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the requested form and manner shall

notify the Commission at the earliest

possible time, provide a full explanation

of why it cannot provide the requested

information, and indicate alternative

forms in which it can provide

equivalent information. If an interested

party does not provide this notification

(or the Commission finds the

explanation provided in the notification

inadequate) and fails to provide a

complete response to this notice, the

Commission may take an adverse

inference against the party pursuant to

section 776(b) of the Act in making its

determination in the review.

Information to be Provided in Response

to this Notice of Institution

(1) The name and address of your firm

or entity (including World Wide Web

address if available) and name,

telephone number, fax number, and Email address of the certifying official.

(2) A statement indicating whether

your firm/entity is a U.S. producer of

the Domestic Like Product, a U.S. union

or worker group, a U.S. importer of the

Subject Merchandise, a foreign producer

or exporter of the Subject Merchandise,

a U.S. or foreign trade or business

association, or another interested party

(including an explanation). If you are a

union/worker group or trade/business

association, identify the firms in which

your workers are employed or which are

members of your association.

(3) A statement indicating whether

your firm/entity is willing to participate

in this review by providing information

requested by the Commission.

(4) A statement of the likely effects of

the revocation of the antidumping duty

order on the Domestic Industry in

general and/or your firm/entity

specifically. In your response, please

discuss the various factors specified in

section 752(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C.

1675a(a)) including the likely volume of

subject imports, likely price effects of

subject imports, and likely impact of

imports of Subject Merchandise on the

Domestic Industry.

(5) A list of all known and currently

operating U.S. producers of the

Domestic Like Product. Identify any

known related parties and the nature of

the relationship as defined in section

771(4)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C.

1677(4)(B)).

(6) A list of all known and currently

operating U.S. importers of the Subject

Merchandise and producers of the

Subject Merchandise in Japan that

currently export or have exported

Subject Merchandise to the United

States or other countries since 1971.

(7) If you are a U.S. producer of the

Domestic Like Product, provide the

following information on your firm’s

operations on that product during

calendar year 1997 (report quantity data

in thousands of pounds and value data

in thousands of U.S. dollars). If you are

a union/worker group or trade/business

association, provide the information, on

an aggregate basis, for the firms in

which your workers are employed/

which are members of your association.

(a) Production (quantity) and, if

known, an estimate of the percentage of

total U.S. production of the Domestic

Like Product accounted for by your

firm’s(s’) production; and

(b) the quantity and value of U.S.

commercial shipments of the Domestic

Like Product produced in your U.S.

plant(s).

(8) If you are a U.S. importer or a

trade/business association of U.S.

importers of the Subject Merchandise

from Japan, provide the following

information on your firm’s(s’)

operations on that product during

calendar year 1997 (report quantity data

in thousands of pounds and value data

in thousands of U.S. dollars). If you are

a trade/business association, provide the

information, on an aggregate basis, for

the firms which are members of your

association.

(a) The quantity and value of U.S.

imports and, if known, an estimate of

the percentage of total U.S. imports of

Subject Merchandise from Japan

accounted for by your firm’s(s’) imports;

and

(b) the quantity and value of U.S.

commercial shipments of Subject

Merchandise imported from Japan.

(9) If you are a producer, an exporter,

or a trade/business association of

producers or exporters of the Subject

Merchandise in Japan, provide the

following information on your firm’s(s’)

operations on that product during

calendar year 1997 (report quantity data

in thousands of pounds and value data

in thousands of U.S. dollars). If you are

a trade/business association, provide the

information, on an aggregate basis, for

the firms which are members of your

association.

(a) Production (quantity) and, if

known, an estimate of the percentage of

total production of Subject Merchandise

in Japan accounted for by your firm’s(s’)

production; and

(b) the quantity and value of your

firm’s(s’) exports to the United States of

Subject Merchandise and, if known, an

estimate of the percentage of total

exports to the United States of Subject

Merchandise from Japan accounted for

by your firm’s(s’) exports.

