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submissions that address the form of

remedy, if any, that should be ordered.

If a party seeks exclusion of an article

from entry into the United States for

purposes other than entry for

consumption, the party should so

indicate and provide information

establishing that activities involving

other types of entry either are adversely

affecting it or are likely to do so. For

background, see the Commission

Opinion, In the Matter of Certain

Devices for Connecting Computers via

Telephone Lines, Inv. No. 337–TA–360.

If the Commission contemplates some

form of remedy, it must consider the

effects of that remedy upon the public

interest. The factors the Commission

will consider include the effect that an

exclusion order and/or cease and desist

orders would have on (1) the public

health and welfare, (2) competitive

conditions in the U.S. economy, (3) U.S.

production of articles that are like or

directly competitive with those that are

subject to investigation, and (4) U.S.

consumers. The Commission is

therefore interested in receiving written

submissions that address the

aforementioned public interest factors

in the context of this investigation.

If the Commission orders some form

of remedy, the President has 60 days to

approve or disapprove the

Commission’s action. During this

period, the subject articles would be

entitled to enter the United States under

a bond, in an amount determined by the

Commission and prescribed by the

Secretary of the Treasury. The

Commission is therefore interested in

receiving submissions concerning the

amount of the bond that should be

imposed, if remedial orders are issued.

Written Submissions

The parties to the investigation,

interested government agencies, and any

other interested persons are encouraged

to file written submissions on the issues

of remedy, the public interest, and

bonding. Complainants and the

Commission investigative attorney are

also requested to submit proposed

remedial orders for the Commission’s

consideration. The written submissions

and proposed remedial orders must be

filed no later than the close of business

on April 3, 1995. Reply submissions

must be filed no later than the close of

business on April 10, 1995. No further

submissions will be permitted unless

otherwise ordered by the Commission.

Persons filing written submissions

must file the original document and 14

true copies thereof with the Office of the

Secretary on or before the deadlines

stated above. Any person desiring to

submit a document (or portion thereof)

to the Commission in confidence must

request confidential treatment unless

the information has already been

granted such treatment during the

proceedings. All such requests should

be directed to the Secretary of the

Commission and must include a full

statement of the reasons why the

Commission should grant such

treatment. See 19 C.F.R. § 201.6.

Documents for which confidential

treatment is granted by the Commission

will be treated accordingly. All

nonconfidential written submissions

will be available for public inspection at

the Office of the Secretary.

This action is taken under the

authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337),

and §§ 210.53 and 210.58 of the

Commission’s interim rules of practice

and procedure (19 CFR 210.53 and

210.58).

Issued: March 13, 1995.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–6865 Filed 3–20–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

[Investigations Nos. 731–TA–700–701

(Final)]

Commission Determination To

Conduct a Portion of the Hearing in

Camera

In the Matter of: Disposable Lighters From

the People’s Republic of China and Thailand.

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade

Commission.

ACTION: Closure of a portion of a

Commission hearing to the public.

SUMMARY: Upon request of respondent

Thai Merry Co., Ltd. (Thai Merry) in the

above-captioned final investigations, the

Commission has unanimously

determined to conduct a portion of its

hearing scheduled for March 21, 1995,

in camera. See Commission rules

207.23(d), 201.13(m) and 201.35(b)(3)

(19 CFR 207.23(d), 201.13(m) and

201.35(b)(3), as amended, 59 FR 66719

(Dec. 28, 1994)). The remainder of the

hearing will be open to the public. The

Commission has unanimously

determined that the seven-day advance

notice of the change to a meeting was

not possible. See Commission rule

201.35(a), (c)(1) (19 CFR 201.35(a),

(c)(1), as amended, 59 FR 66719 (Dec.

28, 1994)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rhonda M. Hughes, Esq., Office of the

General Counsel, U.S. International

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20436, telephone 202–

205–3083. Hearing-impaired individuals

are advised that information on this

matter may be obtained by contacting

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission believes that Thai Merry

has justified the need for a closed

session. Because petitioner BIC

Corporation is the sole domestic

producer, a full discussion of

petitioner’s financial condition and of

many of the indicators that the

Commission examines in assessing

material reason by reason of subject

imports can only occur if at least part of

the hearing is held in camera. In

addition, because Thai Merry is the sole

participating Thai respondent in these

investigations and because the

Commission’s preliminary

determination that there was a

reasonable indication that imports from

Thailand pose a threat of material injury

to the domestic industry, any discussion

of Thai producer and importer data as

required by the Commission’s analysis

of the statutory factors pertaining to a

finding of threat of material injury by

reason of those imports will necessitate

disclosure of business proprietary

information (BPI). Thus, such a

discussion can only occur if a portion of

the hearing is held in camera. In making

this decision, the Commission

nevertheless reaffirms its belief that

whenever possible its business should

be conducted in public.

The hearing will include the usual

public presentations by petitioner and

by respondents, with questions from the

Commission. In addition, the hearing

will include an in camera session for a

presentation including BPI by

respondents and for questions from the

Commission relating to the BPI. For any

in camera session the room will be

cleared of all persons except: those who

have been granted access to BPI under

a Commission administrative protective

order (APO) and are included on the

Commission’s APO service list in these

investigations. See 19 CFR 201.35(b)(1),

(2). In addition, if petitioner’s BPI will

be discussed in the in camera session,

personnel of petitioner may also be

granted access to the closed session.

