80 FR 35304 - Silicomanganese From Australia: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 118 (June 19, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 35304]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15150]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-602-808]


Silicomanganese From Australia: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Effective date June 19, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magd Zalok at (202) 482-4162 or Robert 
Bolling at (202) 482-3434, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On March 17, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of antidumping duty investigation of 
silicomanganese from Australia.\1\ The notice of initiation stated that 
the Department, in accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), would 
issue its preliminary determinations for these investigations, unless 
postponed, no later than 140 days after the date of the initiation. The 
preliminary determination of this antidumping duty investigation is 
currently due no later than July 29, 2015.
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    \1\ See Silicomanganese From Australia: Initiation of Less-Than-
Fair-Value Investigation, 80 FR 13829 (March 17, 2015).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    Section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act permits the Department to postpone 
the time limits for the preliminary determination if it receives a 
timely request from the petitioner for postponement. The Department may 
postpone the preliminary determination under section 733(c)(1) of the 
Act no later than the 190th day after the date on which the 
administering authority initiates an investigation.
    On June 8, 2015, Felman Production, LLC (``Petitioner'') and Eramet 
Marietta, Inc., collectively Domestic Producers, made a timely request 
pursuant to section 733(c)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e) for 
postponement of the preliminary determination in this investigation. 
Petitioner requested a 50-day postponement of the preliminary 
determination in order to allow the Department additional time to 
review the questionnaire responses and issue appropriate requests for 
clarification and additional information, given the complexity of this 
investigation. Petitioner submitted a request for postponement of the 
preliminary determination more than 25 days before the scheduled date 
of the preliminary determination. See 19 CFR 351.205(e).
    Because Petitioner's request was timely and provided reasons for 
the request, and since the Department finds no compelling reasons to 
deny the request, the Department is postponing the deadline for the 
preliminary determination in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2) and (e) by 50 days to September 17, 
2015. The deadline for the final determination will continue to be 75 
days after the date of the preliminary determination unless postponed 
at a later date.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: June 12, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-15150 Filed 6-18-15; 8:45 am]
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