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affirmative preliminary determinations

by the Department of Commerce that

imports of certain seamless carbon and

alloy steel standard, line, and pressure

pipe from Japan and South Africa are

being sold in the United States at less

than fair value within the meaning of

section 733 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b).

The investigations were requested in

petitions filed on June 30, 1999, by

Koppel Steel Corp., Beaver Falls, PA;

Sharon Tube Co., Sharon, PA; U.S. Steel

Group, Fairfield, AL; USS/Kobe Steel

Co., Lorain, OH; and Vision Metals’ Gulf

States Tube Div., Rosenberg, TX.

The petitions also alleged that an

industry in the United States is

materially injured or threatened with

material injury, or the establishment of

an industry in the United States is

materially retarded, by imports sold at

less than fair value from the Czech

Republic, Mexico, and Romania. The

Commission made affirmative

preliminary injury determinations with

regard to those imports. Commerce has

postponed its preliminary

determinations concerning whether

imports from these countries are sold at

less than fair value. In the event

Commerce makes affirmative

preliminary determinations, the

Commission will activate the final

phase of those antidumping

investigations. The briefing schedule,

hearing, and other deadlines as outlined

below will also apply to those

investigations.

Participation in the Investigations and

Public Service List

Persons, including industrial users of

the subject merchandise and, if the

merchandise is sold at the retail level,

representative consumer organizations,

wishing to participate in the final phase

of these investigations 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, no later than 21

days prior to the hearing date specified

in this notice. A party that filed a notice

of appearance during the preliminary

phase of the investigations need not file

an additional notice of appearance

during this final phase. The Secretary

will maintain a public service list

containing the names and addresses of

all persons, or their representatives,

who are parties to the investigations.

Limited Disclosure of Business

Proprietary Information (BPI) Under an

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

and BPI Service List

Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the

Commission’s rules, the Secretary will

make BPI gathered in the final phase of

these investigations available to

authorized applicants under the APO

issued in the investigations, provided

that the application is made no later

than 21 days prior to the hearing date

specified in this notice. Authorized

applicants must represent interested

parties, as defined by 19 U.S.C. 1677(9),

who are parties to the investigations. A

party granted access to BPI in the

preliminary phase of the investigation

need not reapply for such access. A

separate service list will be maintained

by the Secretary for those parties

authorized to receive BPI under the

APO.

Staff Report

The prehearing staff report in the final

phase of these investigations will be

placed in the nonpublic record on

February 23, 2000, and a public version

will be issued thereafter, pursuant to

section 207.22 of the Commission’s

rules.

Hearing

The Commission will hold a hearing

in connection with the final phase of

these investigations beginning at 9:30

a.m. on March 7, 2000, at the U.S.

International Trade Commission

Building. Requests to appear at the

hearing should be filed in writing with

the Secretary to the Commission on or

before February 29, 2000. A nonparty

who has testimony that may aid the

Commission’s deliberations may request

permission to present a short statement

at the hearing. All parties and

nonparties desiring to appear at the

hearing and make oral presentations

should attend a prehearing conference

to be held at 9:30 a.m. on March 3, 2000,

at the U.S. International Trade

Commission Building. Oral testimony

and written materials to be submitted at

the public hearing are governed by

sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and

207.24 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 who is an interested party

shall submit a prehearing brief to the

Commission. Prehearing briefs must

conform with the provisions of section

207.23 of the Commission’s rules; the

deadline for filing is March 1, 2000.

Parties may also file written testimony

in connection with their presentation at

the hearing, as provided in section

207.24 of the Commission’s rules, and

posthearing briefs, which must conform

with the provisions of section 207.25 of

the Commission’s rules. The deadline

for filing posthearing briefs is March 14,

2000; witness testimony must be filed

no later than three days before the

hearing. In addition, any person who

has not entered an appearance as a party

to the investigations may submit a

written statement of information

pertinent to the subject of the

investigations on or before March 14,

2000. On March 27, 2000, the

Commission will make available to

parties all information on which they

have not had an opportunity to

comment. Parties may submit final

comments on this information on or

before March 29, 2000, but such final

comments must not contain new factual

information and must otherwise comply

with section 207.30 of the Commission’s

rules. All written submissions must

conform with the provisions of section

201.8 of the Commission’s rules; any

submissions that contain 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.

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 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: These investigations are being

conducted under authority of title VII of the

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published

pursuant to section 207.21 of the

Commission’s rules.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: January 7, 2000.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–883 Filed 1–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

[USITC SE–00–002]

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

International Trade Commission.

TIME AND DATE: January 19, 2000 at 11:00

a.m.

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street S.W.,

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:

(202) 205–2000.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Agenda for future meeting: none.

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2. Minutes.

3. Ratification List.

4. Inv. No. 731–TA–814

(Final)(Creatine Monohydrate from

China)—briefing and vote. (The

Commission will transmit its

determination to the Secretary of

Commerce on January 26, 2000.)

5. Inv. Nos. 701–TA–387–391 and

731–TA–816–821 (Final)(Certain Cut-toLength Steel Plate from France, India,

Indonesia, Italy, Japan, and Korea)—

briefing and vote. (The Commission will

transmit its determination to the

Secretary of Commerce on January 28,

2000.)

6. Outstanding action jackets: none.

In accordance with Commission

policy, subject matter listed above, not

disposed of at the scheduled meeting,

may be carried over to the agenda of the

following meeting.

Issued: January 10, 2000.

