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application, consult the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure, part

201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part

201), and part 206, subparts A and B (19

CFR part 206).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jozlyn Kalchthaler (202–205–3457),

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

Pursuant to section 206.17 of the

Commission’s rules, the Secretary will

make CBI gathered in this investigation

available to authorized applicants under

the APO issued in the investigation,

provided that the application is made

not later than 21 days after the

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

September 6, 2000, 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 October 24, 2000. Requests to

appear at the hearings should be filed in

writing with the Secretary to the

Commission on or before August 28,

2000, and October 16, 2000,

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

August 31, 2000 and October 19, 2000,

respectively, at the U.S. International

Trade Commission Building. Oral

testimony and written materials to be

submitted at the hearings 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

hearings.

Written Submissions

Each party is encouraged to submit a

prehearing brief to the Commission. The

deadline for filing prehearing briefs on

injury is August 29, 2000; that for filing

prehearing briefs on remedy, including

any commitments pursuant to 19 U.S.C.

2252(a)(6)(B), is October 17, 2000.

Parties may also file posthearing briefs.

The deadline for filing posthearing

briefs on injury is September 13, 2000;

that for filing posthearing briefs on

remedy is October 31, 2000. In addition,

any person who has not entered an

appearance as a party to the

investigation may submit a written

statement of information pertinent to

the consideration of injury on or before

September 13, 2000, and pertinent to

the consideration of remedy on or before

October 31, 2000. All written

submissions must conform with the

provisions of section 201.8 of the

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 authorize 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 other 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.

Issued: June 15, 2000.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15693 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7120–02–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332–417]

Advice on Providing Additional GSP

Benefits for Sub-Saharan Africa

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of investigation and

scheduling of public hearing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2000.

SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request

on May 22, 2000, from the United States

Trade Representative (USTR), the

Commission instituted Investigation No.

332–417, Advice on Providing

Additional GSP Benefits for SubSaharan Africa, under section 332(g) of

the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.

1332(g)).

As requested by USTR pursuant to

section 332 (g) of the Tariff Act of 1930

and in accordance with sections

503(a)(1)(B), 503(e) and 131(a) of the

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (1974

Act), the Commission will provide

advice as to the probable economic

effect on U.S. industries producing like

or directly competitive articles, and on

consumers, of the elimination of U.S.

import duties under the Generalized

System of Preferences (GSP) for 1,897

articles from potential beneficiary subSaharan African countries.

As requested by USTR, the

Commission will assume that the

benefits of the GSP would continue to

apply to imports that normally would be

excluded from receiving such benefits

by virtue of the competitive need limits

specified in section 503(c)(2)(A) of the

1974 Act (an exemption from the

application of the competitive need

limits for the beneficiary sub-Saharan

African countries is provided for in

section 503(c)(2)(D) of the 1974 Act).

As requested by USTR, the

Commission expects to submit its report

by October 2, 2000. The Commission

will publish shortly thereafter a public

version of the report, deleting the

information that has been classified by

USTR or which the Commission

considers to be confidential business

information.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Industry information may be obtained

from Robert Wallace (202–205–3458),

Melani Schultz (202–205–3436), or Kim

Freund (202–708–5402) of the Office of

Industries and on legal aspects from

William Gearhart, Office of the General

Counsel (202–205–3091). The media

should contact Margaret O’Laughlin,

Public Affairs Officer (202–205–1819).

Hearing impaired individuals are

advised that information on this matter

can be obtained by contacting the TDD

terminal on (202–205–1810).

Background

In her letter to the Commission, the

USTR noted that the Trade Policy Staff

Committee, pursuant to legislation, has

determined to institute an investigation

and request the advice of the

Commission on the designation of

certain articles as eligible articles under

the GSP only for countries designated as

beneficiary sub-Saharan African

countries for purposes of the GSP

program. On May 18, 2000, the

President signed legislation amending

the GSP provisions under the 1974 Act

for beneficiary sub-Saharan African

countries (Pub. L. 106–200, 114 Stat.

