Notice2022-26242
Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination
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December 2, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 231 (Friday, December 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 74128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26242]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-146]
Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof From the People's
Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable December 2, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terre Keaton Stefanova or Paul Gill,
AD/CVD Operations Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1280 or (202)
482-5673, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of
certain freight rail couplers and parts thereof from the People's
Republic of China.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is due
no later than December 22, 2022.
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\1\ See Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof from the
People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
Investigation, 87 FR 64440 (October 25, 2022).
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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 CVD
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, 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. Commerce will grant the
request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny it.
On November 21, 2022, the Coalition of Freight Coupler Producers
(the petitioner) timely filed a request for Commerce to postpone the
preliminary CVD determination so that Commerce may review all
questionnaire responses and new factual information to permit a
thorough investigation and the calculation of accurate subsidy
rates.\2\
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\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request to Postpone Preliminary
CVD Determination,'' dated November 21, 2022. The petitioner is the
Coalition of Freight Coupler Producers, the members of which are
McConway & Torley LLC and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry,
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers
International Union.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner has stated the
reasons for requesting a postponement of the preliminary determination,
and Commerce finds no compelling reason to deny the request. Therefore,
in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, Commerce is
postponing the deadline for the preliminary determination to no later
than the next business day after 130 days after the date on which this
investigation was initiated, i.e., February 27, 2023.\3\ 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.
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\3\ The extended date for the preliminary determination falls on
February 25, 2023, which is a Saturday. Commerce's practice dictates
that, when 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).
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: November 28, 2022.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-26242 Filed 12-1-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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