[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19593-19594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9760]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. TA-421-7]


Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From China

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution and scheduling of a hearing.

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SUMMARY: Following receipt of a petition filed on April 20, 2009, on 
behalf of the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, 
Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, the 
Commission instituted investigation No. TA-421-7 under section 421(b) 
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2451(b)) to determine whether new 
pneumatic tires, of rubber, from China, of a kind used on motor cars 
(except racing cars) and on-the-highway light trucks, vans, and sport 
utility vehicles, provided for in subheadings 4011.10.10, 4011.10.50, 
4011.20.10, and 4011.20.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTS), are being imported into the United States in such 
increased quantities or under such conditions as to cause or threaten 
to cause market disruption to the domestic producers of like or 
directly competitive products.\1\
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    \1\ The HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes; the written description of the product under investigation 
is dispositive.

DATES: Not later than seven days following the publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register: Deadline for filing entries of 
appearance.
    May 26, 2009: Deadline for filing request to appear at the public 
hearing.
    May 28, 2009: Deadline for filing prehearing briefs.
    June 2-3, 2009: Public hearing.
    June 8, 2009: Deadline for filing posthearing briefs.
    June 16, 2009: Deadline for submitting final comments on market 
disruption.
    June 19, 2009: Transmittal of Commission determination on market 
disruption to the President and the U.S. Trade Representative.
    June 24, 2009: Deadline for submitting final comments on remedy.
    July 9, 2009: Transmittal of Commission report to the President and 
the U.S. Trade Representative.

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, including the Commission's hearing 
rooms, are located in the United States International Trade Commission 
Building, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC. All written submissions 
should be addressed to the Secretary, United States International Trade 
Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436. The public record 
for this investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic 
docket (EDIS) at http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/edis.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathanael Comly (202-205-3174), or Amy 
Sherman (202-205-3289), 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 seven 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.
    Confidential business information (CBI).--Any submissions that 
contain confidential business information must also conform with the 
requirements of sections 201.6 and 206.8 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.6 and 206.8). Section 201.6 of the 
rules requires that the cover of the document and the individual pages 
be clearly marked as to whether they are the ``confidential'' or ``non-
confidential'' version, and that the confidential business information 
be clearly identified by means of brackets. All written submissions, 
except for confidential business information and except as provided for 
below, will be made available for inspection by interested parties.
    Limited disclosure of CBI.--Pursuant to section 206.47 of the 
Commission's rules, the Secretary will make CBI gathered in this 
investigation available to authorized applicants under an 
Administrative Protective Order (APO) issued in the investigation, 
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 CBI under the APO. In addition, the Commission 
may include CBI in the report it sends to the President and to the U.S. 
Trade Representative.
    Hearing.--The Commission has scheduled a hearing in connection with 
this investigation beginning at 9:30 a.m. on June 2, 2009, at the U.S. 
International Trade Commission Building. Subjects related to both 
market disruption or threat thereof and remedy may be addressed at the 
hearing. Requests to appear at the hearing should be filed in writing 
with the Secretary on or before May 26, 2009. All persons desiring to 
appear at the hearing and make oral

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presentations should attend a prehearing conference to be held at 9:30 
a.m. on May 28, 2009 at the U.S. International Trade Commission 
Building. Oral testimony and written materials to be submitted at the 
hearing are governed by sections 201.6(b)(2) and 201.13(f) of the 
Commission's rules.
    Written submissions.--Each party is encouraged to submit a 
prehearing brief to the Commission. The deadline for filing prehearing 
briefs is May 28, 2009. Parties may also file posthearing briefs. The 
deadline for filing posthearing briefs is June 8, 2009. 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 market disruption or threat thereof and/or 
remedy on or before June 8, 2009. Parties may submit final comments on 
market disruption on or before June 16, 2009 and on remedy on or before 
June 24, 2009. Final comments shall contain no more than ten (10) 
double-spaced and single-sided pages of textual material. 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 authorize filing 
submissions with the Secretary by facsimile or electronic means only to 
the extent permitted by section 201.8 of the rules (see Handbook for 
Electronic Filing Procedures, http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/documents/handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf). Persons 
with questions regarding electronic filing should contact the Secretary 
(202-205-2000).
    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.
    Remedy.--No separate hearing on the issue of remedy will be held. 
Those parties wishing to present arguments on the issue of remedy may 
do so orally at the hearing or in their prehearing or posthearing 
briefs or other written submissions.

    Authority: This investigation is being conducted under the 
authority of section 421 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.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
    Issued: April 24, 2009.
William R. Bishop,
Acting Secretary to the Commission.
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