[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 44158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21122]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. TA-201-73]


Steel

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consolidation of Senate Finance Committee Resolution requesting 
a section 201 investigation with the investigation requested by the 
United States Trade Representative on June 22, 2001.

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SUMMARY: On July 26, 2001, the Commission received a resolution adopted 
by the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate requesting that 
the Commission investigate certain steel imports under Section 201 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251). The resolution provides that 
the Committee shall promptly investigate whether certain steel products 
are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities 
as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, 
to each of the domestic industries identified in the resolution as 
manufacturing products that are like or directly competitive with the 
imported products. In its resolution, the Senate Finance Committee 
refers to the Commission's ongoing investigation No. TA-201-73, which 
was instituted June 22, 2001, following receipt of a request from the 
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
    The Committee does not request a second investigation, a change in 
the scope of the present investigation, or any change in Commission 
procedures with respect to the current investigation. Instead, the 
Committee in Section 4 of the resolution states that, ``in order to 
avoid hindering the important progress already made in the 
International Trade Commission's ongoing global safeguard investigation 
of certain steel products, the Commission is instructed to exercise its 
authority under section 603 of the Trade Act of 1974 to consolidate the 
investigation requested in this resolution with the investigation 
requested by the United States Trade Representative on June 22, 2001, 
in a manner that does not alter or delay the investigation schedule 
established pursuant to the earlier request.''
    Consistent with the Senate Finance Committee's resolution, we are 
consolidating the investigation requested by the Committee with the 
Commission's previously-instituted investigation No. TA-201-73.
    For further information concerning the conduct of this 
investigation, 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 206, subparts A and B 
(19 CFR part 206).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 26, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vera Libeau (202-205-3176), 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). The public record for this investigation may be 
viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS-ON-LINE) at http://dockets.usitc.gov/eol/public.

    Issued: August 16, 2001.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-21122 Filed 8-21-01; 8:45 am]
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