WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding Regarding Section 776 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and Antidumping Duty Investigation on Stainless Steel Bar From the United Kingdom, 136-137 [04-28674]
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 1 / Monday, January 3, 2005 / Notices
a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.,
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Bruce R. Hirsh,
Acting Assistant United States Trade
Representative for Monitoring and
Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 04–28673 Filed 12–30–04; 8:45 am]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket No. WTO/DS319]
WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding
Regarding Section 776 of the Tariff Act
of 1930 and Antidumping Duty
Investigation on Stainless Steel Bar
From the United Kingdom
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) is
providing notice that the European
Communities (‘‘EC’’) has requested
dispute settlement consultations under
the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing
the World Trade Organization (‘‘WTO
Agreement’’) regarding the U.S.
antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’) investigation
on stainless steel bar from the United
Kingdom. That request may be found at
https://www.wto.org contained in a
document designated as WT/DS319/1.
USTR invites written comments from
the public concerning the issues raised
in this dispute.
DATES: Although USTR will accept any
comments received during the course of
the dispute settlement proceedings,
comments should be submitted on or
before January 10, 2005, to be assured of
timely consideration by USTR.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
submitted (i) electronically, to
FR0516@ustr.eop.gov, with ‘‘Attn: UK
Steel Bar (DS319)’’ in the subject line,
or (ii) by fax, to Sandy McKinzy at (202)
395–3640. For documents sent by fax,
USTR requests that the submitter
provide a confirmation copy to the
electronic mail address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy A. Karpel, Assistant General
Counsel, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395–
3150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
127(b) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’) (19 U.S.C.
3537(b)(1)) requires that notice and
opportunity for comment be provided
after the United States submits or
receives a request for the establishment
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of a WTO dispute settlement panel.
Consistent with this obligation, but in
an effort to provide additional
opportunity for comment, USTR is
providing notice that consultations have
been requested pursuant to the WTO
Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes
(‘‘DSU’’). If such consultations should
fail to resolve the matter and a dispute
settlement panel is established pursuant
to the DSU, such panel, which would
hold its meetings in Geneva,
Switzerland, would be expected to issue
a report on its findings and
recommendations within six to nine
months after it is established.
Major Issues Raised by the EC
On November 5, 2004, the EC
requested consultations with the United
States pursuant to Article 4 the DSU,
Article XXII:1 of the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (‘‘GATT
1994’’), and Article 17 of the Agreement
on Implementation of Article VI of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
1994 (the ‘‘ADA’’) with respect to
Section 776 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, determinations of dumping
by the U.S. Department of Commerce
(‘‘DOC’’) with respect to Firth Rixson
Special Steels Limited (FRSS), 67 FR
3146 (January 23, 2002), and the
imposition of an antidumping duty
order by the DOC with respect to FRSS
with dumping margins of 125.77%, 67
FR 10381 (March 7, 2002). The EC
asserts that the DOC refused to verify
data submitted by FRSS and rejected
such data for the determination of the
margin of dumping for FRSS, decided to
employ an ‘‘adverse inference’’ in the
selection of facts available with respect
to FRSS, and relied on information
contained in the complaint for the
establishment of the margin of dumping
and antidumping duty for FRSS.
According to the EC, the DOC
determinations in this investigation and
Section 776 of the Tariff Act of 1930 are
inconsistent with Articles 1, 6, and 18.4
and Annex II of the Agreement on the
Implementation of Article VI of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
1994 (‘‘AD Agreement’’), Article VI of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade 1994 (‘‘GATT 1994’’) and Article
XVI:4 of the WTO Agreement.
