[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48063-48064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23163]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 701-TA-413 (Final) and 731-TA-913-918 (Final)]


Stainless Steel Bar From France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, 
and the United Kingdom

AGENCY: 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 investigation No. 701-TA-413 (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-913-918 (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 less-than-fair-value imports from Italy and less-than-
fair-value imports from France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, and the 
United Kingdom of stainless steel bar, provided for in subheadings 
7222.11.00, 7222.19.00, 7222.20.00, and 7222.30.00 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States.\1\
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    \1\ For purposes of these investigations, the Department of 
Commerce has defined the subject merchandise as ``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. 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. Except as specified above, the term does not 
include stainless steel semi-finished products, cut length flat-
rolled products (i.e., cut 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), products 
that have been cut from stainless steel sheet, strip or plate, 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 and 
sections.''
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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: July 27, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Noreen (202-205-3167), 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.

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 Italy of stainless steel 
bar, and that such products 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) from France, Germany, Italy, Korea, and the United Kingdom.\2\ 
The investigations were requested in a petition filed on December 28, 
2000, by Carpenter Technology Corp., Wyomissing, PA; Crucible Specialty 
Metals, Syracuse, NY; Electralloy Corp., Oil City, PA; Empire Specialty 
Steel, Inc., Dunkirk, NY; Slater Steels Corp., Specialty Alloys 
Division, Fort Wayne, IN; and the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-
CIO/CLC, Pittsburgh, PA.
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    \2\ Commerce's preliminary determination for Taiwan was 
negative.

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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 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. 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 December 6, 
2001, 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 December 20, 
2001, 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 12, 2001. 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 17, 2001, 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 December 13, 2001. 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 
December 28, 2001; 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 December 28, 2001. On January 14, 2002, 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 January 16, 2002, 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.

    Issued: September 11, 2001.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-23163 Filed 9-14-01; 8:45 am]
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