By order of the Commission:

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1097 Filed 1–12–00; 2:34 pm]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Notice of Determinations Regarding

Eligibility To Apply for Worker

Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA

Transitional Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the

Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the

Department of Labor herein presents

summaries of determinations regarding

eligibility to apply for trade adjustment

assistance for workers (TA–W) issued

during the period of December, 1999

and January, 2000.

In order for an affirmative

determination to be made and a

certification of eligibility to apply for

worker adjustment assistance to be

issued, each of the group eligibility

requirements of Section 222 of the Act

must be met.

(1) That a significant number or

proportion of the workers in the

workers’ firm, or an appropriate

subdivision thereof, have become totally

or partially separated,

(2) That sales or production, or both,

of the firm or subdivision have

decreased absolutely, and

(3) That increases of imports of

articles like or directly competitive with

articles produced by the firm or

appropriate subdivision have

contributed importantly to the

separations, or threat thereof, and to the

absolute decline in sales or production.

Negative Determinations for Worker

Adjustment Assistance

In each of the following cases the

investigation revealed that criterion (3)

has not been met. A survey of customers

indicated that increased imports did not

contribute importantly to worker

separations at the firm.

TA–W–36,841; Sony Magnetic Products

of America, Inc., Dothan, AL

TA–W–36,732; F.G. Montabert Co.,

Midland Park, NJ

TA–W–37,120; Sonat Exploration Co.,

Oklahoma City, OK

TA–W–37,113; Alliance Machine Co.,

Alliance, OH

TA–W–36,632; Dailey International,

Conroe, TX

TA–W–36,782; Durkopp Adler America,

IN., Norcross, GA

TA–W–36,980; Brockway Mould, Inc.,

Brockport, PA

TA–W–37,057; Chromalloy Gas Turbine

Corp., Turbine Airfoils Div.,

Harrisburg, PA

TA–W–37,013; Wm. F. Groce, Inc.,

Selinsgrove, PA

TA–W–36,888; Donaldson Co., Oelwein,

IA

TA–W–36,799; Marijon Dyeing and

Finishing Co., East Rutherford, NJ

In the following cases, the

investigation revealed that the criteria

for eligibility have not been met for the

reasons specified.

TA–W–36,928; Operators and

Consulting Service, Inc., Lafayette,

LA

TA–W–36,953; Siematic Corp.,

Bensalem, PA

The workers’ firm does not produce

an article as required for certification

under Section 222 of the Trade Act of

1974.

TA–W–37,139; Friendly Ice Cream

Corp., Troy, OH

TA–W–36,998; Atlanta Attachment Co.,

Lawrenceville, GA

TA–W–37,146; National Standard Co.,

Corbin, KY

TA–W–37,137; Hale Products, Inc.,

Conshohocken, PA

TA–W–36,741 & A, B; Greenwood Mills,

Inc., Adams Plant, Ninety Six, SC,

Chalmers Plant, Greenwood, SC

and Greenwood Plant, Greenwood,

SC

Increased imports did not contribute

importantly to worker separations at the

firm.

TA–W–36,994; Belle Knitting Mills,

Brooklyn, NY

The investigation revealed that

criteria (2) has not been met. Sales or

production did not decline during the

relevant period as required for

certification.

TA–W–37,153; Kelley’s Controls,

Odessa, TX

The investigation revealed that

criteria (1) has not been met. A

significant number or production of the

workers did not become totally or

partially separated from employment as

required for certification.

TA–W–36,721; Markco Machine Works,

Inc., Odessa, TX

Aggregate US imports of oil and gas

field equipment were negligible during

the relevant period.

Affirmative Determinations for Worker

Adjustment Assistance

The following certifications have been

issued; the date following the company

name and location of each

determination references the impact

date for all workers of such

determination.

TA–W–37,110; Red Kap Industries, A

Div. of VF Workwear, Inc.,

Cookeville, TN: November 15, 1998.

TA–W–37,141; Summit Sportswear,

Minor Hill, TN: November 6, 1998.

TA–W–37,140; Winatic Corp., Vestal,

NY: November 15, 1998.

TA–W–37,135; HI Fashion Garment

Corp., Garfield, NJ: November 17,

1998.

TA–W–36,893; Calabrian Chemical

Corp., CuC1 Dept., Port Neches, TX:

September 20, 1998.

TA–W–36,788; Deer Lodge Apparel, Inc.,

Deer Lodge, TN: August 19, 1998.

TA–W–36,963; Lucas Varity PLC,

Automotive Div., Cincinnati, OH:

September 17, 1998.

TA–W–37,148; Ilsco Corp., Mt. Sterling,

KY: November 16, 1998.

TA–W–36,967; Blue Falcon Forge,

Berwick. PA: October 4, 1998.

TA–W–37,136; Lipton—Instant Tea Can

Line, Suffolk, VA: November 23,

1998.

TA–W–36,997; Bestform Intimates,

Johnstown, PA: October 5, 1998.

TA–W–37,088; Master Foam, Inc., North

Hollywood, CA: November 9, 1998.

TA–W–37,070; Arachnid, Inc., Loves

Park, IL: October 29, 1998.

TA–W–37,118; Hoppe Cutting, Inc.,

Allentown, PA: November 1, 1998.

TA–W–36,896; General Electric Co.,

Industrial Systems, Tell City, IN:

September 22, 1998.

TA–W–36,872; Issac Hazen & Co., Inc.,

Brooklyn, NY: August 30, 1998.

TA–W–36,809; Bayer Diagnostics,

Oberlin, OH: August 26, 1998.

TA–W–37,122; Williams Cutting Service,

Inc., Brownsville, TX: November 16,

1998.