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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190219

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NATIONAL STEEL CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001049659
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES & ROLLING & FINISHING MILLS [3310]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14732
		FILM NUMBER:		19616804

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		STREET 1:		RUA LAURO MULLER
		STREET 2:		116 36 ANDAR
		CITY:			RIO DE JANEIRO RJ BR
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			00000
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=5 face="Times New Roman"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=5 face="Times New Roman"><B>FORM 6-K</B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Report of Foreign Private Issuer<BR>Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the</FONT></DIV>

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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>For the month of February, 2019</B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>Commission File Number 1-14732 </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=5 face="Times New Roman"><B>COMPANHIA SIDER&#218;RGICA NACIONAL </B></FONT></DIV>

<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=5 face="Times New Roman"><B>National Steel Company </B></FONT></DIV>

<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman">(Translation of Registrant's name into English)</FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima 3400, 20&#186; andar<BR>S&#227;o Paulo, SP, Brazil<BR>04538-132 </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports<BR>under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.&nbsp;</FONT> Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______

<P>&nbsp;<FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. </FONT>&nbsp;</P>Yes _______ No ___X____ </DIV>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face="Times New Roman">COMPANHIA SIDER&#218;RGICA NACIONAL</FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">Publicly-held Company</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" face="Times New Roman">CNPJ/MF n&#186; 33.042.730/0001-04</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">Rua Sete de Setembro, n&#186; 111, 33&#186; andar</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">Att.:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr. Guilherme Rocha Lopes</FONT></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 35.4pt"><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">Business Monitoring Manager 2</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">Ref .: &nbsp; Official Letter No. 38/2019 / CVM / SEP / GEA-2, dated February 18, 2019, requesting clarification on the news published in the media.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">COMPANHIA SIDER&#218;RGICA NACIONAL ("CSN" or "Company"), in accordance with the above-mentioned letter, which contents of the query are transcribed below, present the clarifications requested:</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "1. We refer to the news posted on the UOL website on 02.17.2019 under the heading "CSN &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></I></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; repeats Vale's mistake and keeps workers below dams", which includes, among others, the </FONT></I></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; following information:</FONT></I></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.4pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">(i) CSN (Companhia Sider&#250;rgica Nacional) maintains an office, cafeteria and training room operating below the Vigia and Auxiliary of Vigia dams in Ouro Preto (MG);</FONT></I></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman"></FONT></I>&nbsp;</P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.4pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">(ii) the security of the two CSN dams in Ouro Preto "does not bring peace of mind," according to technicians from the Minas Gerais Public Prosecutor's Office who inspected them in July 2018. The Rep&#243;rter Brasil had access to the 41 pages report that highlights the risk of the dams and challenges the analysis of the independent auditor hired by CSN which ensured the stability of both;</FONT></I></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman"></FONT></I>&nbsp;</P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.4pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">(iii) CSN undertook, in a letter signed with the Public Prosecutor's Office, in August of last year, to mischaracterize the Vigia's Auxiliary dam, but did not define a schedule. However, it maintained that it would keep Vigia's dam inactive to "contain sediments and clarify the water"; and</FONT></I></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.4pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">(iv) "The undersized plan does not even allow us to think about saving people. They are not given a chance to know the risk they are taking," says Congonhas's secretary of the Environment, Neylor Aar&#227;o.</FONT></I></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2. In this respect, we require the manifestation on the veracity of the statements contained in &nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></I></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the news and, if so, we request your manifestation on the reasons why you understood that the </FONT></I></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; matter is not subject of Material Fact, pursuant to CVM Instruction 358/02 .</FONT></I></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman"></FONT></I>&nbsp;</P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. In addition, in relation to the Auxiliar do Vigia dam, we request that you make it clear if the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></I></P></DIV>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Company intends to mischaracterize it, as reported, detailing the main, albeit preliminary, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></I></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; information regarding estimates of deadlines and amounts involved. "</FONT></I></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">The Company clarifies that the report mentioned in the news comes from a survey carried out by an expert from the Public Prosecutor's Office of Minas Gerais ("MP/MG"), which reinforced the technical recommendations previously made by the independent audit hired by CSN Minera&#231;&#227;o ("CMIN"). All these recommendations are being addressed by CMIN, according to the project presented to the MP/MG, respecting all the applicable legislation, including the complete mischaracterization of the Vigia Auxiliary Dam. However, it is premature to disclose any deadline/value, albeit in a preliminary way, since the next steps are still undergoing technical review due to the complexity of the entire process.</FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">We are available for any further clarification that may be required.</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=center><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">S&#227;o Paulo, February 19, 2019.</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=center><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">Marcelo Cunha Ribeiro</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=center><FONT lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face="Times New Roman">Executive Director of Finance and Investor Relations</FONT></P>

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<DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. </FONT></DIV>

<DIV style="TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Date:&nbsp;February 19, 2019</FONT></DIV>

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   <DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;Benjamin Steinbruch </FONT></DIV>

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   <DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;Marcelo Cunha Ribeiro </FONT></DIV>

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<P align=justify><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif">This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are statements that are not historical facts, and are based on management's current view and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance and financial results. The words "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "expects", "plans" and similar expressions, as they relate to the company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the declaration or payment of dividends, the implementation of principal operating and financing strategies and capital expenditure plans, the direction of future operations and the factors or trends affecting financial condition, liquidity or results of operations are examples of forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views of management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. There is no guarantee that the expected events, trends or results will actually occur. The statements are based on many assumptions and factors, including general economic and market conditions, industry conditions, and operating factors. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. </FONT></P>

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