Public Comment: Requirements for
Submissions
Interested persons are invited to
submit written comments concerning
the issues raised in this dispute. Persons
may submit their comments either (i)
electronically to FR0516@ustr.eop.gov,
with ‘‘Attn: UK Steel Bar (DS319)’’ in
the subject line, or (ii) by fax, to Sandy
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McKinzy at (202) 395–3640. For
documents sent by fax, USTR requests
that the submitter provide a
confirmation copy to the electronic mail
address listed above. USTR encourages
the submission of documents in Adobe
PDF format, as attachments to an
electronic mail. Interested persons who
make submissions by electronic mail
should not provide separate cover
letters; information that might appear in
a cover letter should be included in the
submission itself. Similarly, 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.
A person requesting that information
contained in a comment submitted by
that person be treated as confidential
business information must certify that
such information is business
confidential and would not customarily
be released to the public by the
submitter. Confidential business
information must be clearly designated
as such and the submission must be
marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’
at the top and bottom of the cover page
and each succeeding page.
Information or advice contained in a
comment submitted, other than business
confidential information, may be
determined by USTR to be confidential
in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that
information or advice may qualify as
such, the submitter—
(1) Must clearly so designate the
information or advice;
(2) Must clearly mark the material as
‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’ at the
top and bottom of the cover page and
each succeeding page of the submission;
and
(3) Is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the
information or advice.
Pursuant to section 127(e) of the
URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will
maintain a file on this dispute
settlement proceeding, accessible to the
public, in the USTR Reading Room,
which is located at 1724 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20508. The public file
will include non-confidential comments
received by USTR from the public with
respect to the dispute; if a dispute
settlement panel is convened, the U.S.
submissions to that panel, the
submissions, or non-confidential
summaries of submissions, to the panel
received from other participants in the
dispute, as well as the report of the
panel; and, if applicable, the report of
the Appellate Body. An appointment to
review the public file (Docket No. WT/
DS319, UK Steel Bar), may be made by
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calling the USTR Reading Room at (202)
395–6186. The USTR Reading Room is
open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to
noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
Bruce R. Hirsh,
Acting Assistant United States Trade
Representative for Monitoring and
Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Applications for Certificates
of Public Convenience and Necessity
and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed
Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)
during the Week Ending December 3,
2004
The following Applications for
Certificates of Public Convenience and
Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier
Permits were filed under Subpart B
(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department
of Transportation’s Procedural
Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et
seq.). The due date for Answers,
Conforming Applications, or Motions to
Modify Scope are set forth below for
each application. Following the Answer
period DOT may process the application
by expedited procedures. Such
procedures may consist of the adoption
of a show-cause order, a tentative order,
or in appropriate cases a final order
without further proceedings.
Docket Number: OST–1999–5868.
Date Filed: November 30, 2004.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: December 21, 2004.
Description: Application of
Continental Airlines, Inc. requesting
renewal of its active Route 561 U.S.Mexico certificate authority and to
amend Route 561 to award Continental
authority to engage in scheduled air
transportation of persons, property and
mail between Houston and Manzanillo
and Morelia and between New York/
Newark and Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta
and San Jose del Cabo.
Docket Number: OST–1999–6275.
Date Filed: November 30, 2004.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: December 21, 2004.
Description: Application of Delta Air
Lines, Inc. requesting renewal and
amendment of its certificate of public
convenience and necessity for Route
562, authorizing Delta to continue to
engage in scheduled foreign air
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transportation of persons, property, and
mail on the U.S. Mexico routes.
Docket Number: OST–1999–6319.
Date Filed: November 30, 2004.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: December 21, 2004.
Description: Application of Northwest
Airlines, Inc., requesting renewal of its
experimental certificate of public
convenience and necessity for Route
564 (U.S.–Mexico), and amendment of
its Route 564 certificate authority to
include U.S.–Mexico city-pairs
Northwest currently is authorized to
serve under exemption authority.
Northwest also asks for renewed
authority to integrate Route 564
certificate authority with its existing
certificate and exemption authority.
Docket Number: OST–1999–6276.
Date Filed: December 1, 2004.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: December 22, 2004.
