[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 45541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17153]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-417-421 and 731-TA-953-963 (Preliminary), 
(Remand as to Egypt, South Africa and Venezuela)]


Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Brazil, Canada, 
Mexico, Moldova, South Africa, Ukraine and Venezuela, Trinidad and 
Tobago, Turkey, Taiwan; Notice and Scheduling of Remand Proceedings

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U. S. International Trade Commission (the Commission) 
hereby gives notice of the court-ordered remand of its preliminary 
antidumping investigations Nos. 731-TA-955, 960 and 963 (Preliminary).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 3, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Messer, Office of Investigations, 
telephone 202-205-3193 or Karen V. Driscoll, Office of General Counsel, 
telephone 202-205-3092, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E St., 
SW., Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired individuals 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).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Reopening Record

    In October 2001, the Commission made negligibility determinations 
in antidumping investigations regarding wire rod imports from Egypt, 
South Africa and Venezuela, and terminated those investigations 
pursuant to statute. The Commission's determinations were appealed to 
the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT). On June 20, 2002, the CIT 
issued an opinion requiring the Commission to reconsider its 
terminations given the modified scope of investigations issued by the 
Department of Commerce (``Commerce'') on April 10, 2002 ( 67 FR 
17,384). The Commission was given until August 2, 2002, or 43 days, in 
which to comply with the Court's remand order and issue remand 
determinations.
    In order to assist it in making its determinations on remand, the 
Commission is reopening the record on remand in these investigations to 
include in the record the modified scope issued by Commerce in April, 
2002, and to obtain import data corresponding to that modified scope of 
investigations regarding subject wire rod imports from all sources. The 
record in these proceedings will encompass the material from the record 
of the original preliminary investigations, information and import data 
submitted to and gathered by Commission staff during the remand 
proceedings, and Commerce's modified April 10, 2002 scope (67 FR 
17,384).

Participation in the Proceedings

    Due to the strict time constraints in this remand proceeding, and 
the limited nature of the remand, only those parties to the original 
administrative proceedings may participate in the Commission's remand 
proceedings. No additional filings with the Commission will be 
necessary for these parties to participate in these remand proceedings.

Nature of the Remand Proceedings

    On July 12, 2002, the Commission will make available to parties who 
may participate in the remand proceedings, information that has been 
gathered by or submitted to the Commission as part of these remand 
proceedings. Parties that are participating in the remand proceedings 
may file comments on or before July 16, 2002 on whether any new 
information received affects the Commission's negligibility 
determinations in these investigations. These comments should not 
exceed ten double-spaced typewritten pages.
    All written submissions must conform with the provisions of section 
201.8 of the Commission's rules; any submissions that contain business 
proprietary information (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. Each document filed by a 
party participating in the remand investigation must be served on all 
other parties who may participate in the remand investigation (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. Parties are also 
advised to consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 
part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subpart 
A (19 CFR part 207) for provisions of general applicability concerning 
written submissions to the Commission.

Limited Disclosure of Business Proprietary Information (BPI) Under an 
Administrative Protective Order (APO) and BPI Service List

    Information obtained during the remand investigation will be 
released to the above-referenced parties, as appropriate, under the 
administrative protective order (``APO'') in effect in the original 
investigation. A separate service list will be maintained by the 
Secretary for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO in 
this remand investigation.

    Authority: This action is taken under the authority of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, title VII.

    Issued: July 3, 2002.

    By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-17153 Filed 7-8-02; 8:45 am]
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