10292 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 44 / Thursday, March 6, 1997 / Notices

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 701–TA–368–371 and

731–TA–763–766 (Preliminary)]

Certain Steelwire Rod From Canada,

Germany, Trinidad & Tobago, and

Venezuela

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of countervailing

duty and antidumping investigations

and scheduling of preliminary phase

investigations.

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives

notice of the institution of the

investigations and commencement of

preliminary phase countervailing duty

investigations 701–TA–368–371

(Preliminary) under section 703(a) of the

Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1671b(a))

(the Act) and antidumping

investigations No. 731–TA–763–766

(Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the

Act (19 U.S.C. § 1673b(a)) to determine

whether there is a reasonable indication

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 reason of

imports from Canada, Germany,

Trinidad & Tobago, and Venezuela of

certain steel wire rod, provided for in

subheadings 7213.91.30, 7213.91.45,

7213.91.60, 7213.99.00, 7227.20.00, and

7227.90.60 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States, that are

alleged to be subsidized and/or sold in

the United States at less than fair value.

Unless the Department of Commerce

extends the time for initiation pursuant

to section 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act (19

U.S.C. § 1673a(c)(1)(B)), the Commission

must reach preliminary determinations

in countervailing duty and antidumping

investigations in 45 days, or in this case

by April 14, 1997. The Commission’s

views are due at the Department of

Commerce within five business days

thereafter, or by April 21, 1997.

For further information concerning

the conduct of these investigations 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 part 207,

subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207), as

amended in 61 FR 37818 (July 22, 1996).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 26, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debra Baker (202–205–3180), Office of

Investigations, U.S. International Trade

Commission, 500 E Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired 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 or ftp://ftp.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background.—These investigations

are being instituted in response to a

petition filed on February 26, 1997, by

counsel for Connecticut Steel Corp.,

Wallingford, CT; Co-Steel Raritan, Perth

Amboy, NJ; GS Industries, Inc.,

Georgetown, SC; Keystone Steel & Wire

Co., Peoria, IL; and North Star Steel

Texas, Inc., Beaumont, TX.

Participation in the investigations and

public service list.—Persons (other than

petitioners) wishing to participate in the

investigations as parties must file an

entry of appearance with the Secretary

to the Commission, as provided in

sections 201.11 and 207.10 of the

Commission’s rules, not later than seven

days after publication of this notice in

the Federal Register. Industrial users

and (if the merchandise under

investigation is sold at the retail level)

representative consumer organizations

have the right to appear as parties in

Commission countervailing duty and

antidumping investigations. The

Secretary will prepare a public service

list containing the names and addresses

of all persons, or their representatives,

who are parties to these investigations

upon the expiration of the period for

filing entries of appearance.

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 investigations available

to authorized applicants representing

interested parties (as defined in 19

U.S.C. § 1677(9)) who are parties to the

investigations under the APO issued in

the investigations, provided that the

application is made not later than seven

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 BPI under the APO.

Conference.—The Commission’s

Director of Operations has scheduled a

conference in connection with these

investigations for 9:30 a.m. on March

19, 1997, at the U.S. International Trade

Commission Building, 500 E Street SW.,

Washington, DC. Parties wishing to

participate in the conference should

contact Debra Baker (202–205–3180) not

later than March 13, 1997, to arrange for

their appearance. Parties in support of

the imposition of countervailing duty

and/or antidumping duties in the

investigations and parties in opposition

to the imposition of such duties will

each be collectively allocated one hour

within which to make an oral

presentation at the conference. A

nonparty who has testimony that may

aid the Commission’s deliberations may

request permission to present a short

statement at the conference.

Written submissions.—As provided in

sections 201.8 and 207.15 of the

Commission’s rules, any person may

submit to the Commission on or before

March 24, 1997, a written brief

containing information and arguments

pertinent to the subject matter of the

investigations. Parties may file written

testimony in connection with their

presentation at the conference no later

than three days before the conference. If

briefs or written testimony contain BPI,

they must 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 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 207.12 of the

Commission’s rules.

Issued: February 28, 1997.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–5466 Filed 3–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

[Investigation No. 337–TA–390]

In the Matter of Certain Transport

Vehicle Tires; Notice of Commission

Determination Not To Review an Initial

Determination Terminating the

Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. International Trade

Commission has determined not to

review the presiding administrative law
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judge’s (ALJ’s) initial determination (ID)

(Order No. 17) in the above-captioned

investigation terminating the

investigation based on withdrawal of

the complaint.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neal

J. Reynolds, Esq., Office of the General

Counsel, U.S. International Trade

Commission, telephone 202–205–3093.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July

31, 1996, the Commission instituted this

investigation based on a complaint filed

by Michelin North America, Inc.