Similarly, if respondents’ BPI will be

discussed in the in camera session,

personnel of respondents may also be

granted access to the closed session. See

19 CFR 201.35(b)(1), (2). The time for

the parties’ presentations and rebuttals

in the in camera session will be taken

from their respective overall allotments

for the hearing. All persons planning to

attend the in camera portions of the
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1The record is defined in § 207.2(f) of the

Commission’s rules of practice and procedure (19

CFR 207.2(f)).

2The product covered by this investigation is

glycine which is a free-flowing crystalline material,

like salt or sugar. Glycine is produced at varying

levels of purity and is used as a sweetener/taste

enhancer, a buffering agent, reabsorbable amino

acid, chemical intermediate, and a metal

complexing agent. The scope of this investigation

includes glycine of all purity levels.

3Commissioner Crawford and Commissioner

Bragg determine that an industry in the United

States is materially injured by reason of imports of

glycine from China that Commerce has found to be

sold in the United States at LTFV.

1A stay will be issued routinely by the

Commission in those proceedings where an

informed decision on environmental issues

(whether raised by a party or by the Commission’s

Section of Environmental Analysis in its

independent investigation) cannot be made before

the effective date of the notice of exemption. See

Exemption of Out-of-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d

377 (1989). Any entity seeking a stay on

environmental concerns is encouraged to file its

request as soon as possible in order to permit the

Commission to review and act on the request before

the effective date of this exemption.

2See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

Finan. Assist., 4 I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

3The Commission will accept a late-filed trail use

request as long as it retains jurisdiction to do so.

hearing should be prepared to present

proper identification.

Authority: The General Counsel has

certified, pursuant to Commission Rule

201.39 (19 CFR 201.39) that, in her opinion,

a portion of the Commission’s hearing in

Disposable Lighters from the People’s

Republic of China and Thailand, Invs. Nos.

731–TA–700–701 (Final) may be closed to

the public to prevent the disclosure of BPI.

Issued: March 15, 1995.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–6863 Filed 3–20–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

[Investigation No. 731–TA–718 (Final)]

Glycine From the People’s Republic of

China

Determination

On the basis of the record 1 developed

in the subject investigation, the

Commission determines, pursuant to

section 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930

(19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)) (the Act), that an

industry in the United States is

threatened with material injury by

reason of imports from the People’s

Republic of China (China) of glycine,2

provided for in subheading 2922.49.40

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of

the United States, that have been found

by the Department of Commerce

(Commerce) to be sold in the United

States at less than fair value (LTFV).3

Background

The Commission instituted this

investigation effective November 15,

1994, following a preliminary

determination by Commerce that

imports of glycine from China were

being sold at LTFV within the meaning

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

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

the Commission’s investigation 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 December 8, 1994 (59 FR

63378). The hearing was held in

Washington, DC, on February 9, 1995,

and all persons who requested the

opportunity were permitted to appear in

person or by counsel.

The Commission transmitted its

determination in this investigation to

the Secretary of Commerce on March 14,

1995. The views of the Commission are

contained in USITC Publication 2863

(March 1995), entitled ‘‘Glycine from

the People’s Republic of China:

Investigation No. 731–TA–718 (Final).’’

Issued: March 15, 1995.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–6864 Filed 3–20–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

INTERSTATE COMMERCE

COMMISSION

[Docket No. AB–55 (Sub-No. 504X)]

CSX Transportation, Inc.—

Abandonment Exemption—In Indiana

County, PA

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has

filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1152 subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon

approximately 11.25 miles of line

between milepost 5.83 near Shelocta

and milepost 17.08 near Clarksburg, in

Indiana County, PA. CSXT’s proposed

consummation date of this

abandonment is April 24, 1995.

CSXT has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic has

moved over the line; (3) no formal

complaint filed by a user of rail service

on the line (or by a state or local

government entity acting on behalf of

such user) regarding cessation of service

over the line either is pending with the

Commission or with any U.S. District

Court or has been decided in favor of

the complainant within the 2-year

period; and (4) the requirements at 49

CFR 1105.7 (environmental report), 49

CFR 1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR

1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to

governmental agencies) have been met.

As a condition to use of this

exemption, any employee adversely

affected by the abandonment shall be

protected under Oregon Short Line R.

Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C.

91 (1979). To address whether this

condition adequately protects affected

employees, a petition for partial

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10505(d)

must be filed.

Provided no formal expression of

intent to file an offer of financial

assistance (OFA) has been received, this

exemption will be effective on April 20,

1995, unless stayed pending

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do

not involve environmental issues,1

formal expressions of intent to file an

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and

trail use/rail banking requests under 49

CFR 1152.29 3 must be filed by March

31, 1995. Petitions to reopen or requests

for public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by April 10, 1995,

with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Interstate Commerce

Commission, Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any pleading filed with the

Commission should be sent to

applicant’s representative: Charles M.

Rosenberger, CSX Transportation, Inc.,

500 Water St. J150, Jacksonville, FL

32202.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

CSXT has filed an environmental

report which addresses the

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by March 24, 1995.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 3219,

Interstate Commerce Commission,

Washington, DC 20423) or by calling

Elaine Kaiser, Chief of SEA, at (202)

927–248. Comments on environmental

and historic preservation matters must

be filed within 15 days after the EA is

available to the public.

Environmental, historic preservation,

public use, or trail use/rail banking

conditions will be imposed, where

appropriate, in a subsequent decision.

Decided: March 14, 1995.