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investigation as parties must file an

entry of appearance with the Secretary

to the Commission, as provided in

§ 201.11 of the Commission’s rules, no

later than 21 days prior to the hearing

date specified in this notice. A party

that filed a notice of appearance during

the preliminary phase of the

investigation need not file an additional

notice of appearance during this final

phase. The Secretary will maintain a

public service list containing the names

and addresses of all persons, or their

representatives, who are parties to the

investigation.

Limited disclosure of business

proprietary information (BPI) under an

administrative protective order (APO)

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to

§ 207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the

Secretary will make BPI gathered in the

final phase of this investigation

available to authorized applicants under

the APO issued in the investigation,

provided that the application is made

no later than 21 days prior to the

hearing date specified in this notice.

Authorized applicants must represent

interested parties, as defined by 19

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

investigation. A party granted access to

BPI in the preliminary phase of the

investigation need not reapply for such

access. A separate service list will be

maintained by the Secretary for those

parties authorized to receive BPI under

the APO.

Staff report.—The prehearing staff

report in the final phase of this

investigation will be placed in the

nonpublic record on August 30, 2001,

and a public version will be issued

thereafter, pursuant to § 207.22 of the

Commission’s rules.

Hearing.—The Commission will hold

a hearing in connection with the final

phase of this investigation beginning at

9:30 a.m. on September 13, 2001, at the

U.S. International Trade Commission

Building. Requests to appear at the

hearing should be filed in writing with

the Secretary to the Commission on or

before September 5, 2001. A nonparty

who has testimony that may aid the

Commission’s deliberations may request

permission to present a short statement

at the hearing. All parties and

nonparties desiring to appear at the

hearing and make oral presentations

should attend a prehearing conference

to be held at 9:30 a.m. on September 10,

2001, at the U.S. International Trade

Commission Building. Oral testimony

and written materials to be submitted at

the public hearing are governed by

§§ 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and 207.24 of

the Commission’s rules. Parties must

submit any request to present a portion

of their hearing testimony in camera no

later than 7 days prior to the date of the

hearing.

Written submissions.—Each party

who is an interested party shall submit

a prehearing brief to the Commission.

Prehearing briefs must conform with the

provisions of § 207.23 of the

Commission’s rules; the deadline for

filing is September 7, 2001. Parties may

also file written testimony in connection

with their presentation at the hearing, as

provided in § 207.24 of the

Commission’s rules, and posthearing

briefs, which must conform with the

provisions of § 207.25 of the

Commission’s rules. The deadline for

filing posthearing briefs is September

20, 2001; witness testimony must be

filed no later than three days before the

hearing. 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 subject of the

investigation on or before September 20,

2001. On October 11, 2001, the

Commission will make available to

parties all information on which they

have not had an opportunity to

comment. Parties may submit final

comments on this information on or

before October 15, 2001, but such final

comments must not contain new factual

information and must otherwise comply

with § 207.30 of the Commission’s rules.

All written submissions must conform

with the provisions of § 201.8 of the

Commission’s rules; any submissions

that contain BPI must also conform with

the requirements of §§ 201.6, 207.3, and

207.7 of the Commission’s rules. The

Commission’s rules do not authorize

filing of submissions with the Secretary

by facsimile or electronic means.

In accordance with §§ 201.16(c) and

207.3 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 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: This investigation is being

conducted under authority of title VII of the

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published

pursuant to § 207.21 of the Commission’s

rules.

Issued: May 29, 2001.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–13967 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 731–TA–943–947

(Preliminary)]

Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe

From China, Indonesia, Malaysia,

Romania, and South Africa

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of antidumping

investigations and scheduling of

preliminary phase investigations.

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives

notice of the institution of investigations

and commencement of preliminary

phase antidumping investigations Nos.

731–TA–943–947 (Preliminary) under

section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930

(19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act) 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 China,

Indonesia, Malaysia, Romania, and

South Africa of circular welded nonalloy steel pipe, provided for in

subheadings 7306.30.10 and 7306.30.50

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of

the United States, that are alleged to be

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 a preliminary determination in

antidumping investigations in 45 days,

or in this case by July 9, 2001. The

Commission’s views are due at

Commerce within five business days

thereafter, or by July 16, 2001.

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).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 24, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Reavis (202–205–3185), 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.

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General information concerning the

Commission may also be obtained by

accessing its internet server (http://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for

these investigations may be viewed on

the Commission’s electronic docket

(EDIS-ON-LINE) at http://

dockets.usitc.gov/eol/public.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background.—These investigations

are being instituted in response to a

petition filed on May 24, 2001, by

counsel on behalf of Allied Tube &

Conduit Corp., Harvey, IL; IPSCO

Tubulars, Inc., Camanche, IA; LTV

Copperweld, Youngstown, OH;

Northwest Pipe Co., Portland, OR;

Western Tube & Conduit Corp., Long

Beach, CA; Century Tube Corp., Pine

Bluff, AR; Laclede Steel, St. Louis, MO;

Maverick Tube Corp., Chesterfield, MO;

Sharon Tube Co., Sharon, PA; and

Wheatland Tube Co., Wheatland, PA.

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

§§ 201.11 and 207.10 of the

Commissions 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 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

§ 207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the

Secretary will make BPI gathered in

these 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

Thursday, June 14, 2001, at the U.S.

International Trade Commission

Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington,

DC. Parties wishing to participate in the

conference should contact Larry Reavis

(202–205–3185) not later than June 12,

to arrange for their appearance. Parties

in support of the imposition of

antidumping duties in these

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

§ 201.8 and 207.15 of the Commission’s

rules, any person may submit to the

Commission on or before June 19, 2001,

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

§§ 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the

Commission’s rules. The Commission’s

rules do not authorize filing of

submissions with the Secretary by

facsimile or electronic means.

In accordance with §§ 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 § 207.12 of the Commission’s

rules.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: May 25, 2001.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–13851 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 731–TA–935–942

(Preliminary)]

Certain Structural Steel Beams From

China, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg,

Russia, South Africa, Spain, and

Taiwan

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of antidumping

investigations and scheduling of

preliminary phase investigations.

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives

notice of the institution of investigations

and commencement of preliminary

phase antidumping investigations Nos.

731–TA–935–942 (Preliminary) under

section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930

(19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act) 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 China, Germany,

Italy, Luxembourg, Russia, South Africa,

Spain, and Taiwan of certain structural

steel beams, provided for in

subheadings 7216.32.00, 7216.33.00,

7216.50.00, 7216.61.00, 7216.69.00,

7216.91.00, 7216.99.00, 7228.70.30, and

7228.70.60 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States, that are

alleged to be 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

these antidumping investigations in 45

days, or in these cases by July 9, 2001.

The Commission’s views are due at

Commerce within five business days

thereafter, or by July 16, 2001.

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).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 23, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Olympia DeRosa Hand (202–205–3182),

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