251) (Trade and Development Act of

2000’for the GSP-related provisions, see

subtitle B of title I of the Act). The

legislation permits the President to

provide the 48 potential beneficiary subSaharan African countries with GSP

duty-free treatment for any article

described in section 503(b)(1)(B)

through (G) of Title V of the 1974 Act,

which identifies categories of ‘‘importsensitive articles’’ excluded from GSP

eligibility, if, after receiving advice from

the Commission, the President

determines that such articles are not

import-sensitive in the context of

imports from beneficiary countries. The

items identified for consideration of

GSP eligibility for sub-Saharan African

countries exclude sections 503(b)(1)(A)

and 503(b)(2) of Title V of the Trade Act

of 1974, relating to textiles and apparel,

and agricultural products over tariff-rate

quotas. The articles for which the

Commission will provide probable

economic effect advice are as follows:

(B) Watches, except those that will cause

material injury to watch or watch band strap

or bracelet manufacturing and assembly

operations in the United States or the United

States insular possessions;

(C) Import-sensitive electronic articles;

(D) Import-sensitive steel articles;

(E) Footwear, handbags, luggage, flat goods,

work gloves, and leather wearing apparel;

(F) Import-sensitive semimanufactured and

manufactured glass products; and

(G) Any other articles which the President

has determined to be import sensitive in the

context of GSP.

As requested by USTR, the

Commission will provide its probable

economic effect advice in terms of the

8-digit subheadings of the Harmonized

Tariff Schedule of the United States

(HTS) providing for the above

referenced articles. Many of these

articles are already designated as

eligible for GSP for least developed

beneficiary countries. A list of the

articles by HTS subheadings and a list

of the 48 potential beneficiary countries

in sub-Saharan Africa are available from

the Office of the Secretary or may be

obtained from the Commission’s

Internet site at http://www.usitc.gov.

Public Hearing

A public hearing in connection with

the investigation will be held at the U.S.

International Trade Commission

Building, 500 E Street SW, Washington,

DC, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on July 27,

2000, and continuing on July 28, 2000,

if necessary. All persons shall have the

right to appear, by counsel or in person,

to present information and to be heard.

Requests to appear at the public hearing

should be filed with the Secretary,

United States International Trade

Commission, 500 E Street SW,

Washington, DC 20436, no later than

5:15 p.m., July 7, 2000. Any prehearing

briefs (original and 14 copies) should be

filed not later than 5:15 p.m., July 18,

2000. The deadline for filing posthearing briefs or statements is 5:15 p.m.,

August 3, 2000. In the event that, as of

the close of business on July 7, 2000, no

witnesses are scheduled to appear at the

hearing, the hearing will be canceled.

Any person interested in attending the

hearing as an observer or nonparticipant may call the Secretary of the

Commission (202–205–1806) after July

7, 2000, to determine whether the

hearing will be held.

Written Submissions

In lieu of or in addition to

participating in the hearing, interested

parties are invited to submit written

statements (original and 14 copies)

concerning the matters to be addressed

by the Commission in its report on this

investigation. Commercial or financial

information that a person desires the

Commission to treat as confidential

must be submitted on separate sheets of

paper, each clearly marked

‘‘Confidential Business Information’’ at

the top. All submissions requesting

confidential treatment must conform

with the requirements of section 201.6

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). The

Commission’s Rules do not authorize

filing of submissions with the Secretary

by facsimile or electronic means. All

written submissions must conform with

the provisions of section 201.8 of the

Commission’s Rules. All written

submissions, except for confidential

business information, will be made

available in the Office of the Secretary

of the Commission for inspection by

interested parties. To be assured of

consideration by the Commission,

written statements relating to the

Commission’s report should be

submitted to the Commission at the

earliest practical date and should be

received no later than the close of

business on August 3, 2000. All

submissions should be addressed to the

Secretary, United States International

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,

Washington, DC 20436.

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).

List of Subjects

GSP, sub-Saharan Africa, tariffs, and

imports.

Issued: June 15, 2000.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15694 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337–TA–422]

In the Matter of Certain Two-Handle

Centerset Faucets and Escutcheons,

and Components Thereof; Notice of

Issuance of General Exclusion Order;

Termination of the Investigation

AGENCY: International Trade

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. International Trade

Commission, having previously

determined not to review the final

initial determination (ID) issued by the

presiding administrative law judge (ALJ)

finding a violation of section 337 of the

Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1337, in the

above-captioned investigation, has

issued a general exclusion order, and

terminated the investigation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Diehl, Esq., Office of the

General Counsel, U.S. International

Trade Commission, telephone 202–205–