[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 121 (Friday, June 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32708-32709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15547]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigations Nos. 731-TA-711 and 716-717 (Final)]
OCTG From Argentina, Mexico, and Spain
AGENCY: International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Institution and scheduling of final antidumping investigations.
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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of
antidumping investigations Nos. 731-TA-711 and 716-717 (Final) under
section 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 673d(b)) (the
Act) to determine whether an industry in the United States is
materially injured, or is threatened with material injury, or the
establishment of an industry in the United States is materially
retarded, by reason of imports from Argentina, Mexico, and Spain of oil
country tubular goods (OCTG),1 provided for in subheadings
7304.20, 7305.20, and 7306.20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States.
\1\ For the purposes of these investigations, OCTG are hollow
steel products of circular cross-section. These products include oil
well casing, tubing, and drill pipe, of iron (other than cast iron)
or steel (both carbon and alloy), whether or not conforming to
American Petroleum Institute (``API'') or non-API specifications,
whether finished or unfinished (including green tubes). These
investigations do not cover casing, tubing, or drill pipe containing
10.5 percent or more of chromium.
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For further information concerning the conduct of these
investigations, hearing procedures, and rules of general application,
consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 207,
subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207).
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 20, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Corkran (202-205-3177), 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.
Information can also be obtained by calling the Office of
Investigations' remote bulletin board system for personal computers at
202-205-1895 (N,8,1).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background.--The subject investigations are being instituted as a
result of affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce that imports of OCTG from Argentina, Mexico, and Spain are
being sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) within
the meaning of section 733 of the Act (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673b).
Commerce's preliminary determinations of sales at LTFV were negative
(60 F.R. 6503, February 2, 1995, and 60 F.R. 13119, March 10, 1995).
These investigations were requested in petitions filed on June 30,
1994, by Bellville Tube Corp. (Bellville, TX); IPSCO Steel, Inc.
(Camanche, IA); Koppel Steel Corp. (Beaver Falls, PA); Maverick Tube
Corp. (Chesterfield, MO); North Star Steel Ohio (Youngstown, OH); U.S.
Steel Group (Pittsburgh, PA); and USS/Kobe Steel Co. (Lorain, OH). The
schedule for the subject investigations will be identical to that of
the Commission's ongoing countervailing and antidumping duty
investigations of the subject product (60 F.R. 10107, February 23,
1995).
Participation in the investigations and public service list.--Any
person having already filed an entry of appearance in the ongoing
countervailing and antidumping duty investigations on OCTG is
considered a party in the subject antidumping investigations. Any other
persons wishing to participate in the investigations as parties must
file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission not
later than two (2) days after publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. The time limits established in section 201.11(b) of the
Commission's rules are hereby waived.
Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under
an administrative protective order (APO) and BPI service list.--The
Secretary will make BPI gathered in these final investigations
available to additional authorized applicants under the APO issued in
the investigations, provided that the application is made not later
than two (2) days after the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. The time limits established in section 207.7(a) of the
Commission's rules are hereby waived. 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 these investigations
was placed in the nonpublic record on June 14, 1995, and a public
version was issued on June 16, 1995, pursuant to section 207.21 of the
Commission's rules.
Hearing.--The Commission will hold a hearing in connection with
these investigations beginning at 9:30 a.m. on June 27, 1995, at the
U.S. International Trade Commission Building. 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 June 22, 1995, at the U.S. International Trade Commission
Building. Oral testimony and written materials to be submitted at the
public hearing are governed by sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and
207.23(b) of the Commission's rules.
Requests for a separate hearing in these investigations for the
limited purpose of supplementing the June 27, 1995, hearing record with
testimony and evidence solely related to these antidumping duty
investigations should be filed in writing with the Commission not later
than June 30, 1995. If such a hearing is requested, parties will be
contacted regarding the dates for the hearing and for the filing of
briefs.
Written submissions.--Each party is encouraged to submit a
prehearing brief to the Commission. Prehearing briefs must conform with
the provisions of section 207.22 of the Commission's rules; the
deadline for filing is June 21, 1995. Parties may also file written
testimony in connection with their presentation at the hearing, as
provided in section 207.23(b) of the Commission's rules, and
posthearing briefs, which must conform with the provisions of section
207.24 of the Commission's rules. The deadline for filing posthearing
briefs is July 6, 1995; witness testimony must be filed no later than
three (3) days before the hearing. In addition, any person who has not
entered an appearance as a party to the investigations may submit a
written statement of information pertinent to the subject of the
investigations on or before July 6, 1995. All written submissions must
conform with the provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's rules;
any submissions that contain BPI must also conform with the
requirements of sections Sec. 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the
Commission's rules.
In accordance with sections Sec. 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules,
each [[Page 32709]] 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 the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII. This notice is
published pursuant to section 207.20 of the Commission's rules.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: June 20, 1995
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-15547 Filed 6-22-95; 8:45 am]
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