[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2504-2505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-869]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 701-TA-380-382 and 731-TA-797-804 (Final)]


Certain Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, and the United 
Kingdom

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Scheduling of the final phase of countervailing duty and 
antidumping investigations.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the 
final phase of countervailing duty investigations Nos. 701-TA-380-382 
(Final) under section 705(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1671d(b)) (the Act) and the final phase of antidumping investigations 
Nos. 731-TA-797-804 (Final) under section 735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 
1673d(b)) to determine whether an industry in the United States is 
materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the 
establishment of an industry in the United States is materially 
retarded, by reason of subsidized and/or less-than-fair-value imports 
from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea (Korea), 
Mexico, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom of certain stainless steel sheet 
and strip, provided for in subheadings 7219.13.00, 7219.14.00, 
7219.32.00,7219.33.00, 7219.34.00, 7219.35.00, 7219.90.00, 7220.12.10, 
7220.12.50, 7220.20.10, 7220.20.60, 7220.20.70, 7220.20.80, 7220.20.90 
and 7220.90.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States.1
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    \1\ For purposes of these investigations, Commerce has defined 
the subject merchandise as certain stainless steel sheet and strip 
in coils. Stainless steel is an alloy steel containing, by weight, 
1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, 
with or without other elements. The subject sheet and strip is a 
flat-rolled product in coils that is greater than 9.5 mm in width 
and less than 4.75mm in thickness, and that is annealed or otherwise 
heat treated and pickled or otherwise descaled. The subject sheet 
and strip may also be further processed (e.g., cold-rolled, 
polished, aluminized, coated, etc.) provided that it maintains the 
specific dimensions of sheet and strip following such processing. 
Excluded from the scope of these investigations are the following: 
(1) sheet and strip that is not annealed or otherwise heat treated 
and pickled or otherwise descaled, (2) sheet and strip that is cut 
to length, (3) plate (i.e., flat-rolled stainless steel products of 
a thickness of 4.75 mm or more), (4) flat wire (i.e., cold-rolled 
sections, with a prepared edge, rectangular in shape, of a width of 
not more than 9.5 mm), (5) razor blade steel, (6) flapper valve 
steel, (7) suspension foil, (8) certain stainless steel foil for 
automotive catalytic converters, (9) permanent magnet iron-chromium-
cobalt alloy stainless strip, (10) certain electrical resistance 
alloy steel, (11) certain martensitic precipitation-hardenable 
stainless steel, and (12) three specialty stainless steels typically 
used in certain industrial blades and surgical and medical 
instruments.
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    For further information concerning the conduct of this phase of the 
investigations, hearing procedures, and rules of general application, 
consult the Commission'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: January 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Boyland (202-708-4725), 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. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final phase of these investigations is being scheduled as a 
result of affirmative preliminary determinations by the Department of 
Commerce that certain benefits which constitute subsidies within the 
meaning of section 703 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b) are being provided 
to manufacturers, producers, or exporters in France, Italy, and Korea 
and that products from these countries, as well as from Germany, Japan, 
Mexico, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, 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. 1673b). These investigations are being instituted in 
response to petitions filed on June 10, 1998, by counsel for Allegheny 
Ludlum Corporation; Armco, Inc.; Washington Steel Division of Bethlehem 
Steel Corp., the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO; Butler Armco 
Independent Union; and Zanesville Armco Independent Organization, Inc.

Participation in the Investigations and Public Service List

    Persons, including industrial users of the subject merchandise and, 
if the merchandise is sold at the retail level, representative consumer 
organizations, wishing to participate in the final phase of these 
investigations as parties must file an entry of appearance with the 
Secretary to the Commission, as

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provided in section 201.11 of the Commission's rules, no later than 21 
days prior to the hearing date specified in this notice. A party that 
filed a notice of appearance during the preliminary phase of the 
investigations need not file an additional notice of appearance during 
this final phase. The Secretary will maintain a public service list 
containing the names and addresses of all persons, or their 
representatives, who are parties to the investigations.

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 the final phase of these 
investigations available to authorized applicants under the APO issued 
in the investigations, provided that the application is made no later 
than 21 days prior to the hearing date specified in this notice. 
Authorized applicants must represent interested parties, as defined by 
19 U.S.C. Sec. 1677(9), who are parties to the investigations. A party 
granted access to BPI in the preliminary phase of the investigations 
need not reapply for such access. 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 the final phase of these 
investigations will be placed in the nonpublic record on May 12, 1999, 
and a public version will be issued thereafter, pursuant to section 
207.22 of the Commission's rules.

Hearing

    The Commission will hold a hearing in connection with the final 
phase of these investigations beginning at 9:30 a.m. on May 25, 1999, 
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 May 17, 1999. 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 May 19, 1999, 
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 207.24 of the Commission's rules. 
Parties must submit any request to present a portion of their hearing 
testimony in camera no later than 7 days prior to the date of the 
hearing.

Written Submissions

    Each party who is an interested party shall submit a prehearing 
brief to the Commission. Prehearing briefs must conform with the 
provisions of section 207.23 of the Commission's rules; the deadline 
for filing is May 19, 1999. Parties may also file written testimony in 
connection with their presentation at the hearing, as provided in 
section 207.24 of the Commission's rules, and posthearing briefs, which 
must conform with the provisions of section 207.25 of the Commission's 
rules. The deadline for filing posthearing briefs is June 2, 1999; 
witness testimony must be filed no later than three 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 
June 2, 1999. On June 17, 1999, the Commission will make available to 
parties all information on which they have not had an opportunity to 
comment. Parties may submit final comments on this information on or 
before June 21, 1999, but such final comments must not contain new 
factual information and must otherwise comply with section 207.30 of 
the Commission's rules. 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. The Commission's 
rules do not authorize filing of submissions with the Secretary by 
facsimile or electronic means.
    In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the Commission's 
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 title 
VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published pursuant to 
section 207.21 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: January 11, 1999.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-869 Filed 1-13-99; 8:45 am]
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