WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/6/USA/6/Corr.11
19 February 1999
(99-0665)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF
AN INVESTIGATION AND THE REASONS FOR IT
UNITED STATES
Corrigendum
The following Annex should be att ached to document G/SG/N/6/USA/6.
                                                     
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ANNEX
INVESTIGATION NO. TA-201-69
Certain Steel Wire Rod
Agency: United States International Trade Commission.
Action: Institution and scheduling of an investigation under section 202 of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. § 2252) (the Act).
Summary: Following receipt of a properly filed petition on January 12, 1999, on behalf of
Atlantic Steel Industries, Inc., Birmingham Steel  Corp., Connecticut Steel Corp., Co-Steel Raritan,
GS Industries, Inc., Keystone Steel & Wire Co., No rth Star Steel Co., North Star Steel Texas, Inc.,
Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., the Independent St eel Workers Alliance, and the United Steelworkers
of America AFL-CIO, the Commission instituted investigation No. TA-201-69 under section 202 of
the Act to determine whether hot-rolled bars and rods, in irregularly wound coils, of circular or
approximately circular solid cross section, having a diameter of 5 mm or more but less than 19 mm, of
non-alloy or alloy steel, except such bars and rods of free-machining steel(1) or of alloy steel
containing by weight 24 percent or more of nickel, provided for in subheadings 7213.91, 7213.99,7227.20, and 7227.90.60 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS),
(2) are
being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of
serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the dome stic industry producing an article like or directly
competitive with the imported article.
For further information concerning the conduct of this investigation, hearing procedures, and
rules of general application, consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201,
subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and pa rt 206, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 206).
Effective Date: 12 January 1999.
For further information contact: Sioban Maguire (202-708-4721), Office of Investigations, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E Street  SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired
persons can obtain information on this matter 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
(http://www.usitc.gov ).
Supplementary Information
Participation in the investigation and service list.  Persons wishing to participate in the
investigation as parties must file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as
provided in section 201.11 of the Commission's rules, not later than 21 days after publication of this
notice in the Federal Register . The Secretary will prepare a service list containing the names and
addresses of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to this investigation upon the
expiration of the period for filing entries of appearance.
Limited disclosure of confidential business information (CBI) under an administrative
protective order (APO) and CBI service list.--Pur suant to section 206.17 of the Commission's rules,
the Secretary will make CBI gathered in this invest igation available to authorized applicants under the
APO issued in the investigation, provided that the application is made not later than 21 days after theG/SG/N/6/USA/6/Corr.1
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publication of this notice in the Federal Register . A separate service list will be maintained by the
Secretary for those parties authorized to receive CBI under the APO.
Hearings on injury and remedy.--The Commission has scheduled separate hearings in
connection with the injury and remedy phases of this investigation. The hearing on injury will be held
beginning at 9:30 a.m. on April 15, 1999 at the U.S. International Trade Commission Building. In the
event that the Commission makes an affirmative injury determination or is equally divided on the
question of injury in this investigation, a hearing on the question of remedy will be held beginning at
9:30 a.m. on June 8, 1999. Requests to appear at the hearings should be filed in writing with the
Secretary to the Commission on or before April 7 and June 2, 1999, respectively. All persons desiring
to appear at the hearings and make oral presentations should attend prehearing conferences to be held
at 9:30 a.m. on April 12 and June 4, 1999, respectively, at the U.S. International Trade CommissionBuilding. Oral testimony and written materials to be submitted at the hearing are governed by sections
201.6(b)(2) and 201.13(f) of the Commission's rules. Parties must submit any request to present a
portion of their hearing testimony in camera
 no later than 7 days prior to the date of the hearing.
Written submissions. Each party is encouraged to submit a prehearing brief to the
Commission. The deadline for filing prehearing briefs on injury is April 9, 1999; that for filing
prehearing briefs on remedy, including any commitments pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(6)(B), is
May 27, 1999. Parties may also file posthearing briefs. The deadline for filing posthearing briefs on
injury is April 20, 1999; that for filing posthearing briefs on remedy is June 14, 1999. In addition, any
person who has not entered an appearance as a party to the investigation may submit a writtenstatement of information pertinent to the consideration of injury on or before April 20, 1999, and
pertinent to the consideration of remedy on or before June 14, 1999. All written submissions must
conform with the provisions of section 201.8 of th e Commission's rules; any submissions that contain
confidential business information must also conform with the requirements of section 201.6 of the
Commission's rules. The Commission's rules do not auth orize filing of submissions with the Secretary
by facsimile or electronic means.
In accordance with section 201.16(c) of the Commission's rules, each document filed by a
party to the investigation must be served on all othe r parties to the investigation (as identified by the
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 investigation is being conducted under the authority of section 202 of the
Trade Act of 1974; this notice is published pursuant to section 206.3 of the Commission's rules.
By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke
Secretary
Issued: January 22, 1999
1. Free-machining steel is any steel product containing by weight one or more of the following
elements, in the specified proportions: 0.03 percent or more of lead, 0.05 percent or more of bismuth,
0.08 percent or more of sulfur, more than 0.4 percent of phosphorous, more than 0.05 percent of
selenium, and/or more than 0.01 percent of tellurium.
2. The product covered by the investigation is commonly known as "wire rod." The scope of the
investigation does not cover concrete reinforcing bars and rods, or bars and rods of stainless steel or
tool steel, which are provided for in other HTSUS subheadings.
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