67774 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 215 / Tuesday, November 8, 2005 / Notices 

1For purposes of its investigation, the ITC 

considered circular welded non-alloy steel pipe to 

include certain welded carbon quality steel pipes 

and tubes, of circular cross-section, with an outside 

diameter of 0.372 inches (9.45 mm) or more, but not 

more than 16 inches (406.4 mm), regardless of wall 

thickness, surface finish (black, galvanized, or 

painted), end finish (plain end, beveled end, 

grooved, threaded, or threaded and coupled), or 

industry specification (ASTM, proprietary, or 

other), generally known as standard pipe and 

structural pipe (and they may also be referred to as 

structural or mechanical tubing). The term carbon 

quality steel may include certain low alloy steel 

imported as other alloy steel pipes and tubes. 

Products not included in this investigation are 

mechanical tubing (whether or not cold-drawn) 

provided for in HTS subheading 7306.30.50, tube 

and pipe hollows for redrawing provided for in 

HTS 7306.30.5035, or finished electrical conduit 

provided for in HTS 7306.30.5028. API line pipe 

used in oil or gas applications requiring API 

certifications is also not included in this 

investigation. Similarly, pipe produced to the API 

specifications for oil country tubular goods use are 

not included in this investigation. The subject 

imported products are currently provided for in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTS) subheadings 7306.30.10 and 7306.30.50. 

Specifically, the various HTS statistical reporting 

numbers under which the subject standard pipe has 

been provided for since January 1, 1992, are as 

follows: 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 

7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, and 

7306.30.5090. 

Any function covered by this 

delegation may also be exercised by the 

Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary 

of State or the Under Secretary for 

Management. 

Any act, executive order, regulation or 

procedure subject to, or affected by, this 

delegation shall be deemed to be such 

act, executive order, regulation, or 

procedures as amended from time to 

time. 

This delegation of authority shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: October 31, 2005. 

Robert B. Zoellick, 

Deputy Secretary of State, Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 05–22240 Filed 11–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–10–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Notice of Proposed Measure and 

Opportunity for Public Comment 

Pursuant to Section 421 of the Trade 

Act of 1974: Circular Welded Non-Alloy 

Steel Pipe From the People’s Republic 

of China 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed measure; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

has determined, pursuant to section 

421(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as 

amended (the Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 

2451(b)(1)), that circular welded nonalloy steel pipe 1 from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) 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. Pursuant to section 421(h)(1) 

of the Trade Act, the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR) is 

publishing notice of proposed 

restrictions with respect to imports of 

the subject circular welded non-alloy 

steel pipe from China. USTR invites 

domestic producers, importers, 

exporters, and other interested parties to 

submit their views and evidence on the 

appropriateness of the proposed 

restrictions and whether they would be 

in the public interest. USTR also invites 

interested parties to participate in a 

public hearing (if requested). 

DATES: Requests for USTR to hold a 

public hearing are due by November 16, 

2005. Written comments and requests to 

testify at any public hearing are due by 

November 18, 2005. If a request for 

USTR to hold a public hearing is 

received, the hearing will be held on 

November 29, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submissions by electronic 

mail: FR0601@ustr.eop.gov. 

Submissions by facsimile: Sandy 

McKinzy, USTR, at (202) 395–9672. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning public 

comments and holding of a public 

hearing, contact Sandy McKinzy, USTR, 

telephone (202) 395–9483, facsimile 

(202) 395–9672. Other questions 

regarding the subject of this notice 

should be addressed to Terrence J. 

