70996 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 8, 2004 / Notices 

10, 2004, at the U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 100 South Biscayne 

Blvd. 7th fl. Rm. 100, Miami, FL 33131. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

determine what Civil Rights issues will 

be reviewed as a project. 

Persons desiring additional 

information, or planning a presentation 

to the Committee, should contact Ivy 

Davis, Chief of the Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit, (202) 376–7700 

(TDD 202–376–8116). Hearing-impaired 

persons who will attend the meeting 

and require the services of a sign 

language interpreter should contact the 

Regional Office at least ten (10) working 

days before the scheduled date of the 

meeting. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, December 2, 

2004. 

Ivy L. Davis, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 04–26924 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 55–2004] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 81—Portsmouth, 

NH, Application for Subzone Status, 

Millipore Corporation (Polyvinylidene 

Fluoride Filtering Devices), Jaffrey, NH 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Pease Development 

Authority (formerly the New Hampshire 

State Port Authority), grantee of FTZ 81, 

requesting special-purpose subzone 

status for the polyvinylidene fluoride 

filtering device manufacturing plant of 

Millipore Corporation (Millipore), 

located in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–

81u), and the regulations of the Board 

(15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed 

on November 30, 2004. 

The Millipore facility (52 acres/

176,000 sq.ft.) is located at 11 Prescott 

Road in Jaffrey (Cheshire County), New 

Hampshire. The facility (430 employees) 

is used to produce polyvinylidene 

fluoride membrane filtering devices 

(classified under HTSUS 8421.21, 

8421.22, 8421.29, 8421.39.80, 8421.99) 

under the Durapore brand for export 

and the domestic market. The finished 

filtering devices include centrifugals, 

capsule filters, pressure/vacuum 

cartridge filters, tangential flow devices, 

cassettes, and stacked, cut-disc 

membrane filters used in the 

pharmaceutical, electronics, and food/

beverage industries. The manufacturing 

process at the facility involves injection 

molding, lamination, pleating, 

trimming, assembly, finishing, testing, 

and warehousing. The plant has 

capacity to produce between 500,000 to 

900,000 Durapore filtration devices 

annually. The foreign-sourced material 

input to be used in the manufacture of 

the Durapore products is 

polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) 

membrane (classified under HTSUS 

3921.19.00, 6.5%), which represents 

between 70 to 98 percent of finished 

product material value. 

FTZ procedures would exempt 

Millipore from Customs duty payments 

on the foreign-origin PVDF used in 

export production. On its domestic 

shipment and exports to NAFTA 

markets, the company would be able to 

elect the duty rate that applies to 

finished Durapore filters (duty free) for 

the foreign PVDF membrane shipped 

from the plant as part of the filtration 

products. Duties would be deferred or 

reduced on foreign production 

equipment admitted to the proposed 

subzone until which time it becomes 

operational. The application indicates 

that subzone status would help improve 

the plant’s international 

competitiveness. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff 

has been designated examiner to 

investigate the application and report to 

the Board. 

Public comment on the application is 

invited from interested parties. 

Submissions (original and three copies) 

shall be addressed to the Board’s 

Executive Secretary at the following 

addresses: 

1. Submissions via Express/Package 

Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Franklin Court Building–4100W, 1099 

14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005; or, 

2. Submissions via the U.S. Postal 

Service: Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB–

4100W, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

The closing period for their receipt is 

February 7, 2005. Rebuttal comments in 

response to material submitted during 

the foregoing period may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period (to 

February 22, 2005). 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board’s Executive Secretary at address 

No. 1 listed above and at the Commerce 

Department’s Export Assistance Center, 

17 New Hampshire Avenue, 

Portsmouth, NH 03801.

Dated: November 30, 2004. 

Dennis Puccinelli, 

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–26975 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[FTZ Dockets 54(1)–54(5)–2004] 

Requests for Extension of Authority 

(Crude Oil Refineries/Petrochemical 

Complexes) 

Requests have been submitted to the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) 

by the following grantees, pursuant to 

§ 400.32(b)(1) of the Board’s regulations, 

for a time extension of their authority to 

elect non-privileged foreign status (NPF) 

on crude oil used in the production of 

certain petrochemical feedstocks and 

refinery by-products at the crude oil 

refineries/petrochemical complexes of 

the companies listed below. The 

requests were formally filed on 

November 30, 2004. 

The FTZ Board has authorized 81 

refineries/petrochemical complexes to 

conduct crude oil/petrochemical 

product refining activity under FTZ 

procedures. Fifty-eight of these 

subzones were approved with an 

indefinite extension of NPF status on 

August 24, 2000 (Board Order 1116, 65 

FR 52696, 8/30/2000). Such authority 

involves full access to FTZ procedures 

for export activity and, with regard to 

products sold in the U.S., the option to 

choose NPF status (NPF option) for 

certain petrochemical feedstocks and 

refinery by-products. The extension case 

involved a comprehensive assessment of 

zone use by the 58 refineries 

considering their economic and 

regulatory circumstances. Since then, 

twelve new refinery subzones have been 

approved with indefinite NPF authority. 

The five refinery/petrochemical 

subzones listed below were not 

included in the August 2000 action 

because their cases were pending during 

that review and they received approval 

subject to the following restrictions: 

1. Foreign status (19 CFR 146.41, 

146.42) products consumed as fuel for 

the refinery shall be subject to the 

applicable duty rate. 