(10) Identify significant changes, if

any, in the supply and demand

conditions or business cycle for the

Domestic Like Product that have

occurred in the United States or in the

market for the Subject Merchandise in

the Subject Country since the Order

Date, and significant changes, if any,

that are likely to occur within a

reasonably foreseeable time. Supply

conditions to consider include

technology; production methods;

development efforts; ability to increase

production (including the shift of

production facilities used for other

products and the use, cost, or

availability of major inputs into

production); and factors related to the

ability to shift supply among different

national markets (including barriers to

importation in foreign markets or

changes in market demand abroad).

Demand conditions to consider include

end uses and applications; the existence

and availability of substitute products;

and the level of competition among the

Domestic Like Product produced in the

United States, Subject Merchandise

produced in the Subject Country, and

roller chain, other than bicycle, from

other countries.

(11) (Optional) A statement of

whether you agree with the above

definitions of the Domestic Like Product

and Domestic Industry; if you disagree

with either or both of these definitions,

please explain why and provide

alternative definitions.

Authority: This review is being conducted

under authority of title VII of the Tariff Act

of 1930; this notice is published pursuant to

section 207.61 of the Commission’s rules.

Issued: June 29, 1998.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17791 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation No. AA1921–49 (Review)]

Steel Jacks From Canada

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of a five-year review

concerning the antidumping duty order

on steel jacks from Canada.

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives

notice that it has instituted a review

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the Act)

to determine whether revocation of the

antidumping duty order on steel jacks

from Canada would be likely to lead to

continuation or recurrence of material

injury. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of
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the Act, interested parties are requested

to respond to this notice by submitting

the information specified below to the

Commission; the deadline for responses

is August 25, 1998. Comments on the

adequacy of responses may be filed with

the Commission by September 21, 1998.

For further information concerning

the conduct of this review 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, D, E, and F (19 CFR part

207). Recent amendments to the Rules

of Practice and Procedure pertinent to

five-year reviews, including the text of

subpart F of part 207, are published at

63 F.R. 30599, June 5, 1998, and may be

downloaded from the Commission’s

World Wide Web site at http://

www.usitc.gov/rules.htm.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Messer (202–205–3193) or Vera

Libeau (202–205-3176), 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).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On September 13, 1966, the

Department of the Treasury issued an

antidumping duty order on imports of

steel jacks from Canada (31 F.R. 11974).

The Commission is conducting a review

to determine whether revocation of the

order would be likely to lead to

continuation or recurrence of material

injury to the domestic industry within

a reasonably foreseeable time.

Definitions

The following definitions apply to

this review:

(1) Subject Merchandise is the class or

kind of merchandise that is within the

scope of the five-year review, as defined

by the Department of Commerce.

(2) The Subject Country in this review

is Canada.

(3) The Domestic Like Product is the

domestically produced product or

products which are like, or in the

absence of like, most similar in

characteristics and uses with, the

Subject Merchandise. In its original

determination, the Commission defined

the Domestic Like Product as steel jacks.

(4) The Domestic Industry is the U.S.

producers as a whole of the Domestic

Like Product, or those producers whose

collective output of the Domestic Like

Product constitutes a major proportion

of the total domestic production of the

product. In its original determination,

the Commission defined the Domestic

Industry as producers of steel jacks.

(5) The Order Date is the date that the

antidumping duty order under review

became effective. In this review, the

Order Date is September 13, 1966.

(6) An Importer is any person or firm

engaged, either directly or through a

parent company or subsidiary, in

importing the Subject Merchandise into

the United States from a foreign

manufacturer or through its selling

agent.

Participation in the Review 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 review as

parties must file an entry of appearance

with the Secretary to the Commission,

as provided in section 201.11(b)(4) of

the Commission’s rules, no later than 21

days after publication of this notice in

the Federal Register. The Secretary will

maintain a public service list containing

the names and addresses of all persons,

or their representatives, who are parties

to the review.

