[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59599-59600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29776]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Trade Policy Staff Committee; Extension of Deadline for the 
Submission of Responses to Requests for the Exclusion of Specific 
Products From Any Action Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 
With Regard to Imports of Certain Steel and Modifications to the 
Earlier Instructions for the Submission of Written Comments

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Extension of deadline for submission of responses and 
modifications to the earlier instructions for the submission of written 
comments.

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SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff Committee (``TPSC'') is extending the 
deadline, from November 27, 2001, to December 5, 2001, for the 
submission of responses to requests for the exclusion of specific 
products from any action under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended, (19 U.S.C. 2253) (``Trade Act'') with regard to imports of 
certain steel. In light of recent security measures, the TPSC is also 
modifying the instructions for the submission of written comments in 
the TPSC Notice and Request for Comments of October 26, 2001. See 66 FR 
54321 (``October 26th Notice'').

DATES: The deadline for responses to requests for the exclusion of 
specific products from any action under section 203 of the Trade Act of 
1974 with regard to imports of certain steel is being extended to 
December 5, 2001. Other dates in the October 26th Notice remain 
unchanged. Modifications to the instructions for submission of written 
comments are applicable to all documents related to action under 
section 203 of the Trade Act with regard to imports of certain steel 
that are submitted to the TPSC after publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Industry, Office of the 
United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., Room 501, 
Washington, DC 20508. Telephone (202) 395-5656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 26, 2001, the TPSC published in 
the Federal Register a Notice and Request for Comments on what action 
the President should take under section 203 of the Trade Act to 
facilitate efforts by the domestic industries producing certain steel 
products to make a positive adjustment to import competition and 
provide greater economic and social benefits than costs. See 66 FR 
54321. According to the October 26th Notice, the deadline for the 
submission of requests for the exclusion of specific products from any 
action under section 203(a) of the Trade Act was November 13, 2001, and 
the deadline for the submission of responses to such requests was 
November 27, 2001. The TPSC is extending the November 27, 2001, 
deadline until not later than December 5, 2001. Parties should refer to 
the October 26th Notice, and additional information provided below, for 
instructions for the submission of written comments.
    The October 26th Notice contained instructions for the submission 
of written comments. In light of recently implemented security 
measures, U.S. mail submissions will not be received in time for 
consideration. To improve the receipt of submissions by electronic 
mail, the TPSC is making the following modifications to the 
instructions:
     The October 26th Notice allowed interested persons filing 
written comments, requests, or other information to provide the 
information by electronic mail or by U.S. mail. It instructed 
interested persons submitting documents by U.S. mail to include twenty 
(20) copies. The TPSC now requests only one (1) copy of any documents 
submitted by U.S. mail. Interested persons submitting documents by U.S. 
mail should also make arrangements for the transmission of an 
electronic copy of the document by electronic mail in accordance with 
the instructions in the October 26th Notice, as modified below. 
Although the TPSC prefers the use of electronic mail, a copy of any 
documents submitted by U.S. mail may also be transmitted to the TPSC by 
fax at (202) 395-9674.
     The October 26th Notice indicated that interested persons 
may file documents in any commercial word processing or spreadsheet 
format. The TPSC strongly encourages the submission of documents in 
Adobe PDF format, as attachments to an electronic mail message.
     The October 26th Notice instructed that for any document 
containing business confidential information submitted by electronic 
transmission, the file name of the business confidential version should 
begin with the characters ``BC-'', and the file name of the public 
version should begin with

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the characters ``P-''. The TPSC further requests that the characters 
``P-'' or ``BC-'' be followed by the name of the submitter. If a 
submission represents the views of multiple persons, only one needs to 
be listed in the file name. If the same person or persons has submitted 
multiple documents, each should be sequentially numbered, with the 
number following the name of the submitter in the file name. (E.g., the 
sixth public submission by Smith and Jones would be labeled ``P-Smith-
6''.)
     Interested persons who make submissions by electronic mail 
should not provide separate cover letters. Any information that might 
appear in a cover letter should be included in the submission itself, 
or in the electronic mail message used to transmit the submission. To 
the extent possible, any attachments to the submission should be 
aggregated into a single file with the submission itself, and not 
transmitted separately.
    These modifications are applicable to all documents related to 
action under section 203 of the Trade Act with regard to imports of 
certain steel that are submitted to the TPSC after publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register.

Carmen Suro-Bredie,
Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 01-29776 Filed 11-27-01; 3:07 pm]
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