Federal Register: December 29, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 250)
DOCID: FR Doc E6-22417
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
DOCUMENT ID: [C-560-821, C-570-907, C-580-857]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Countervailing duties:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Coated Free Sheet Paper from Indonesia, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea: Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations
EFFECTIVE DATES: December 29, 2006.
SUMMARY:
Coated free sheet paper from—; Various countries,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Background
On November 20, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated the countervailing duty investigations of coated free sheet paper (CFS) from Indonesia, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of Korea (Korea). See Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations: Coated Free Sheet Paper From the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, and the Republic of Korea, 71 FR 68546 (November 27, 2006). Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than January 24, 2007.
Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determinations
On December 19, 2006, NewPage Corporation (petitioner) submitted letters requesting that the Department postpone the preliminary determinations of the countervailing duty investigations of CFS from Indonesia, the PRC and Korea by 65 days. Under section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department may extend the period for reaching a preliminary determination in a countervailing duty investigation until not later than the 130th day after the date on which the administering authority initiates an investigation if the petitioner makes a timely request for an extension of the period within which the determination must be made under subsection (b) (section 703(b) of the Act). Accordingly, we are extending the due date for the preliminary determinations by 65 days to no later than March 30, 2007.
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act.
Dated: December 22, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Dana Mermelstein or Sean Carey (Indonesia), David Layton or David Neubacher (PRC), and Eric Greynolds or Darla Brown (Korea), AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 4820371 and (202) 4825823, (202) 4821391 and (202) 4823964, and (202) 4826071 and (202) 4822849, respectively.