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Notices Federal Register

13854

Vol. 62, No. 56

Monday, March 24, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Intergovernmental Advisory

Committee Subcommittee Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental

Advisory Committee will meet on April

3, 1997, at the American Legion Hall,

Hoopa, California. The purpose of the

meting is to continue discussions on the

implementation of the Northwest Forest

Plan. The meeting will begin at 8:30

a.m. and continue until 3:00 p.m.

Agenda items to be discussed include,

but are not limited to: government-togovernment relationships and

consultation, implementation and

effectiveness monitoring, and a panel

discussion by three Provincial Advisory

Committees. The IAC meeting will be

open to the public and is fully

accessible for people with disabilities.

Interpreters are available upon request

in advance. Written comments may be

submitted for the record at the meeting.

Time will also be scheduled for oral

public comments. Interested persons are

encouraged to attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding this meeting may

be directed to Don Knowles, Executive

Director, Regional Ecosystem Office, 333

SW 1st Ave., P.O. 3623, Portland, OR

97208 (Phone: 503–326–6265).

Dated: March 17, 1997.

Donald R. Knowles,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 97–7311 Filed 3–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–122–826, A–428–822, A–274–802, and A–

307–813]

Initiation of Antidumping Duty

Investigations: Steel Wire Rod From

Canada, Germany, Trinidad and

Tobago, and Venezuela

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Doyle (Canada and Trinidad and

Tobago), at (202) 482–0172; Edward

Easton (Germany), at (202) 482–1777; or

David Goldberger (Venezuela), at (202)

482–4136, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20230.

Initiation of Investigations

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the

Act’’) by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department’s regulations are to

the current regulations, as amended by

the interim regulations published in the

Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60

FR 25130).

The Petition

On February 26, 1997, the Department

of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’)

received a petition filed in proper form

by Connecticut Steel Corp., Co-Steel

Raritan, GS Industries, Inc., Keystone

Steel & Wire Co., North Star Steel Texas,

Inc., and Northwestern Steel & Wire Co.

(‘‘petitioners’’). The Department

received supplemental information to

the petition on March 11, 1997.

In accordance with section 732(b) of

the Act, petitioners allege that imports

of steel wire rod (‘‘SWR’’) from Canada,

Germany, Trinidad & Tobago, and

Venezuela are being, or are likely to be,

sold in the United States at less than fair

value within the meaning of section 731

of the Act, and that such imports are

materially injuring an industry in the

United States.

The Department finds that petitioners

have standing to file the petition

because they are interested parties as

defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act.

Scope of Investigations

The products covered by these

investigations are certain hot-rolled

carbon steel and alloy steel products, in

coils, of approximately round cross

section, between 5.00 mm (0.20 inch)

and 19.0 mm (0.75 inch), inclusive, in

solid cross-sectional diameter.

Specifically excluded are steel products

possessing the above noted physical

characteristics and meeting the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS) definitions for

(a) stainless steel; (b) tool steel; (c) high

nickel steel; (d) ball bearing steel; (e)

free machining steel that contains by

weight 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 phosphorus, more than 0.05

percent of selenium, and/or more than

0.01 percent of tellurium; or f) concrete

reinforcing bars and rods.

The following products are also

excluded from the scope of these

investigations:

• Coiled products 5.50 mm or less in

true diameter with an average partial

decarburization per coil of no more than

70 microns in depth, no inclusions

greater than 20 microns, containing by

weight the following: carbon greater

than or equal to 0.68 percent; aluminum

less than or equal to 0.005 percent;

phosphorous plus sulfur less than or

equal to 0.040 percent; maximum

combined copper, nickel and chromium

content of 0.13 percent; and nitrogen

less than or equal to 0.006 percent. This

product is commonly referred to as

‘‘Tire Cord Wire Rod.’’

• Coiled products 7.9 to 18 mm in

diameter, with a partial decarburization

of 75 microns or less in depth and

seams no more than 75 microns in

depth; containing 0.48 to 0.73 percent

carbon by weight. This product is

commonly referred to as ‘‘Valve Spring

Quality Wire Rod.’’

The products under investigation are

currently classifiable under subheadings

7213.91.3000, 7213.91.4500,

7213.91.6000, 7213.99.0030,

7213.99.0090, 7227.20.0000, and

7227.90.6050 of the HTSUS. Although

the HTSUS subheadings are provided