44160 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 182 / Thursday, September 21, 2017 / Notices 

1See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings From the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigation, 82 FR 37048 

(August 8, 2017) (Initiation Notice). 

2The petitioner is Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute 

(CISPI). 

3See the petitioner’s letter, ‘‘Re: Cast Iron Soil 

Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of China: 

Request to Extend the Preliminary Determination,’’ 

dated September 5, 2017. 

4Postponing the preliminary determination to 

130 days after initiation would place the deadline 

on Sunday, December 10, 2017. The Department’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). 

1See Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from 

Thailand: Preliminary Results and Partial 

Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments; 2015–2016, 82 FR 26666 (June 8, 2017) 

(Preliminary Results) and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2 Id. at 26667. 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 

21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s 

Web site, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Juanita Chen at juanita.chen@trade.gov 

or (202) 482–1378. 

Dated: September 14, 2017. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20083 Filed 9–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–063] 

Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings 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: Applied September 21, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis McClure at (202) 482–5973 or 

Jinny Ahn at (202) 482–0339, 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 August 2, 2017, the Department 

initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigation of cast iron soil pipe 

fittings from the People’s Respublic of 

China.1 Currently, the preliminary 

determination is due no later than 

October 6, 2017. 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations 

Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), requires the 

Department to issue the preliminary 

determination in a CVD investigation 

within 65 days after the date on which 

the Department initiated the 

investigation. However, section 

703(c)(1) of the Act permits the 

Department to postpone the preliminary 

determination until no later than 130 

days after the date on which the 

Department initiated the investigation 

if: (A) The petitioner 2 makes a timely 

request for a postponement; or (B) the 

Department 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. The 

Department will grant the request unless 

it finds compelling reasons to deny the 

request. 

On September 5, 2017, the petitioner 

submitted a timely request that the 

Department postpone the preliminary 

CVD determination.3 The petitioner 

stated that it requests postponement of 

the preliminary determination because 

the Department selected at least one 

trading company as a mandatory 

respondent, and has not yet received 

questionnaire responses. Therefore, 

postponing the preliminary 

determination would allow for receipt 

and review of these responses. 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.205(e), the petitioner stated the 

reasons for requesting a postponement 

of the preliminary determination, and 

the Department finds no compelling 

reason to deny the request. Therefore, in 

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

the Act, the Department 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., 

December 11, 2017.4 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 15, 2017. 

Gary Taverman 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–549–821] 

Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From 

Thailand: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review, Final 

Determination of No Shipments; 2015– 

2016 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On June 8, 2017, the 

Department of Commerc 

published the preliminary results of the 

administrative review (AR) of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on 

polyethylene retail carrier bags (PRCBs) 

from Thailand. The period of review 

(POR) is August 1, 2015, through July 

31, 2016. We invited parties to comment 

on the preliminary results. We received 

no comments. Accordingly, the final 

results remain unchanged from the 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 21, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shanah Lee, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20230; telephone: (202) 482–6386. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 8, 2017, the Department 

published in the Federal Register the 

preliminary results of the 2015–2016 

administrative review of the AD order 

on PRCBs from Thailand.1 In the 

Preliminary Results, we rescinded the 

review for mandatory respondent, 

Sahachit Watana Plastic Ind. Co. Ltd. 

(Sahachit) in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1).2 In the Preliminary 

Results, we also preliminarily applied 

adverse facts available to mandatory 


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