[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58523-58524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29149]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION


Notice of Commission Decision To Waive Requirements in its Rules 
Regarding the Number of Copies of Complaints, Motions for Temporary 
Relief, Requests or Petitions for Ancillary Proceedings, and Exhibits 
Filed in Proceedings Under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade 
Commission has determined to waive the requirements set forth in its 
rules regarding the number of copies of complaints, motions for 
temporary relief, and requests or petitions for ancillary proceedings 
that must be filed with the Commission in a section 337 investigation, 
and to require that twelve (12), rather than fourteen (14), copies of 
those submissions be filed. In addition, the Commission has waived the 
requirements in its rules regarding the number of sets of exhibits 
associated with the foregoing pleadings that must be filed in a section 
337 investigation, and to require that six (6), rather than fourteen 
(14), copies of those sets of exhibits be filed with the Commission.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene H. Chen, Esq., Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-3112. Hearing-impaired 
persons are advised that information on this matter can be obtained by 
contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on (202) 205-1810. General 
information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing 
its Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). The public record for 
section 337 investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic 
docket (EDIS-ON-LINE) at http://dockets.usitc.gov/eol/public.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission made this determination after 
adopting the recommendations of a ``Section 337 Paperwork Reduction 
Working Group'' (hereinafter called the ``Paperwork Reduction Group'') 
which was established by the Commission at the request of the Chairman 
to identify documents filed by parties in investigations conducted 
pursuant to Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1337, that 
do not need to be circulated among members of the Commission and to 
propose changes necessary to carry out those recommendations. The 
Paperwork Reduction Group recommended to the Commission that the number 
of copies of complaints, motions for temporary relief, and requests or 
petitions for ancillary relief (hereinafter collectively called 
``complaints'') required to be filed with the Commission should be 
reduced from 14 copies to 12 copies because two of the 14 copies now 
being filed are not needed by the Commission. The Commission also 
adopted the recommendation of the Paperwork Reduction Group that the 
sets of exhibits attached to complaints no longer need to be circulated 
among the Commissioners in paper form. The Commission recognized that 
all of the corresponding exhibits filed with complaints are readily 
available to Commissioners on EDIS in electronic format.
    Consequently, the Commission determined to waive the requirements 
set forth in sections 210.4(f)(2) and 210.8(a) of the Commission's 
rules of practice and procedure (19 CFR 210.4(f)(2) and 19 CFR 
210.8(a)) that 14

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copies of confidential and nonconfidential complaints, motions for 
temporary relief, requests or petitions for ancillary relief, and sets 
of exhibits must be filed with the Commission in section 337 
investigations pending before the Commission. Instead, the Commission 
will now accept for filing 12 copies of confidential and 
nonconfidential versions of complaints, motions for temporary relief, 
and requests or petitions for ancillary relief filed by a party in a 
section 337 investigation. In addition, the Commission will now accept 
for filing six copies of the sets of exhibits that are filed with 
confidential and nonconfidential versions of complaints, motions for 
temporary relief, and requests for ancillary proceedings by a party in 
section 337 investigations. The foregoing waiver does not alter the 
provision in section 210.8 of the rules requiring the filing of 
additional copies for each party and foreign country named in 
complaints or supplemental complaints filed with the Commission.
    The authority for this waiver is contained in section 201.4(b) of 
the Commission's rules of practice and procedure (19 CFR 201.4(b)).

    Issued: November 16, 2001.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-29149 Filed 11-20-01; 8:45 am]
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