69988 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 222 / Friday, November 18, 2005 / Notices 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 731–TA–1099–1101 

(Preliminary)] 

Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 

Rod From China, Germany, and Turkey 

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 an 

investigations and commencement of 

preliminary phase antidumping 

investigation Nos. 731–TA–1099–1101 

(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, and 

Turkey of carbon and certain alloy steel 

wire rod, provided for in subheadings 

7213.91.30, 7213.91.45, 7213.91.60, 

7213.99.00, 7227.20.00, and 7227.90.60 

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 a preliminary determination in 

antidumping investigations in 45 days, 

or in this case by December 27, 2005. 

The Commission’s views are due at 

Commerce within five business days 

thereafter, or by January 4, 2006. 

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: November 10, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Szustakowski (202–205–3188), 

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). The public record for 

these investigations may be viewed on 

the Commission’s electronic docket 

(EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background. The investigations are 

being instituted in response to a petition 

filed on November 10, 2005, by 

Connecticut Steel Corp., Wallingford, 

CT; Gerdau AmeriSteel U.S. Inc., 

Tampa, FL; Keystone Steel & Wire 

Company, Peoria, IL; Mittal Steel USA 

Georgetown, Georgetown, SC; and 

Rocky Mountain Steel Mills, Pueblo, 

CO. 

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 

sections 201.11 and 207.10 of the 

Commission’s 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 this investigation 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 section 

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

Secretary will make BPI gathered in this 

investigation 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 9:15 a.m. on December 

1, 2005, at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC. Parties wishing to 

participate in the conference should 

contact Michael Szustakowski (202–

205–3188) not later than November 28, 

2005, 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 

sections 201.8 and 207.15 of the 

Commission’s rules, any person may 

submit to the Commission on or before 

December 6, 2005, 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 sections 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, except to the extent permitted by 

section 201.8 of the Commission’s rules, 

as amended, 67 FR 68036 (November 8, 

2002). Even where electronic filing of a 

document is permitted, certain 

documents must also be filed in paper 

form, as specified in II(C) of the 

Commission’s Handbook on Electronic 

Filing Procedures, 67 FR 68168, 68173 

(November 8, 2002). 

In accordance with sections 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 section 207.12 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Issued: November 14, 2005. 

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 05–22831 Filed 11–17–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P