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[FR Doc No: 94-22182]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigations Nos. 731-TA-678 through 682 (Final)]

 

Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil, India, Italy, Japan, and Spain

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution and scheduling of final antidumping investigations.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of final 
antidumping investigations Nos. 731-TA-678 through 682 (Final) under 
section 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673d(b)) (the 
Act) to determine whether an industry in the United States is 
materially injured, or is threatened with material injury, or the 
establishment of an industry in the United States is materially 
retarded, by reason of imports from Brazil, India, Italy, Japan, and 
Spain of stainless steel bar, provided for in subheadings 7222.10.00, 
7222.20.00, and 7222.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States.1
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    \1\The imported stainless steel bar covered by these 
investigations comprises articles of stainless steel in straight 
lengths that have been either hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-
drawn, cold-rolled, or otherwise cold-finished, or ground, having a 
uniform solid cross section along their whole length in the shape of 
circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), 
triangles, hexagons, octagons, or other convex polygons. Except as 
specified above, the term does not include stainless steel 
semifinished products, cut-to-length flat-rolled products (i.e., 
cut-to-length rolled products which if less than 4.75 mm in 
thickness have a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness, or 
if 4.75 mm or more in thickness having a width which exceeds 150 mm 
and measures at least twice the thickness), wire (i.e., cold-formed 
products in coils, of any uniform solid cross section along their 
whole length, which do not conform to the definition of flat-rolled 
products), and angles, shapes, or sections. Stainless steel bar 
includes cold-finished stainless steel bars that are turned or 
ground in straight lengths, whether produced from hot-rolled bar or 
from straightened and cut rod or wire, and reinforcing bars that 
have indentations, ribs, grooves, or other deformations produced 
during the rolling process.
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    For further information concerning the conduct of these 
investigations, hearing procedures, and rules of general application, 
consult the Commissioner's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, 
subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and C 
(19 CFR part 207).

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 4, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim McClure (202-205-3191), Office of 
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information 
on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-
1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special 
assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the 
Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. Information can also be 
obtained by calling the Office of Investigations' remote bulletin board 
system for personal computers at 202-205-1895 (N,8,1).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Background.--These investigations are being instituted as a result 
of affirmative preliminary determinations by the Department of Commerce 
that imports of stainless steel bar from Brazil, India, Italy, Japan, 
and Spain are being sold in the United States at less than fair value 
within the meaning of section 733 of the Act (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673b). 
The investigations were requested in a petition filed on December 30, 
1993, by Al Tech Specialty Steel Corp., Dunkirk, NY; Carpenter 
Technology Corp., Reading, PA; Republic Engineered Steels, Inc., 
Massillon, OH; Slater Steels Corp., Fort Wayne, IN; Talley Metals 
Technology, Inc., Hartsville, SC; and the United Steelworkers of 
America, AFL-CIO/CLC.
    Participation in the investigations and public service list.--
Persons wishing to participate in the investigations as parties must 
file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as 
provided in section 201.11 of the Commission's rules, not later than 
twenty-one (21) days after publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. The Secretary will prepare a public service list containing 
the names and addresses of all persons, or their representatives, who 
are parties to these investigations upon the expiration of the period 
for filing entries of appearance.
    Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under 
an administrative protective order (APO) and BPI service list.--
Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary 
will make BPI gathered in these final investigations available to 
authorized applicants under the APO issued in the investigations, 
provided that the application is made not later than twenty-one (21) 
days after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register. A 
separate service list will be maintained by the Secretary for those 
parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.
    Staff report.--The prehearing staff report in these investigations 
will be placed in the nonpublic record on December 1, 1994, and a 
public version will be issued thereafter, pursuant to section 207.21 of 
the Commission's rules.
    Hearing.--The Commission will hold a hearing in connection with 
these investigations beginning at 9:30 a.m. on December 15, 1994, at 
the U.S. International Trade Commission Building. Requests to appear at 
the hearing should be filed in writing with the Secretary to the 
Commission on or before December 6, 1994. A nonparty who has testimony 
that may aid the Commission's deliberations may request permission to 
present a short statement at the hearing. All parties and nonparties 
desiring to appear at the hearing and make oral presentations should 
attend a prehearing conference to be held at 9:30 a.m. on December 8, 
1994, at the U.S. International Trade Commission Building. Oral 
testimony and written materials to be submitted at the public hearing 
are governed by sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and 207.23(b) of the 
Commission's rules. Parties are strongly encouraged to submit as early 
in the investigations as possible any requests to present a portion of 
their hearing testimony in camera.
    Written submissions.--Each party is encouraged to submit a 
prehearing brief to the Commission. Prehearing briefs must conform with 
the provisions of section 207.22 of the Commission's rules; the 
deadline for filing is December 8, 1994. Parties may also file written 
testimony in connection with their presentation at the hearing, as 
provided in section 207.23(b) of the Commission's rules, and 
posthearing briefs, which must conform with the provisions of section 
207.24 of the Commission's rules. The deadline for filing posthearing 
briefs is December 22, 1994; witness testimony must be filed no later 
than three (3) days before the hearing. In addition, any person who has 
not entered an appearance as a party to the investigations may submit a 
written statement of information pertinent to the subject of the 
investigations on or before December 22, 1994. All written submissions 
must conform with the provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's 
rules; any submissions that contain BPI must also conform with the 
requirements of sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's 
rules.
    In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules, each 
document filed by a party to the investigations must be served on all 
other parties to the investigations (as identified by either the public 
or BPI service list), and a certificate of service must be timely 
filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a 
certificate of service.

    Authority: These investigations are being conducted under 
authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII. This notice is 
published pursuant to section 207.20 of the Commission's rules.

    Issued: August 29, 1994.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-22182 Filed 9-7-94; 8:45 am]
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