(‘‘MNA’). The complaint alleged that the

importation and sale of certain transport

vehicle tires violated section 337 of the

Tariff Act of 1930 by infringing claims

of U.S. Letters Patent 4,480,671 (‘‘the

’671 patent’’) covering tread on a heavy

duty tire. The companies named as

respondents are Kumho Tire Co., Ltd.

and Kumho Tire U.S.A., Inc. (‘‘Kumho’).

On November 27, 1996, Kumho filed

a motion for summary determination of

non-infringement. MNA opposed the

motion. On December 12, 1996, Kumho

also filed two motions requesting the

ALJ to compel MNA to discover certain

information relating to MNA’s tire

compounding and manufacturing

processes. MNA opposed the discovery

motions, arguing that the information

requested by Kumho was extremely

sensitive and highly sought-after

proprietary information of MNA and

that it was not relevant to the subject

matter of the investigation. On

December 24, 1996, the ALJ ordered

MNA to produce the information (Order

No. 12).

On January 7, 1997, pursuant to

Commission rule 210.21(a), MNA

moved for an order terminating the

investigation based on withdrawal of

the complaint. MNA stated that it was

withdrawing the complaint and

requesting termination of the

investigation in order to protect its

highly proprietary tire compounding

information from discovery. Kumho

opposed the motion, arguing that the

ALJ should rule on the pending motion

for summary determination before

addressing the motion to terminate. On

January 30, 1997, the ALJ granted

MNA’s motion to terminate and issued

an ID terminating the investigation

‘‘with prejudice’’ (Order No. 17). The

ALJ declined to issue a decision on

Kumho’s motion for summary

determination.

On February 6, 1997, Kumho filed a

petition for review of the ID terminating

the investigation. In its petition, Kumho

requested that the Commission vacate

the ID and remand the investigation to

the ALJ with instructions to rule on

Kumho’s pending motion for summary

determination and its motion for

discovery sanctions before ruling on

MNA’s motion to terminate. MNA and

the IA have opposed the petition for

review.

This action is taken under the

authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act

of 1930, 19 U.S.C. § 1337, and

Commission rule 210.42, 19 C.F.R.

§§ 210.42. Copies of the ALJ’s ID, and all

other nonconfidential documents filed

in connection with this investigation,

are or will be available for inspection

during official business hours (8:45 a.m.

to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the

Secretary, U.S. International Trade

Commission, 500 E Street, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20436, telephone 202–

205–2000. Hearing-impaired persons are

advised that information on this matter

can be obtained by contacting the

Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810.

Issued: February 28, 1997.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–5465 Filed 3–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Information Security Oversight Office;

National Industrial Security Program

Policy Advisory Committee; Notice of

Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.

App.2) and implementing regulation 41

CFR 101–6, announcement is made of

the following committee meeting:

Name of Committee: National Industrial

Security Program Policy Advisory Committee

(NISPPAC).

Date of Meeting: March 25, 1997.

Time of Meeting: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

Place of Meeting: National Archives and

Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

Purpose: To discuss National Industrial

Security Program policy matters.

This meeting will be open to the public.

However, due to space limitations and access

procedures, the names and telephone

numbers of individuals planning to attend

must be submitted to the Information

Security Oversight Office (ISOO) no later

than March 20, 1997.

For Further Information Contact: Steven

Garfinkel, Director, ISOO, National Archives

Building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Room 100, Washington, DC 20408, telephone

(202) 219–5250.

Dated: February 28, 1997.

Mary Ann Hadyka,

Policy and Communications Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–5509 Filed 3–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P

NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

SYSTEM

National Security Telecommunications

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: National Communications

System (NCS).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: A meeting of the President’s

National Security Telecommunications

Advisory Committee will be held on

Tuesday, March 18, 1997, from 8:30

a.m. to 3:15 p.m. The Business Session

will be held at the Department of State,

2101 C Street NW, Washington, DC. The

Executive Session will be held at the

Department of Treasury, 15th and

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,

DC. The agenda is as follows:

—Call to Order/Welcoming Remarks

—Manager’s Report

—IES Report of Activities

—Information Assurance Task Force

Report

—National Information Infrastructure

Task Force Report

—Network Security Group Report

—Global Information Infrastructure and

Information Assurance Topics

—Adjournment

Due to the potential requirement to

discuss classified information, in

conjunction with the issues listed

above, the meeting will be closed to the

public in the interest of National

Defense.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Telephone

(703) 607–6221 or write the Manager,

National Communications System, 701

S. Court House Rd., Arlington, VA

22204–2198.

Dennis Bodson,

Chief, Technology and Standards.

[FR Doc. 97–5474 Filed 3–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–03–M

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts;

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

March 3, 1997.

The National Endowment for the Arts

(NEA) has submitted the following

public information collection request

(ICR) to the Office of Management and