[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17151]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

[Docket No. 010412092-1165-03]


Cancellation of Public Hearing on Section 232 National Security 
Investigation of Imports of Iron Ore and Semi-Finished Steel

AGENCY: Bureau of Export Administration, Office of Strategic Industries 
and Economic Security, Strategic Analysis Division, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Cancellation of public hearing on section 232 national security 
investigation of imports of iron ore and semi-finished steel.

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SUMMARY: In a June 14, 2001, Federal Register Notice (66 FR 32315), the 
Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) announced three public hearings 
on the investigation that the Department of Commerce initiated, on 
February 1, 2001, to determine the effects on the national security of 
imports of iron ore and semi-finished steel. This investigation is 
being conducted under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 
as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862). This notice announces the cancellation of 
the public hearing scheduled for July 19, 2001, in Irvine, California, 
due to a low number of requests to speak at that location.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Botwin, Director, Strategic 
Analysis Division, Bureau of Export Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4060, [email protected] or Michael Vaccaro, Trade 
and Industry Analyst, Bureau of Export Administration, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, (202) 482-8232, [email protected]. For more information 
about the section 232 program, including the regulations and the text 
of previous investigations, see www.doc-bxa.bmpcoe.org under 
``Programs.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 1, 2001, the Department of Commerce initiated an 
investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 1862), to determine the effects on the national 
security of imports of iron ore and semi-finished steel. The findings 
and recommendations of the investigation are to be reported by the 
Secretary of Commerce to the President no later than October 29, 2001. 
For further details on this investigation, see the Federal Register 
notices of February 6, 2001 (66 FR 9067) and April 18, 2001 (66 FR 
19917).
    The iron ore and semi-finished steel products subject to this 
investigation include:

1. Iron Ore
    --Briquettes
    --Pellets
    --Sinter

2. Semi-finished Steel
    --Ingots
    --Billets
    --Blooms
    --Slab

    As announced in the June 14, 2001 Federal Register Notice (66 FR 
32315), BXA is holding public hearings as part of the investigation. 
The hearings will assist the Department in determining whether imports 
of iron ore and semi-finished steel threaten to impair the national 
security and in recommending remedies if such a threat is found to 
exist. The Department has cancelled the public hearing scheduled for 
Thursday, July 19, 2001 at the Newport Gateway, in Irvine, California, 
due to a low number of requests to speak at that location. The June 14, 
2001 Federal Register Notice provided that any person, whether 
presenting or not, may submit a written statement through August 17, 
2001, 30 days after the last hearing date. Written submissions by 
persons not selected to make presentations at the Thursday, July 5, 
2001 and Sunday, July 15, 2001 public hearings will be made part of the 
public record of the proceedings. Written statements should be 
submitted to Brad Botwin, Director, Strategic Analysis Division, Bureau 
of Export Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3876, 14th 
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: July 2, 2001.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-17151 Filed 7-9-01; 8:45 am]
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