[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56458-56459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21259]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 731-TA-954 (Final) (Remand)]


Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Canada; Notice and 
Scheduling of Remand Proceeding

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 proceedings in the NAFTA Panel Review-ordered 
remand in Investigation No. 731-TA-954 (Final).

DATES: Effective: September 16, 2004.

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 2002, the Commission made a final affirmative 
determination in an antidumping investigation regarding wire rod 
imports from Canada.\1\ On November 27, 2002, Canadian Respondent Ivaco 
requested a NAFTA Panel Review of this determination (Secretariat File 
No. USA-CDA-2002-1904-09).
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    \1\ Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, Canada, 
Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, Trinidad and Tobago and 
Ukraine, 67 Fed. Reg. 66,662 (Int'l Trade Comm'n 2002). The 
Commission's views were published in Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel 
Wire Rod from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, 
Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, and Ukraine, Inv. Nos. 701-TA-417-421 
and 731-TA-953, 954, 956-959, 961 and 962 (Final) USITC Pub. 3546 
(October 2002).
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    On August 12, 2004, the NAFTA Panel issued an opinion requiring the 
Commission to reexamine certain aspects of its investigation and 
determination, including rejecting as untimely a September 24, 2002 
submission by Canadian Respondent Ivaco. The Commission is required to 
respond to the Panel's remand order within 60 days of the issuance of 
the order or by October 12, 2004.
    The Commission is reopening the record in the final investigation 
on wire

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rod from Canada for the limited purpose of placing the September 24, 
2002 submission by Ivaco on the record. The September 24, 2002 
submission is a public document, and will be obtainable by accessing 
the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS) on its 
Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).

Participation in the Proceeding

    Only those parties who were parties to the original administrative 
proceeding (i.e., parties listed on the Commission Secretary's service 
list), may participate in this remand proceeding. No additional filings 
with the Commission will be necessary for these parties to participate 
in the remand proceeding. Parties that are participating in the remand 
proceeding may file comments on this document on or before September 
24, 2004. Information obtained during the remand proceeding will be 
governed, as appropriate, by the administrative protective order 
(``APO'') in effect in the original investigation.

Written Submissions

    Each party participating in this remand proceeding may submit one 
set of written comments to the Commission. These comments must be 
concise and limited specifically to comments on the September 24, 2002 
submission. Any material in the comments that does not address the 
content of the September 24, 2002 submission will be disregarded. No 
new factual information may be included in such comments. Comments 
shall be submitted in a font of no smaller than 11-point (Times New 
Roman) and shall be limited to no more than five double-spaced pages 
(inclusive of footnotes, tables, graphs, exhibits, appendices, etc.). 
These comments must be filed at the Commission no later than the close 
of business on September 24, 2004.
    All comments 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. In 
accordance with sections 201.16 (c) and 207.3 of the rules, each 
document filed by a party to the original investigation must be served 
on all other parties to the original 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.

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

    Issued: September 16, 2004.

    By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 04-21259 Filed 9-20-04; 8:45 am]
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