Limited Disclosure of Business

Proprietary Information (BPI) Under an

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

and APO Service List

Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the

Commission’s rules, the Secretary will

make BPI submitted in this review

available to authorized applicants under

the APO issued in the review, provided

that the application is made no later

than 21 days after publication of this

notice in the Federal Register.

Authorized applicants must represent

interested parties, as defined in 19

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

review. A separate service list will be

maintained by the Secretary for those

parties authorized to receive BPI under

the APO.

Certification

Pursuant to section 207.3 of the

Commission’s rules, any person

submitting information to the

Commission in connection with this

review must certify that the information

is accurate and complete to the best of

the submitter’s knowledge. In making

the certification, the submitter will be

deemed to consent, unless otherwise

specified, for the Commission, its

employees, and contract personnel to

use the information provided in any

other reviews or investigations of the

same or comparable products which the

Commission conducts under Title VII of

the Act, or in internal audits and

investigations relating to the programs

and operations of the Commission

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3.

Written Submissions

Pursuant to section 207.61 of the

Commission’s rules, each interested

party response to this notice must

provide the information specified

below. The deadline for filing such

responses is August 25, 1998. Pursuant

to section 207.62(b) of the Commission’s

rules, eligible parties (as specified in

Commission rule 207.62(b)(1)) may also

file comments concerning whether the

Commission should conduct an

expedited review. The deadline for

filing such comments is September 21,

1998. All written submissions must

conform with the provisions of sections

201.8 and 207.3 of the Commission’s

rules and any submissions that contain

BPI must also conform with the

requirements of sections 201.6 and

207.7 of the Commission’s rules. Also,

in accordance with sections 201.16(c)

and 207.3 of the Commission’s rules,

each document filed by a party to the

review must be served on all other

parties to the review (as identified by

either the public or APO service list as

appropriate), and a certificate of service

must accompany the document (if you

are not a party to the review you do not

need to serve your response).

Inability to Provide Requested

Information

Pursuant to section 207.61(c) of the

Commission’s rules, any interested

party that cannot furnish the

information requested by this notice in

the requested form and manner shall

notify the Commission at the earliest

possible time, provide a full explanation

of why it cannot provide the requested

information, and indicate alternative

forms in which it can provide

equivalent information. If an interested

party does not provide this notification

(or the Commission finds the

explanation provided in the notification

inadequate) and fails to provide a

complete response to this notice, the

Commission may take an adverse

inference against the party pursuant to

section 776(b) of the Act in making its

determination in the review.
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Information To Be Provided in

Response to This Notice of Institution

(1) The name and address of your firm

or entity (including World Wide Web

address if available) and name,

telephone number, fax number, and Email address of the certifying official.

(2) A statement indicating whether

your firm/entity is a U.S. producer of

the Domestic Like Product, a U.S. union

or worker group, a U.S. importer of the

Subject Merchandise, a foreign producer

or exporter of the Subject Merchandise,

a U.S. or foreign trade or business

association, or another interested party

(including an explanation). If you are a

union/worker group or trade/business

association, identify the firms in which

your workers are employed or which are

members of your association.

(3) A statement indicating whether

your firm/entity is willing to participate

in this review by providing information

requested by the Commission.

(4) A statement of the likely effects of

the revocation of the antidumping duty

order on the Domestic Industry in

general and/or your firm/entity

specifically. In your response, please

discuss the various factors specified in

section 752(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C.

1675a(a)) including the likely volume of

subject imports, likely price effects of

subject imports, and likely impact of

imports of Subject Merchandise on the

Domestic Industry.

(5) A list of all known and currently

operating U.S. producers of the

Domestic Like Product. Identify any

known related parties and the nature of

the relationship as defined in section

771(4)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C.

1677(4)(B)).

(6) A list of all known and currently

operating U.S. importers of the Subject

Merchandise and producers of the

Subject Merchandise in Canada that

currently export or have exported

Subject Merchandise to the United

States or other countries since 1965.

