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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 168 / Thursday, September 2, 2021 / Notices
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Public Comment Case briefs or other written comments on non-scope issues may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Interested parties will be notified of the timeline for the submission of such case briefs and written comments at a later date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than seven days after the deadline date for case briefs.10 Note that Commerce has modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary information until further notice.11
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309c2 and d2, parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this investigation are encouraged to submit with each argument: 1 A statement of the issue;
2 a brief summary of the argument;
and 3 a table of authorities.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310c, interested parties who wish to request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain the partys name, address, and telephone number, the number of participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures Section 735a2 of the Act provides that a final determination may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by exporters who account for a significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by the petitioner.
Section 351.210e2 of Commerces regulations requires that a request by exporters for postponement of the final determination be accompanied by a 10 See 19 CFR 351.309d; see also 19 CFR
351.303 for general filing requirements.
11 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD
Service Requirements Due to COVID10; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 July 10, 2020.

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request for extension of provisional measures from a four-month period to a period not more than six months in duration.
On August 11, 2021, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.210e, Halopolymer requested that Commerce postpone the final determination and that provisional measures be extended to a period not to exceed six months.12 In accordance with section 735a2A of the Act and 19
CFR 351.210b2ii, because: 1 The preliminary determination is affirmative; 2 the requesting exporter accounts for a significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise; and 3 no compelling reasons for denial exist, Commerce is postponing the final determination and extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period not greater than six months. Accordingly, Commerce will make its final determination no later than 135 days after the date of publication of this preliminary determination, pursuant to section 735a2 of the Act.
International Trade Commission Notification In accordance with section 733f of the Act, Commerce will notify the International Trade Commission ITC of its affirmative preliminary determination. If the final determination is affirmative, then the ITC will determine before the later of 120 days after the date of this preliminary determination or 45 days after the final determination whether these imports are materially injuring, or threaten material injury to, the U.S. industry.
Notification to Interested Parties This determination is issued and published in accordance with sections 733f and 777i1 of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.205c and 19 CFR 351.210g.
Dated: August 25, 2021.
Christian Marsh, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I
Scope of the Investigation The product covered by this investigation is granular polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE
resin. Granular PTFE resin is covered by the scope of this investigation whether filled or unfilled, whether or not modified, and whether or not containing co-polymer, additives, pigments, or other materials. Also included is PTFE wet raw polymer. The chemical formula for granular PTFE resin is 12 See Halopolymers Letter, Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from the Russian Federation: Request for Extension of Final Determination and Provisional Measures, dated August 11, 2021.

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C2F4, and the Chemical Abstracts Service CAS Registry number is 9002840.
Subject merchandise includes material matching the above description that has been finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in a third country, including by filling, modifying, compounding, packaging with another product, or performing any other finishing, packaging, or processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the country of manufacture of the granular PTFE resin.
The product covered by this investigation does not include dispersion or coagulated dispersion also known as fine powder PTFE.
PTFE further processed into micropowder, having particle size typically ranging from 1
to 25 microns, and a melt-flow rate no less than 0.1 gram/10 minutes, is excluded from the scope of this investigation.
Granular PTFE resin is classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States HTSUS under subheading 3904.61.0010. Subject merchandise may also be classified under HTSUS subheading 3904.69.5000. Although the HTSUS
subheadings and CAS Number are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope is dispositive.

Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Period of Investigation IV. Discussion of the Methodology V. Adjustment to Cash Deposit Rate for Export Subsidies VI. Currency Conversion VII. Recommendation FR Doc. 202118970 Filed 9121; 8:45 am BILLING CODE 3510DSP

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration A533899

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce Commerce preliminarily determines that granular polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE resin from India is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value LTFV. The period of investigation POI is January 1, 2020, AGENCY:

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