Description: Application of Alaska
Airlines, Inc. requesting renewal of its
certificate of public convenience and
necessity for Route 559 permitting
Alaska to engage in scheduled foreign
air transportation of persons, property
and mail on the United States-Mexico
routes. Alaska Airlines, Inc. also
requests amendment of its certificate to
include various routes held by Alaska
currently through exemption authority.
Docket Number: OST–1999–6671.
Date Filed: December 1, 2004.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: December 22, 2004.
Description: Application of ATA
Airlines, Inc., requesting renewal and
amendment of its certificate of public
convenience and necessity for Route
653 permitting ATA to continue to
engage in scheduled foreign air
transportation of persons, property, and
mail between Indianapolis, IN and
Cancun, Mexico. ATA also request that
its certificate be amended and reissued
in the name of ATA Airlines, Inc.
Renee Wright,
Supervisory Dockets Officer, Alternate
Federal Register Liaison.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement:
Municipality of Anchorage &
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Alaska
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Department of Transportation and
Public Facilities (ADOT&PF).
ACTION: Notice of intent.
SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this
notice to advise the public that an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
will be prepared for a proposed bridge
across Knik Arm between the
Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) and
the Matanuska-Susitna (MatSu) Borough
in Alaska. Scoping meetings for the
proposed Knik Arm Crossing project
will be held in Anchorage and Wasilla,
Alaska during the Winter/Spring of
2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edrie Vinson, Environmental Project
Manager, Federal Highway
Administration, P.O. Box 21648, Juneau,
Alaska 99802, (907) 586–7464, or Henry
Springer, Project Manager, Alaska
Department of Transportation and
Public Facilities, 550 West Seventh
Avenue, Suite 1850, Anchorage, Alaska
99501, (907) 269–6698.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA, in cooperation with the Alaska
Department of Transportation and
Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) and the
Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority
(KABATA), will prepare an EIS for a
proposed cost affordable, vehicular toll
bridge across the Knik Arm between the
MOA and Mat-Su connecting the Port of
Anchorage area and existing access
roads in the MOA with the Port
MacKenzie area and existing access road
in the Mat-Su. The proposed bridge is
considered necessary to improve
transportation network connectivity
efficiently linking the two ports’
operations and infrastructure, support
military logistics and deployment,
provide an alternate north-south
emergency response and disaster
evacuation route, establish
transportation infrastructure for existing
and projected population and economic
growth, and to implement the Alaska
legislative mandate to construct the
Knik Arm bridge.
A reasonable range of alternatives has
yet to be developed for the proposed
project but will include various crossing
types and design variations. All
proposed bridge-crossing alternatives
will meet the reasonable needs of
navigation for Knik Arm. The No-Build
alternative will remain a viable
alternative throughout the EIS process.
Letters describing the proposed action
and soliciting comments will be sent to
appropriate Federal, State and local
agencies, and to private organizations
and citizens who have previously
expressed or are known to have interest
in the proposal. Formal agency scoping
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket No. WTO/DS319]
WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding Regarding Section 776 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 and Antidumping Duty Investigation on Stainless
Steel Bar From the United Kingdom
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative
(``USTR'') is providing notice that the European Communities (``EC'')
has requested dispute settlement consultations under the Marrakesh
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (``WTO Agreement'')
regarding the U.S. antidumping duty (``AD'') investigation on stainless
steel bar from the United Kingdom. That request may be found at https://
www.wto.org contained in a document designated as WT/DS319/1. USTR
invites written comments from the public concerning the issues raised
in this dispute.