(7) If you are a U.S. producer of the

Domestic Like Product, provide the

following information on your firm’s

operations on that product during

calendar year 1997 (report quantity data

in number of steel jacks and value data

in thousands of U.S. dollars). If you are

a union/worker group or trade/business

association, provide the information, on

an aggregate basis, for the firms in

which your workers are employed/

which are members of your association.

(a) Production (quantity) and, if

known, an estimate of the percentage of

total U.S. production of the Domestic

Like Product accounted for by your

firm’s(s’) production; and

(b) the quantity and value of U.S.

commercial shipments of the Domestic

Like Product produced in your U.S.

plant(s).

(8) If you are a U.S. importer or a

trade/business association of U.S.

importers of the Subject Merchandise

from Canada, provide the following

information on your firm’s(s’)

operations on that product during

calendar year 1997 (report quantity data

in number of steel jacks and value data

in thousands of U.S. dollars). If you are

a trade/business association, provide the

information, on an aggregate basis, for

the firms which are members of your

association.

(a) The quantity and value of U.S.

imports and, if known, an estimate of

the percentage of total U.S. imports of

Subject Merchandise from Canada

accounted for by your firm’s(s’) imports;

and

(b) the quantity and value of U.S.

commercial shipments of Subject

Merchandise imported from Canada.

(9) If you are a producer, an exporter,

or a trade/business association of

producers or exporters of the Subject

Merchandise in Canada, provide the

following information on your firm’s(s’)

operations on that product during

calendar year 1997 (report quantity data

in number of steel jacks and value data

in thousands of U.S. dollars). If you are

a trade/business association, provide the

information, on an aggregate basis, for

the firms which are members of your

association.

(a) Production (quantity) and, if

known, an estimate of the percentage of

total production of Subject Merchandise

in Canada accounted for by your

firm’s(s’) production; and

(b) the quantity and value of your

firm’s(s’) exports to the United States of

Subject Merchandise and, if known, an

estimate of the percentage of total

exports to the United States of Subject

Merchandise from Canada accounted for

by your firm’s(s’) exports.

(10) Identify significant changes, if

any, in the supply and demand

conditions or business cycle for the

Domestic Like Product that have

occurred in the United States or in the

market for the Subject Merchandise in

the Subject Country since the Order

Date, and significant changes, if any,

that are likely to occur within a

reasonably foreseeable time. Supply

conditions to consider include

technology; production methods;

development efforts; ability to increase

production (including the shift of

production facilities used for 0other

products and the use, cost, or

availability of major inputs into

production); and factors related to the

ability to shift supply among different

national markets (including barriers to

importation in foreign markets or

changes in market demand abroad).

Demand conditions to consider include

end uses and applications; the existence

and availability of substitute products;

and the level of competition among the

Domestic Like Product produced in the

United States, Subject Merchandise

produced in the Subject Country, and

steel jacks from other countries.

(11) (OPTIONAL) A statement of

whether you agree with the above

definitions of the Domestic Like Product

and Domestic Industry; if you disagree

with either or both of these definitions,

please explain why and provide

alternative definitions.

Authority: This review is being conducted

under authority of title VII of the Tariff Act

of 1930; this notice is published pursuant to

section 207.61 of the Commission’s rules.

Issued: June 29, 1998.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17793 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Parole Commission

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Department of

Justice United States Parole

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July

9, 1998.

PLACE: 5550 Friendship Boulevard,

Suite 400, Chevy Chase, Maryland

20815.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

The following matters have been

placed on the agenda for the open

Parole Commission meeting:

1. Consideration of Proposed Interim

Regulations and Guidelines for District

of Columbia prisoners to take effect

August 5, 1998.

2. Budget Proposal for the Fiscal Year

2000.

AGENCY CONTACT: Tom Kowalski, Case

Operations, United States Parole

Commission, (301) 492–5962.

Dated: July 1, 1998.

Michael A. Stover,

General Counsel, U.S. Parole Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–17968 Filed 7–1–98; 2:19 pm]

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