination to a maximum of 365 

days after the last day of the anniversary 

month. 

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 

Results of Review 

On February 3, 2010, both domestic 

interested parties1 submitted letters to 

the Department expressing concerns 

about the effect of a bankruptcy petition 

filed by GPX International Tire 

Corporation (‘‘GPX’’), an importer of 

record, on the ongoing administrative 

review. In response to domestic 

interested parties’ concerns, the 

Department extended regulatory 

deadlines for Titan and Bridgestone 

pending resolution of those concerns. 

On April 30, 2010, Bridgestone 

informed the Department that its 

concerns about the GPX bankruptcy had 

been resolved. In addition, both Titan 

and Bridgestone have since made 

submissions to the Department in 

accordance with the extended 

regulatory deadlines. 

Meanwhile, on February 24, 2010, 

Tianjin United Tire & Rubber 

International Co., Ltd. (‘‘TUTRIC’’), a 

mandatory respondent, submitted a 

withdrawal of its request for review. 

The Department accepted TUTRIC’s 

withdrawal on March 15, 2010, and 

chose an additional mandatory 

respondent on May 5, 2010. 

In light of the unanticipated delay 

resulting from issues related to GPX’s 

bankruptcy and the recent selection of 

an additional mandatory respondent, we 

determine that it is not practicable to 

complete the preliminary results of this 

administrative review within the 

original time limit. The Department 

requires additional time to receive 

questionnaire responses from the 

substitute mandatory respondent, 

analyze questionnaire responses, issue 

supplemental questionnaires, conduct 

verification, and evaluate surrogate 

value submissions for purposes of the 

preliminary results. 

Therefore, the Department is 

extending the time limit for completion 

of the preliminary results of this 

administrative review by 120 days. The 

preliminary results will now be due no 

later than October 7, 2010.2 The final 

results continue to be due 120 days after 

the publication of the preliminary 

results. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: May 27, 2010. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13581 Filed 6–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–913] 

Certain New Pneumatic Off–the-Road 

Tires from the People’s Republic of 

China: Extension of Time Limit for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 7, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Huston, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–4261. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 26, 2009, the Department 

of Commerce (the Department) 

published the initiation of the 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty order on certain 

new pneumatic off–the-road tires from 

the People’s Republic of China for the 

period December 17, 2007 through 

December 31, 2008. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Requests 

for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 54956 

(October 26, 2009). This review covers 

one producer and exporter of the subject 

merchandise to the United States: Hebei 

Starbright Tire Co., Ltd. 

Extension of Time Limit for the 

Preliminary Results 

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

of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 

section 351.213(h)(1) of the 

Department’s regulations require the 

Department to issue the preliminary 

results of a review within 245 days after 

the last day of the anniversary month of 

the order or suspension agreement for 

which the administrative review was 

requested, and final results of the 

review within 120 days after the date on 

which the notice of the preliminary 

results is published in the Federal 

Register. However, if the Department 

determines that it is not practicable to 

complete the review within the 

aforementioned specified time limits, 

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

section 351.213(h)(2) of the 

Department’s regulations allow the 

Department to extend the 245-day 

period to 365 days and to extend the 

120-day period to 180 days. 

Beginning on February 3, 2009, the 

Department received several 

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submissions from Titan Tire 

Corporation, the petitioner in this 

proceeding, as well as Bridgestone 

Americas Tire Operations, LLC and 

Bridgestone Americas, Inc., a domestic 

interested party, expressing concerns 

about the bankruptcy proceeding of GPX 

International Tire Corp., an importer of 

respondent’s products and a related 

party during the period of review. 

According to the petitioner and the 

domestic interested party, the automatic 

stay provisions of the U.S. bankruptcy 

code precluded them from participating 

in this administrative review pending 

notice from the federal courts. Out of 

consideration for these parties’ 

concerns, the Department issued 

extensions of regulatory deadlines until 

after the concerns of petitioner and the 

domestic interested party had been 

resolved. See Memorandum to the File 

from Andrew Huston, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 6, ‘‘Due Date for 

Domestic Parties’ Submissions,’’ dated 

April 30, 2010, stating the Department’s 

conclusion that the concerns of the 

petitioner and the domestic party had 

been resolved and making a final 

extension of the regulatory deadlines to 

May 10, 2010. 

