[Federal Register: August 22, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 163)]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. TA-201-73]
Steel
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Consolidation of Senate Finance Committee Resolution requesting
a section 201 investigation with the investigation requested by the
United States Trade Representative on June 22, 2001.
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SUMMARY: On July 26, 2001, the Commission received a resolution adopted
by the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate requesting that
the Commission investigate certain steel imports under Section 201 of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251). The resolution provides that
the Committee shall promptly investigate whether certain steel products
are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities
as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof,
to each of the domestic industries identified in the resolution as
manufacturing products that are like or directly competitive with the
imported products. In its resolution, the Senate Finance Committee
refers to the Commission's ongoing investigation No. TA-201-73, which
was instituted June 22, 2001, following receipt of a request from the
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
The Committee does not request a second investigation, a change in
the scope of the present investigation, or any change in Commission
procedures with respect to the current investigation. Instead, the
Committee in Section 4 of the resolution states that, ``in order to
avoid hindering the important progress already made in the
International Trade Commission's ongoing global safeguard investigation
of certain steel products, the Commission is instructed to exercise its
authority under section 603 of the Trade Act of 1974 to consolidate the
investigation requested in this resolution with the investigation
requested by the United States Trade Representative on June 22, 2001,
in a manner that does not alter or delay the investigation schedule
established pursuant to the earlier request.''
Consistent with the Senate Finance Committee's resolution, we are
consolidating the investigation requested by the Committee with the
Commission's previously-instituted investigation No. TA-201-73.
For further information concerning the conduct of this
investigation, hearing procedures, 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 206, subparts A and B
(19 CFR part 206).
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 26, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vera Libeau (202-205-3176), 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 this investigation may be
viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS-ON-LINE) at http://
dockets.usitc.gov/eol/public.
Issued: August 16, 2001.
By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-21122 Filed 8-21-01; 8:45 am]
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