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3The individual members of RTAC on whose

behalf the petitions were filed are as follows:

AmeriSteel (Tampa, FL); Auburn Steel Co., Inc.

(Auburn, NY); Birmingham Steel Corp.

(Birmingham, AL); Border Steel, Inc. (El Paso, TX);

CMC Steel Group (Seguin, TX); Marion Steel Co.

(Marion, OH); Nucor Steel (Darlington, SC); and

Riverview Steel (Glassport, PA). Auburn was not a

petitioner with respect to Indonesia.

in the United States at less than fair

value (LTFV).

Background

The Commission instituted these

investigations effective June 28, 2000,

following receipt of petitions filed with

the Commission and Commerce by the

Rebar Trade Action Coalition (RTAC)

(Washington, DC) and its individual

members.3 The final phase of the

investigations was scheduled by the

Commission following notification of

preliminary determinations by

Commerce that imports of certain steel

concrete reinforcing bars from

Indonesia, Poland, and Ukraine were

being sold at LTFV within the meaning

of section 733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.

1673b(b)). Notice of the scheduling of

the Commission’s investigations and of

a public hearing to be held in

connection therewith was given by

posting copies of the notice in the Office

of the Secretary, U.S. International

Trade Commission, Washington, DC,

and by publishing the notice in the

Federal Register of February 14, 2001

(66 FR 10317). The hearing was held in

Washington, DC, on April 5, 2001, and

all persons who requested the

opportunity were permitted to appear in

person or by counsel.

The Commission transmitted its

determinations in these investigations to

the Secretary of Commerce on May 25,

2001. The views of the Commission are

contained in USITC Publication 3425

(May 2001), entitled Certain Steel

Concrete Reinforcing Bars from

Indonesia, Poland, and Ukraine:

Investigations Nos. 731–TA–875, 880,

and 882 (Final).

Issued: May 17, 2001.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–12884 Filed 5–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

Forum on Issues Relating to Electronic

Filing and Maintenance of Documents

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice announcing public

forum.

SUMMARY: The United States

International Trade Commission

announces a public forum on issues

relating to electronic filing and

maintenance of documents.

DATES: The forum will be held on

Wednesday, June 20, 2001, beginning at

10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The forum will be held in

Room 101, 500 E Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20436.

The event is open to the public, and

registration is not required to attend.

Seating will be available on a first-come,

first-served basis. Any person wishing

to make an initial statement, of no more

than five minutes in length, may file a

request to do so directed to the

Secretary to the Commission. Other

attendees will be given an opportunity

to make statements, as time permits. A

request to make an initial statement

should indicate the following

information: (1) The name of the person

desiring to make a statement; (2) the

organization or organizations

represented by that person, if any; (3)

contact information (address, telephone,

and e-mail); and (4) information on the

specific focus or interest of the person

(or his or her organization) and any

questions or issues the person would

like to raise. A request may be sent by

e-mail to ‘‘dockets@usitc.gov,’’ or by

mail or hand delivery to the Secretary,

United States International Trade

Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20436.

The deadline for receipt of requests is

Wednesday, June 13, 2001.

Any person may file written

comments about the issues discussed in

this notice. Any such comments should

be addressed to the Secretary, United

States International Trade Commission,

500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC

20436, and must be filed no later than

July 6, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marilyn Abbott (202–205–2799), Deputy

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, 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 (at URL

http://www.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission is holding a forum to seek

the public’s views on issues relating to

electronic filing and maintenance of

documents. In particular, and as

discussed more fully below, the

Commission would like to obtain views

on (1) What features of an electronic

system might be helpful to users, (2)

what technical difficulties might arise in

connection with such a system, and (3)

how the agency might implement such

a system.

In 1996, the Commission established

the Electronic Document Imaging

System (EDIS), which stores and

provides access to docket records in

agency investigations. The Commission

now is contemplating replacing EDIS

with a new document management

system that would provide better

functionality. In particular, Commission

is seeking as part of the new system the

capability to accept documents

electronically.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure currently provide for the

filing of documents with the agency in

paper form. Consistent with the

Government Paperwork Elimination Act

(GPEA)(Div. C, Title XVII, Pub. L. 105–

277), the Commission is considering

permitting parties and other persons to

file some documents with the agency

electronically. The Commission

contemplates obtaining the capability

to, inter alia: (1) Permit a person to

make a filing by uploading it

electronically to a Commission Web

site; (2) provide security to protect

confidential business and business

proprietary information from

unauthorized disclosure; (3) verify the

identity of the submitter through a

password, electronic signature, or other

security system; (4) acknowledge receipt

of the submission by an electronic

message to establish when filing

occurred; and (5) alert in-house users of

new submissions. A new Commission

document management system might

also permit faster searches for and

retrieval of documents in the

Commission’s docket files than

currently permitted by EDIS.

