80 FR 70755 - Hydrofluorocarbon Blends and Components Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 220 (November 16, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 220 (Monday, November 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70755-70756]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29172]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-028]


Hydrofluorocarbon Blends and Components Thereof From the People's 
Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of 
Antidumping Duty Investigation

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


DATES: Effective date: November 16, 2015.

[[Page 70756]]


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Elizabeth Eastwood 
at (202) 482-5973 and (202) 482-3874, respectively; AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street 
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 22, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of antidumping duty investigation of 
hydrofluorocarbon blends and components thereof from the People's 
Republic of China.\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 determination for this investigation, 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 December 2, 2015.
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    \1\ See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends and Components Thereof From the 
People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigation, 80 FR 43387 (July 22, 2015).
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Period of Investigation

    The period of investigation is October 1, 2014, through March 31, 
2015.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act permits the Department to postpone 
the time limit 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 October 28, 2015, American HFC Coalition and its individual 
members,\2\ as well as District Lodge 154 of the International 
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (collectively, the 
petitioners), 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. The petitioners requested a 50-day 
postponement of the preliminary determination in order to allow the 
petitioners additional time to review and comment on the questionnaire 
responses submitted in this case, as well as to consider the 
Department's recent inclusion of Mexico and Romania on the list of 
potential surrogate countries. The petitioners submitted a request for 
postponement of the preliminary determination more than 25 days before 
the scheduled date of the preliminary determination.\3\
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    \2\ The individual members of the American HFC Coalition are: 
Amtrol Inc., Arkema Inc., The Chemours Company FC LLC, Honeywell 
International Inc., Hudson Technologies, Mexichem Fluor Inc., and 
Worthington Industries, Inc.
    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.205(e).
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    Because the petitioners' 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 January 21, 
2016. 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: November 4, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-29172 Filed 11-13-15; 8:45 am]
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