[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54671-54672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21584]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-478]


Certain Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters and Products Containing 
Same; Notice of Investigation

AGENCY: International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of investigation pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the 
U.S. International Trade Commission on July 23, 2002, under section 337 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Little Neck, New York. A letter 
supplementing the complaint was filed on August 14, 2002. The complaint 
as supplemented alleges violations of section 337 in the importation 
into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within 
the United States after importation of certain ground fault circuit 
interrupters (``GFCIs'') and products containing same by reason of 
infringement of claims 1-4 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,595,894.
    The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States 
exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant 
requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the 
investigation, issue a permanent general exclusion order and a 
permanent cease and desist order.

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for any confidential information 
contained therein, is available for inspection during official business 
hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room 112, 
Washington, DC 20436, telephone 202-205-2000. Hearing impaired 
individuals are advised that information on this matter can be obtained 
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 at 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David H. Hollander, Jr., Esq., Office 
of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
telephone 202-205-2746.

    Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation 
is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
and in Sec. 210.10 of the Commission's rules of practice and 
procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2002).

Scope of Investigation

    Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade 
Commission, on August 19, 2002, Ordered that--
    (1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine whether 
there is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 337 in the 
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the 
sale within the United States after importation, of certain ground 
fault circuit interrupters or products containing same by reason of 
infringement of claim 1, 2, 3, or 4 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,595,894, 
and whether an industry in the United States exists as required by 
subsection (a)(2) of section 337.
    (2) For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the 
following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of 
investigation shall be served:
    (a) The complainant is--Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., 59-25 
Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY 11362.
    (b) The respondents are the following companies alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint 
is to be served:

Yueqing Huameili Electronic Co., Ltd., d/b/a HML, Yueqing Huameili 
Electronic Co., Ltd., No. 2 Tongxing Road, Songhu Industrial Zone, 
Yueqing, China P.C. 325600.
Jiamei Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., Xuezhai Liushi Town, Yueqing 
Zhejiang, China 325604.
Sammax International Ltd., Room 2411-12, Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour 
Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Van-Sheen Electric Appliance Co., Ltd., d/b/a Yatai Switch Factory, 43 
Gongyuan Road, Baixiang, Yueqing Zhejiang, China.

    (c) David H. Hollander, Jr., Esq., Office of Unfair Import 
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 
Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436, who shall be the Commission 
investigative attorney, party to this investigation; and
    (3) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Sidney 
Harris is designated as the presiding administrative law judge.
    Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation must be 
submitted by the named respondents in accordance with Sec. 210.13 of 
the

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Commission's rules of practice and procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant 
to 19 CFR 201.16(d) and 210.13(a), such responses will be considered by 
the Commission if received no later than 20 days after the date of 
service by the Commission of the complaint and the notice of 
investigation. Extensions of time for submitting responses to the 
complaint will not be granted unless good cause therefor is shown.
    Failure of a respondent to file a timely response to each 
allegation in the complaint and in this notice may be deemed to 
constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations 
of the complaint and to authorize the administrative law judge and the 
Commission, without further notice to that respondent, to find the 
facts to be as alleged in the complaint and this notice and to enter 
both an initial determination and a final determination containing such 
findings, and may result in the issuance of a limited exclusion order 
or a cease and desist order or both directed against that respondent.

    By order of the Commission.
    Issued: August 20, 2002.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-21584 Filed 8-22-02; 8:45 am]
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