2. Privileged foreign status (19 CFR 

146.41) shall be elected on all foreign 

merchandise admitted to the subzone, 

except that non-privileged foreign (NPF) 

status (19 CFR 146.42) may be elected 

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on refinery inputs covered under 

HTSUS Subheadings 2709.00.10, 

2709.00.20, 2710.11.25, 2710.11.45, 

2710.19.05, 2710.19.10, 2710.19.45, 

2710.91.00, 2710.99.05, 2710.99.10, 

2710.99.16, 2710.99.21 and 2710.99.45 

which are used in the production of: 

—certain petrochemical feedstocks 

and refinery by-products; 

—products for export; 

—and, products eligible for entry 

under HTSUS Subheadings 9808.00.30 

and 9808.00.40 (U.S. Government 

purchases). 

3. The authority with regard to the 

NPF option is initially granted until 

September 30, 2005, subject to 

extension. 

The zone grantees on behalf of the 

refining/petrochemical facilities listed 

below are now requesting that the 

authority for the NPF option (Condition 

3) be extended. 

The refineries/petrochemical 

complexes produce fuels and 

petrochemical feedstocks from crude oil 

and other inputs, such as naphtha and 

natural gas condensate. Fuel products 

include gasoline, jet fuel, distillates, 

residual fuels, and motor fuel 

blendstocks. Petrochemical feedstocks 

and refinery by-products produced 

under zone procedures (NPF option) 

have included: benzene, toluene, 

xylene, naphthalene, natural gas—

liquified & gaseous, ethane, propane, 

butane, ethylene, propylene, butylene, 

butadiene, paraffin waxes & petroleum 

jelly, carbon black oil, petroleum coke, 

asphalt, sulfur, sulfuric acid, cumene, 

pseudocumene, n-pentane and 

isopentane, isoprene, 

dicyclopentadiene, styrene, other 

aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures, 

mixtures of hydrocarbons not elsewhere 

specified, and certain other saturated 

and unsaturated acyclic and cyclic 

hydrocarbons. (Although the refining/

petrochemical plants vary in their 

petroleum product slate, the review 

would generally include the full range 

of products listed above for all 

refineries.) 

Zone procedures exempt the 

refineries from Customs duty payments 

on the foreign products used in exports. 

On domestic sales, the NPF option 

allows the companies to choose the 

Customs duty rates that apply to certain 

petrochemical feedstocks and refinery 

by-products (HTSUS duty rates for most 

of these products are zero) by admitting 

incoming foreign crude oil and natural 

gas condensate in non-privileged foreign 

status. Such petrochemicals and byproducts account for about 25 to 30 

percent of refinery activity, on average. 

The duty rates on inputs range from 

5.25¢/barrel to 10.5¢/barrel. Duties on 

inputs used to make fuel products 

(motor gasoline, jet fuel, blendstocks), 

which constitute some 70 to 75 percent 

of production, will continue to be 

dutiable at the crude oil rate. The 

applications indicate that the 

continuation of authority to elect nonprivileged foreign status will contribute 

to the refineries’ international 

competitiveness.

Board order Subzone Company Location Docket No. 

Grantee: Port of Long Beach, California 

1050 .................. 50G .......... Shell Oil Products U.S. .............................. Los Angeles, CA ........................................ Doc. 54(1)–04 

Grantee: Port of Corpus Christi Authority 

1086 .................. 122N ........ Equistar Chemicals, LP ............................. Nueces Co., TX ......................................... Doc. 54(2)–04 

Grantee: Port of Freeport, Texas 

1087 .................. 149F ........ Equistar Chemicals, LP ............................. Brazoria Co., TX ........................................ Doc. 54(3)–04 

1088 .................. 149G ........ Dow Chemical Company ........................... Brazoria Co., TX ........................................ Doc. 54(3)–04 

Grantee: Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles 

1032 .................. 202C ........ ConocoPhillips Company .......................... Los Angeles, CA ........................................ Fov. 54(5)–04 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff 

has been designated examiner to 

investigate the requests and report to the 

Board. 

Public comment on these proposals is 

invited from interested parties. 

Submissions (original and 3 copies) 

shall be addressed to the Board’s 

Executive Secretary at one of the 

following addresses: 

1. Submissions Via Express/Package 

Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade-Zones 

Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Franklin Court Building—Suite 4100W, 

1099 14th St. NW., Washington, DC 

20005; or 

2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal 

Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones Board, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB—

Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

The closing period for their receipt is 

February 7, 2005. Rebuttal comments in 

response to material submitted during 

the foregoing period may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period (to 

February 22, 2005). 

Copies of the requests will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board’s Executive Secretary at address 

Number 1 listed above.

Dated: December 2, 2004. 

Dennis Puccinelli, 

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–26974 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–893] 

Notice of Final Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value: Certain 

Frozen and Canned Warmwater Shrimp 

From the People’s Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 8, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex 

Villanueva, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

IX, Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3208. 

Final Determination 

We determine that certain frozen and 

canned warmwater shrimp from the 

People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) is 

being, or is likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(‘‘LTFV’’) as provided in section 735 of 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the 

Act’’). The estimated margins of sales at 

LTFV are shown in the ‘‘Final 

Determination Margins’’ section of this 

notice.

SUMMARY: On July 16, 2004, the 

Department of Commerce published its 

preliminary determination of sales at 

LTFV, partial affirmative preliminary 

determination of critical circumstances 

and postponement of the final 

determination in the antidumping 

investigation of certain frozen and 

canned warmwater shrimp from the 

PRC. On September 1, 2004, the 

Department of Commerce published an