As the sum of these extensions was 

more than three months, the Department 

requires additional time to conduct a 

thorough analysis of all information on 

the record, including information 

submitted by the petitioner and the 

domestic party. Therefore, the 

Department finds that it is not 

practicable to complete the preliminary 

results of this review within the original 

time limit and is extending the deadline 

for completion of the preliminary 

results of this administrative review by 

120 days. 

Additionally, as explained in the 

memorandum from the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration, the Department has 

exercised its discretion to toll deadlines 

for the duration of the closure of the 

Federal Government due to snowstorms 

in February. See Memorandum to the 

Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for 

Import Administration, regarding 

‘‘Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As 

a Result of the Government Closure 

During the Recent Snowstorm,’’ dated 

February 12, 2010. Therefore, the total 

extension of the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this 

administrative review is 127 days, and 

the revised extended due date for the 

preliminary results is October 7, 2010. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: May 28, 2010. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13578 Filed 6–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–351–829] 

Certain Hot–Rolled Flat–Rolled 

Carbon–Quality Steel Products from 

Brazil: Extension of Time Limit for 

Preliminary Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Myrna Lobo, 

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) (202) 482–5255 and 

(202) 482–2371, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 17, 2004, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) published the 

countervailing duty order on certain 

hot–rolled flat–rolled carbon–quality 

steel products from Brazil. See 

Agreement Suspending the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation on 

Hot–Rolled Flat–Rolled Carbon–Quality 

Steel From Brazil; Termination of 

Suspension Agreement and Notice of 

Countervailing Duty Order. (69 FR 

56040, September 17, 2004). On October 

26, 2009, in response to a timely request 

from Usinas Sideru ́rgicas de Minas 

Gerais (Usiminas), and its subsidiary, 

Companhia Sideru ́rgica Paulista 

(Cosipa), the Department initiated an 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty order on certain 

hot–rolled flat–rolled carbon–quality 

steel products from Brazil. See Initiation 

of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Reviews, 74 FR 

54956 (October 26, 2009). This 

administrative review covers the period 

January 1, 2008 through December 31, 

2008. 

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 

Results 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1), the 

Department shall issue preliminary 

results in an administrative review of a 

countervailing duty order within 245 

days after the last day of the anniversary 

month of the order for which the 

administrative review was requested. 

However, if the Department determines 

that it is not practicable to complete the 

review within the aforementioned 

specified time limits, section 

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

351.213(h)(2) allow the Department to 

extend the 245-day period to 365 days. 

The preliminary results of this 

administrative review were originally 

due on June 2, 2010. On February 12, 

2010, the Department exercised its 

discretion to toll deadlines because of 

the closure of the Federal Government 

due to snowstorms. Thus, all deadlines 

in this segment of the proceeding were 

extended by seven days. See 

Memorandum to the Record from 

Ronald Lorentzen, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Import Administration, 

regarding ‘‘Tolling of Administrative 

Deadlines As a Result of the 

Government Closure During the Recent 

Snowstorm,’’ dated February 12, 2010. 

As a result, the deadline for the 

preliminary results was tolled to June 9, 

2010. 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), we 

determine that it is not practicable to 

complete the results of this review 

within the original time limit. This is 

the first administrative review of this 

countervailing duty order, which was 

issued in 2004. The order was issued 

five years after the completion of the 

countervailing duty investigation, and 

after the termination of the agreement 

that suspended the investigation. See 

Suspension of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation: Certain Hot–Rolled Flat– 

Rolled Carbon–Quality Steel Products 

from Brazil, 64 FR 38797 (July 19, 1999); 

see also Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination: 

Certain Hot–Rolled Flat–Rolled Carbon– 

Quality Steel Products from Brazil, 64 

FR 38742 (July 19, 1999). Because this 

administrative review is the first 

opportunity in more than ten years for 

the Department to examine assistance 

provided by the Government of Brazil to 

producers of certain hot–rolled flat– 

rolled carbon–quality steel products, the 

Department needs additional time to 

analyze the questionnaire responses and 

issue supplemental questionnaires. In 

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 

the Act, the Department has decided to 

extend the time limit for the preliminary 

results from 245 days to 365 days; the 

preliminary results will now be due no 

later than October 7, 2010. Unless 

extended, the final results continue to 

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