McCartin, Office of China Affairs, 

USTR, telephone (202) 395–3900, or 

Stephen Kho, Office of General Counsel, 

USTR, telephone (202) 395–7305. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. The ITC Investigation and Section 

421 

Following receipt of a petition filed 

on August 2, 2005, on behalf of Allied 

Tube and Conduit Corp., IPSCO 

Tubulars, Inc., Maruichi American 

Corp., Maverick Tube Corp., Sharon 

Tube Co., Western Tube Conduit Corp., 

Wheatland Tube Co., and the United 

Steelworkers of America, AFL–CIO, the 

ITC instituted investigation No. TA–

421–6, under section 421 of the Trade 

Act (19 U.S.C. 2451) to determine 

whether the subject circular welded 

non-alloy steel pipe from China 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. The ITC made an affirmative 

market disruption determination on 

October 3, 2005, and transmitted a 

report on its determination, as well as 

its remedy proposals, to USTR on 

October 21, 2005. The views of the ITC, 

including its remedy proposals, and the 

ITC staff report are available on the 

ITC’s Web site (http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/ 

docs/pubs/701_731/pub3807.PDF) and 

are contained in USITC Publication 

3807 (October 2005), entitled ‘‘Circular 

Welded Non-alloy Steel Pipe from 

China’’. A copy of that publication can 

be obtained from the ITC by faxing a 

request to (202) 205–2104 or calling 

(202) 205–1809. 

Following an affirmative 

determination by the ITC, and pursuant 

to section 421(h) of the Trade Act, USTR 

is required to make a recommendation 

to the President concerning what action, 

if any, to take to remedy the market 

disruption. Within 15 days after receipt 

of USTR’s recommendation, the 

President is required to provide import 

relief unless the President determines 

that provision of such relief is not in the 

national economic interest of the United 

States or, in extraordinary cases, that the 

taking of action would cause serious 

harm to the national security of the 

United States. (Section 421(k).) Prior to 

making a recommendation, USTR is 

required to publish notice of any 

proposed measures and of the 

opportunity to comment. 

2. Proposed Measure and Opportunity 

for Comment 

Two of the four ITC commissioners 

entitled to vote on remedy 

recommended that the President impose 

an annual quota of 160,000 short tons 

on imports of circular welded non-alloy 

steel pipe from China for a period of 

three years. The other two ITC 

commissioners recommended that the 

President impose a tariff-rate quota on 

imports of the subject circular welded 

non-alloy steel pipe from China for a 

three-year period as follows: a 25 

percent tariff, in addition to the current 

rate of duty, on imports exceeding 

267,468 short tons in the first year, with 

this quota level increasing by 5 percent 

in the second year and 10 percent in the 

third year. All four ITC commissioners 

further recommended that, if 

applications are filed, the President 

direct the U.S. Department of Commerce 

and the U.S. Department of Labor to 

provide expedited consideration of 

trade adjustment assistance for firms 

and/or workers affected by the subject 

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imports. USTR proposes these remedies 

for further consideration by domestic 

producers, importers, exporters, and 

other interested parties, and invites any 

of these parties to submit their views 

and evidence on the appropriateness of 

the proposed remedies and whether 

they would be in the public interest. In 

addition, USTR invites comments on 

other possible actions, including: 

imposition of a tariff-rate quota on the 

subject imports from China, with an inquota volume, out-of-quota tariff rate, 

and/or periods different from the ITC 

recommendation; imposition of an 

additional duty on imports of the 

subject imports from China; imposition 

of a quota on the subject imports from 

China, with a different quota level; an 

import monitoring mechanism; or no 

import relief (pursuant to a 

determination under section 421(k) of 

the Trade Act regarding the national 

economic interest or national security). 

In commenting on possible actions, 

interested parties are requested to 

address: (i) The short- and long-term 

effects that implementation of the 

proposed actions are likely to have on 

the domestic circular welded non-alloy 

steel pipe industry, other domestic 

industries, and downstream consumers, 

and (ii) the short- and long-term effects 

that not taking the proposed actions are 

likely to have on the domestic circular 

welded non-alloy steel pipe industry, its 

workers, and other domestic industries 

or communities. 

An interested party may request that 

USTR hold a public hearing, which 

request must be received by November 

16, 2005. Written comments, as well as 

requests to testify at any public hearing, 

must be received by November 18, 2005, 

and should be submitted in accordance 

with the instructions below. Parties that 

have requested to testify at any public 

hearing will be informed if a hearing is 

to be held. In addition, information on 

any public hearing may be obtained by 

contacting Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–

9483. If a public hearing is requested, it 

will be held on November 29, 2005, at 

9:30 a.m. in Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F 

Street, NW., Washington, DC. Requests 

to testify must include the following 

information: (1) Name, address, 

telephone number, fax number, and firm 

or affiliation of the person wishing to 

testify; and (2) a brief summary of the 

comments to be presented. 