Permitting electronic filing would

involve both the acquisition of new

information technology and the revision

of the agency’s procedures, including

the Rules of Practice and Procedure. The

Commission will provide an

opportunity for public comment on any

proposed rules amendments, but is

seeking the views of the public now on

the broader issues raised by the prospect

of allowing electronic filing. The

Commission encourages party

representatives, other document filers,

and other interested persons to

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participate in the forum and provide

their views on the issues discussed

below as well as others they wish to

raise. Considerations such as technical

and funding constraints may limit the

Commission’s ability to implement

some of the features that may be

suggested at the forum, but the agency

plans to take all such views into account

in determining whether and how to

permit electronic filing and to provide

other facilities for doing docket-related

business with the Commission

electronically.

The Commission wants any document

management system it may implement

to benefit users inside and outside the

agency. Permitting electronic filing

would serve no purpose if document

filers did not choose to file

electronically. Consistent with the

GPEA, the Commission does not intend

to require electronic filing. The

Commission encourages attendees to

provide their views on what system

features would be helpful to them. For

example, some document formats may

be easier to use than others. Moreover,

some documents, such as papers drafted

by the submitter, may be easier to file

electronically than others, such as

appendices containing material from

reference works in hard copy. Further,

how deadlines are set for electronic

filing may affect a filer’s decision to

choose between paper and electronic

filing.

A particularly relevant topic for the

forum would be the potential technical

difficulties that may arise in connection

with electronic filing. For example, the

software that removes confidential

business information from the public

versions of paper filings may not suffice

for an electronic filing. Also, various

circumstances may result in a failure to

connect to the agency’s website,

delaying or preventing filing. To aid in

such a discussion, the Commission

encourages participants in the forum to

bring technical staff familiar with the

computer systems of participants’

organizations.

The Commission is also interested in

attendees’ comments on how to change

the filing process. Currently, filers

generally must submit an original and

fourteen paper copies of a document.

Electronic filing would present the

agency with a number of options for

how to proceed with respect to that

requirement. The Commission could

remove entirely the requirement for

submitting paper copies. That would

mean that Commission personnel either

would forgo the use of paper copies or

would incur staff time and printing

costs making copies for their use.

Alternatively, the agency could

continue, over the long or short term, to

require a number of paper copies.

Moreover, the Commission could permit

filers to submit certain documents

electronically while other types of

document would continue to be filed in

paper form. In addition, for those

documents that eventually would be

fileable electronically, electronic filing

could be phased in over time so that

initially parties could file some

documents electronically, but other

documents might continue in paper

form.

The Secretary to the Commission will

preside at the forum, assisted by agency

staff who are members of the agency’s

Document Imaging Oversight

Committee. The forum will be open to

the public. However, to seek an

opportunity to make an initial

statement, no longer than five minutes

in length, a person must submit a

request to do so by the deadline for

requests set out above. A person who

attends the forum without having

submitted such a request will be given

an opportunity to make a statement as

time permits. A person may submit

written comments on the issues raised

in this notice by the deadline for written

comments set out above whether or not

he or she files a request or attends the

forum.

Issued: May 17, 2001.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–12885 Filed 5–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to The Comprehensive

Environmental Response

Compensation and Liability Act

(‘‘CERCLA’’)

Notice is hereby given that a proposed

consent decree in United States v.

Agway Inc., et al. Civ. No. 3:01cv0637

NAM/GLS, was lodged on May 1, 2001

with the United States District Court for

the Northern District of New York. The

Consent Decree concerns hazardous

waste contamination at the Tr-Cities

Barrel Superfund Site (the ‘‘Site’’),

located in the Town of Fenton, Broome

County, New York. The Consent Decree

would resolve the liability for

reimbursement of response costs

incurred by the United States in

connection with the Site as to fortythree potentially responsible parties

against whom the United States filed a

complaint on behalf of the United States

Environmental Protection Agency

(‘‘EPA’’). The Consent Decree also

requires the settling defendants to

perform the Remedial Design/Remedial

Action (‘‘RD/RA’’) as set forth in the

Record of Decision issued by EPA on

March 31, 2000.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments relating to the proposed

consent decree. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General, Environment and Natural

Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.

Department of Justice, Washington, DC

20044–7611, and should refer to United

States v. Agway Inc., et al., DOJ Ref.

#90–11–3–1514/1.

The proposed consent decree may be

examined at the office of the United

States Attorney for the District of New

Jersey, 231 Foley U.S. Courthouse, 445

Broadway, Albany, NY 12207 (contact

Assistant United States Attorney James

Woods); and the Region II Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 290

Broadway, New York, New York 10007–

1866 (contact Assistant Regional

Counsel, Michael Mintzer). A copy of

the proposed consent decree may be

obtained by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, DC 20044–7611. In

requesting a copy please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in

the amount of $29.00 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs) for the Consent

Decree without Appendices, or in the

amount of $61.50 for the Consent Decree

with all Appendices, payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Ronald Gluck,

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental

Enforcement Section, Environmental and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 01–13027 Filed 5–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with the policy of the

Department of Justice, notice is hereby

given that a proposed consent decree in

The United States of America v. The

Atlantic Richfield Company, the

Atlantic Richfield Company v. The

United States of America Civ. Nos.

1:99–CV–1743 and 5:98–CV–2645, was

lodged with the United States District

Court for the Northern District of Oh8io,

on May 4, 2001. The United States

brought an action against Defendant, the