DATES: Although USTR will accept any comments received during the
course of the dispute settlement proceedings, comments should be
submitted on or before January 10, 2005, to be assured of timely
consideration by USTR.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted (i) electronically, to
FR0516@ustr.eop.gov, with ``Attn: UK Steel Bar (DS319)'' in the subject
line, or (ii) by fax, to Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395-3640. For documents
sent by fax, USTR requests that the submitter provide a confirmation
copy to the electronic mail address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy A. Karpel, Assistant General
Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395-3150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 127(b) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (``URAA'') (19 U.S.C. 3537(b)(1)) requires that notice
and opportunity for comment be provided after the United States submits
or receives a request for the establishment of a WTO dispute settlement
panel. Consistent with this obligation, but in an effort to provide
additional opportunity for comment, USTR is providing notice that
consultations have been requested pursuant to the WTO Understanding on
Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (``DSU''). If
such consultations should fail to resolve the matter and a dispute
settlement panel is established pursuant to the DSU, such panel, which
would hold its meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, would be expected to
issue a report on its findings and recommendations within six to nine
months after it is established.
Major Issues Raised by the EC
On November 5, 2004, the EC requested consultations with the United
States pursuant to Article 4 the DSU, Article XXII:1 of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (``GATT 1994''), and Article 17 of
the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (the ``ADA'') with respect to Section 776 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, determinations of dumping by the
U.S. Department of Commerce (``DOC'') with respect to Firth Rixson
Special Steels Limited (FRSS), 67 FR 3146 (January 23, 2002), and the
imposition of an antidumping duty order by the DOC with respect to FRSS
with dumping margins of 125.77%, 67 FR 10381 (March 7, 2002). The EC
asserts that the DOC refused to verify data submitted by FRSS and
rejected such data for the determination of the margin of dumping for
FRSS, decided to employ an ``adverse inference'' in the selection of
facts available with respect to FRSS, and relied on information
contained in the complaint for the establishment of the margin of
dumping and antidumping duty for FRSS. According to the EC, the DOC
determinations in this investigation and Section 776 of the Tariff Act
of 1930 are inconsistent with Articles 1, 6, and 18.4 and Annex II of
the Agreement on the Implementation of Article VI of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (``AD Agreement''), Article VI of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (``GATT 1994'') and
Article XVI:4 of the WTO Agreement.
Public Comment: Requirements for Submissions
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
concerning the issues raised in this dispute. Persons may submit their
comments either (i) electronically to FR0516@ustr.eop.gov, with ``Attn:
UK Steel Bar (DS319)'' in the subject line, or (ii) by fax, to Sandy
McKinzy at (202) 395-3640. For documents sent by fax, USTR requests
that the submitter provide a confirmation copy to the electronic mail
address listed above. USTR encourages the submission of documents in
Adobe PDF format, as attachments to an electronic mail. Interested
persons who make submissions by electronic mail should not provide
separate cover letters; information that might appear in a cover letter
should be included in the submission itself. Similarly, 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.
A person requesting that information contained in a comment
submitted by that person be treated as confidential business
information must certify that such information is business confidential
and would not customarily be released to the public by the submitter.
Confidential business information must be clearly designated as such
and the submission must be marked ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' at the top
and bottom of the cover page and each succeeding page.
Information or advice contained in a comment submitted, other than
business confidential information, may be determined by USTR to be
confidential in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that information
or advice may qualify as such, the submitter--
(1) Must clearly so designate the information or advice;
(2) Must clearly mark the material as ``SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE''
at the top and bottom of the cover page and each succeeding page of the
submission; and
(3) Is encouraged to provide a non-confidential summary of the
information or advice.
Pursuant to section 127(e) of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR
will maintain a file on this dispute settlement proceeding, accessible
to the public, in the USTR Reading Room, which is located at 1724 F
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508. The public file will include non-
confidential comments received by USTR from the public with respect to
the dispute; if a dispute settlement panel is convened, the U.S.
submissions to that panel, the submissions, or non-confidential
summaries of submissions, to the panel received from other participants
in the dispute, as well as the report of the panel; and, if applicable,
the report of the Appellate Body. An appointment to review the public
file (Docket No. WT/DS319, UK Steel Bar), may be made by
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calling the USTR Reading Room at (202) 395-6186. The USTR Reading Room
is open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
Bruce R. Hirsh,
Acting Assistant United States Trade Representative for Monitoring and
Enforcement.
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