[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 118 (Monday, June 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 38000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15385]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION


Certain Pipe and Tube From Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India, 
Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Venezuela \1\

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Reopening of the record and request for additional comments on 
the subject 5-year reviews.

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SUMMARY: On June 8, 2000, the U.S. International Trade Commission (the 
Commission) reopened the record in the above reviews for the purpose of 
considering new factual information, submitted by any person and not 
already submitted for the record, regarding the agreement between 
Siderca SA of Argentina and the United Steelworkers of America 
concerning the planned reactivation of the steel tube mill located in 
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, formerly operated by Algoma Steel 
Inc. of Canada, for the production of oil country tubular goods (65 FR 
37409, June 14, 2000).
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    \1\ The products and investigation numbers for the various 
countries are: Argentina: light-walled rectangular tube (731-TA-
409); Brazil: circular welded nonalloy steel pipe (731-TA-532); 
Canada: oil country tubular goods (731-TA-276); India: welded carbon 
steel pipe and tube (731-TA-271); Korea: circular welded nonalloy 
steel pipe (731-TA-533); Mexico: circular welded nonalloy steel pipe 
(731-TA-534); Singapore: small diameter standard and rectangular 
pipe and tube (731-TA-296); Taiwan: small diameter carbon steel pipe 
and tube (731-TA-132), oil country tubular goods (731-TA-277), 
light-walled rectangular tube (731-TA-410), and circular welded 
nonalloy steel pipe (731-TA-536); Turkey: welded carbon steel pipe 
and tube (701-TA-253 and 731-TA-273); Thailand: welded carbon steel 
pipe and tube (731-TA-252); and Venezuela: circular welded nonalloy 
steel pipe (731-TA-537).
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    The Commission hereby gives notice that it is reopening the record 
in these reviews for the additional purpose of considering new factual 
information, submitted by any person and not already submitted for the 
record, regarding the announced merger of Maverick Tube Corp. of the 
United States and Prudential Steel Ltd. of Canada.
    The Commission is not reopening the record for any purpose other 
than to receive new factual information from any person on these issues 
only and comments from any party on this new factual information. The 
record reopened on June 8, 2000, and will close on June 14, 2000. On 
June 15, 2000, the Commission will make available to parties all 
information on which they have not had an opportunity to comment.
    On or before June 19, 2000, parties may submit final comments, not 
to exceed 10 pages, double-spaced and single-sided, on stationery 
measuring 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, addressing only new factual information 
released to parties on June 15, 2000, regarding the two issues detailed 
above, but such final comments must not contain any new factual 
information not previously submitted for the record and must otherwise 
comply with section 207.68 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 business 
proprietary information (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 and 207.3 of the 
Commission's rules, each document filed by a party to these reviews 
must be served on all other parties to these reviews (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.
    For further information concerning the reviews see the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR 
part 201), and part 207, subparts A and F (19 CFR part 207).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 13, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian R. Allen (202-708-4728), 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).

    Authority: These reviews 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.

    Issued: June 14, 2000.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-15385 Filed 6-16-00; 8:45 am]
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