[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67349-67350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-32002]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Trade Policy Staff Committee; Extension of Deadline for the 
Submission of Written Comments on What Action, if Any, the President 
Should Take Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 With Regard to 
Imports of Certain Steel and Responses to Such Comments

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Extension of deadline for submission of comments and responses.

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SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff Committee (``TPSC'') is extending the 
deadline for the submission of written comments on what action, if any, 
the President should take under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2253) (``Trade Act'') with regard to imports of certain 
steel and responses to such written comments, which were requested in a 
Federal Register notice of October 26, 2001. See 66 FR 54321 
(``Notice'').

DATES: The deadline for written comments on what action, if any, the 
President should take under section 203 of the Trade Act is being 
extended to January 4, 2002, and the deadline for responses to such 
written comments is being extended to January 15, 2002.

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 request for written public 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 (``Notice''). According to the Notice, the deadline for the 
submission of written comments on what action, if any, the President 
should take under section 203 of the Trade Act is December 28, 2001, 
and the deadline for responses to such written comments is January 8, 
2002. The TPSC is extending the deadline for written comments until not 
later than January 4, 2002, and the deadline for responses to written 
comments until not later than January 15, 2002. Parties should refer to 
the Notice, as modified by the TPSC's Federal Register notice of 
November 29, 2001 (66 FR 59599), for

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instructions for the submission of written comments.

Donald Eiss,
Acting Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 01-32002 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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