3. Requirements for Submissions 

In order to facilitate prompt 

processing of submissions, USTR 

strongly urges and prefers electronic (email) submissions in response to this 

notice. 

Persons making submissions by email should use the following subject 

line: ‘‘Circular Welded Non-alloy Steel 

Pipe’’ followed by (as appropriate) 

‘‘Written Comments’’, ‘‘Request for 

Public Hearing’’, or ‘‘Request to 

Testify’’. Documents should be 

submitted as either WordPerfect, 

MSWord, or text (.TXT) files. 

Supporting documentation submitted as 

spreadsheets are acceptable as Quattro 

Pro or Excel files. For any document 

containing business confidential 

information submitted electronically, 

the file name of the business 

confidential version should begin with 

the characters ‘‘BC–’’, and the file name 

of the public version should begin with 

the characters ‘‘P–’’. The ‘‘P–’’ or 

‘‘BC–’’ should be followed by the name 

of the submitter. Persons who make 

submissions by e-mail should not 

provide separate cover letters; 

information that might appear in a cover 

letter should be included in the 

submission itself. To the extent 

possible, any attachments to the 

submission should be included in the 

same file as the submission itself, and 

not as separate files. 

Written comments submitted in 

response to this request will be placed 

in a file open to public inspection 

pursuant to 15 CFR 2003.5, except 

business confidential information 

exempt from public inspection in 

accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6. 

Business confidential information 

submitted in accordance with 15 CFR 

2003.6 must be clearly marked 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top 

of each page, including any cover letter 

or cover page, and must be accompanied 

by a nonconfidential summary of the 

confidential information. All public 

documents and nonconfidential 

summaries will be available for public 

inspection in the USTR Reading Room. 

The USTR Reading Room is open to the 

public, by appointment only, from 10 

a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday. An 

appointment to review the file must be 

scheduled at least 48 hours in advance 

and may be made by calling (202) 395–

6186. 

David Weller, 

Deputy Assistant United States Trade 

Representative for China Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 05–22161 Filed 11–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3910–W6–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Availability and Request for 

Comments; Extension of Comment 

Period for Enhanced Airworthiness 

Program for Airplane Systems 

Advisory Circulars 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

SUMMARY: This action extends the 

comment period for the 12 draft 

advisory circulars (ACs) related to the 

Enhanced Airworthiness Program for 

Airplane Systems proposed rule, which 

was published on October 6, 2005. The 

12 Notices of availability for the draft 

ACs include an earlier close of comment 

period date than the proposed rule. The 

purpose of this action is to make the 

close of comment period date for the 12 

draft ACs and the proposed rule the 

same. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 3, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the 

proposed ACs, except for AC 25–XX to: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Attention: Stephen Slotte, ANM–111, 

Airplane & Flight Crew Interface, 1601 

Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055–

4056; telephone (425) 227–2315; 

facsimile (425) 227–1320, e-mail 

steve.slotte@faa.gov. Send comments on 

proposed AC 25–XX to: Federal 

Aviation Administration, Attention: 

Mike Zielinski, Manager, ANM–105, 

AFS Liaison Program, 1601 Lind 

Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055–4056; 

telephone (425) 227–2279; facsimile 

(425) 227–1100, e-mail 

mike.zielinski@faa.gov. Comments may 

be inspected at the above address 

between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Annette Kovite, Transport Standards 

Staff, at the address under the ADDRESS

heading, telephone (425) 227–1262. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite interested persons to 

comment on the proposed ACs by 

sending such written data, views, or 

arguments, as you may desire. 

Commenters should identify each AC 

that your comments apply to. Also, you 

should send your comments in 

duplicate to the address specified above. 

The FAA will consider all 

communications received on or before 

the closing date for comments before 

issuing the final ACs. You can find and 

download each of the 12 proposed ACs, 

at http://www.airweb.faa.gov/rgl under