[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 140 (Friday, July 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42381-42382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14482]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. Nos. 701-TA-430B- and 731-TA-1019B]


Hard Red Spring Wheat From Canada; Notice of Revised Schedule for 
Remand Proceeding

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. International Trade Commission (the Commission) 
hereby gives notice of a revised schedule for the proceedings in the 
remand investigation ordered by a binational panel established under 
Article 1904 of the North American Free trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Hard 
Red Spring Wheat from Canada, Inv. Nos. 701-TA-430B and 731-TA-1019B 
(Final).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher J. Cassise, Office of 
Investigations, telephone 202-708-5408 or Michael Diehl, Esq., Office 
of the General Counsel, telephone (202) 205-3095, U.S. International 
Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-
impaired persons are advised that

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information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the 
Commission's TDD terminal on (202) 205-1810. The public record for this 
investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov. General information concerning the 
Commission may also be obtained by accessing its Internet server 
(http://www.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In October 2003, the Commission determined, by a two-to-two vote, 
that an industry in the United States was materially injured by reason 
of subject imports of hard red spring wheat from Canada. On June 7, 
2005, a binational panel formed under Article 1904 of the NAFTA issued 
a decision in its review of the Commission's determination. The panel 
remanded the determination to the Commission to issue its remand 
determination within 90 days of the issuance of the Panel's decision, 
i.e., by September 6, 2005.
    On July 6, 2005, the Commission published in the Federal Register 
(70 FR 38981) a notice of the remand proceeding, of the Commission's 
decision to reopen the administrative record, and of the schedule for 
written submissions.
    On July 7, 2005, the Panel granted a consent motion to extend the 
time period for filing the remand determination by 30 days to October 
5, 2005.

Participation in the Remand Proceedings

    Parties are referred to the Commission's July 6, 2005 notice with 
respect to participation in the remand proceedings.

Revised Schedule for Written Submissions

    Given the extension of time granted by the Panel, the schedule for 
written submissions is revised as follows. Information obtained during 
the remand investigation will be released to the parties under the 
administrative protective order (``APO'') issued in the original 
investigations on or about July 22, 2005. The remand staff report will 
be placed in the nonpublic record on August 16, 2005, and a public 
version will be issued thereafter, pursuant to Section 207.22 of the 
Commission's rules.
    Parties that are participating in the remand proceedings may file 
comments by August 23, 2005 with respect to how the record, as 
supplemented, bears on the issues presented by the Panel's remand 
instructions. No additional factual information may be included in such 
comments. Comments shall not exceed 30 pages of textual material, 
double-spaced and single-sided, on stationery measuring 8\1/2\ x 
inches.
    Parties that are participating in the remand proceedings may also 
file final comments on or before September 2, 2005. Final comments are 
limited to providing commentary on party comments filed by August 23, 
2005 and with respect to new information, if any, released on or after 
August 23, 2005. No additional factual information may be included in 
such final comments. Final comments shall not exceed 15 pages of 
textual material, double-spaced and single-sided, on stationery 
measuring 8\1/2\ x 11 inches.
    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 rules do not authorize filing submissions with the Secretary 
by facsimile or electronic means, except to the extend permitted by 
section 201.8 of the Commission's rules, as amended, 67 FR 68036 (Nov. 
8, 2002).
    In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the Commission's 
rules, each document filed by a party to the investigations must be 
served on all other parties to the investigations (as identified by 
either the public or updated 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.

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

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: July 18, 2005.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-14482 Filed 7-21-05; 8:45 am]
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