Document 6599016

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
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Washington, 1).c.
In the Matter of
CERTAIN STAINLESS STEEL PRODUCTS,
CERTAIN PROCESSES FOR
MANUFACTURING OR RELATING TO SAME
AND CERTAIN PRODUCTS CONTAINING
SAME
ORDER NO. 4:
Il1V-337-TA-933
SETTING TARGET DATE
(November 6, 2014)
The notice of investigation was published on October 10, 2014. (79 Fed. Reg. 61339
(October 10, 2014).) The parties agree that a 16 month target date is appropriate for this
investigation. Therefore, the ALJ is setting a target date of February 10, 2016. Hence, any final
initial determination should be filed no later than October 12, 2015.
Proposed procedural schedule(s) should be received by the ALJ no later than close of
business on November 20, 2014.
Said proposed procedural schedule should include, at a
minimum, dates for each of the events set forth in Ground Rule 2. Based on the target date for
this investigation and the ALJ’s responsibilities in other investigations, the ALJ anticipates the
pre-hearing conference to start at 9:00 AM on Friday, July 10, 2014.
The hearing shall
commence on Monday, July 13, 2014 and shall conclude no later than Friday, July 17, 2014.
The parties shall take these dates into consideration when proposing their procedural schedule.
The proposed schedule should include dates for three settlement meetings at a time, date,
and location of the parties’ choosing for the exploration of settlement, by persons of requisite
authority, of some or all of the issues in the case. Unless the parties obtain the permission of the
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ALJ, for good cause shown, the settlement meetings should not occur by video-conferencing or
by teleconferencing. The first one of these dates should be relatively early in the investigation;
the second should be approximately midway through the period for discovery; While the last
should be set for the period between the close of discovery and before the commencement of the
hearing. The parties should also include dates in the proposed schedule for filing the joint
settlement conference reports. During the settlement conference, the parties shall also consider
and discuss aspects of the case, if any, that they believe may be appropriate and/or ripe for
mediation. Any such issues should be included in each settlement conference report and, based
on the information provided therein, the parties may be contacted by the Commission for
participation in its mediation program.
The parties should make intensive good faith efforts to agree to a procedural schedule. It
is expected that in most instances the parties should be able to submit a joint proposal on this
matter.
SO ORDERED.
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Theodore R. Essex
Administrative Law Judge
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CERTAIN STAINLESS STEEL PRODUCTS,
CERTAIN PROCESSES FOR MANUFACTURING OR
RELATING TO SAME AND CERTAIN PRODUCTS
CONTAINING SAME
Inv. No. 337-TA-933
PUBLIC CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Lisa R. Barton, hereby certify that the attached ORDER 4 has been served by hand
upon the Commission hivestigative Attorney Reginald Lucas, Esq. and the following parties as
indicated,on November
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, 2014.
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Lisa R. Barton, Secretary
U.S. International Trade Commission
500 E Street, SW, Room 112
Washington, DC 20436
On Behalf of Complainants Valbruna Slater Stainless. Inc..Valbruna Stainless Inc.. and
Acciaierie Valbruna S.Q.A.:
Gregory J. Spak Esq.
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Inc.. Flanschenwerk Bebitz GmbH. Bebitz Flanges Works Pvt. Ltd.. Bebitz U.S.A.. Ta
Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd.. and Ta Chen International. Inc.
Jeremy W. Dutra, Esq.
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