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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 65, No. 82

Thursday, April 27, 2000

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, notice is hereby given of

a meeting of the Advisory Committee on

Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA).

Date: May 10, 2000 (8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

Location: U.S. Department of State, Loy

Henderson Auditorium, 23rd Street Entrance,

Washington, DC.

This full-day, interactive meeting will

bring together members of the public and

private sectors to discuss the environment for

gender equality—what has been achieved

and what challenges remain.

The meeting is being held in cooperation

with The President’s Interagency Council on

Women. Several leading non-governmental

organizations involved in women’s issues are

co-sponsoring the event, including the

Association for Women in Development

(AWID), Center for Development and

Population Activities (CEDPA), International

Center for Research on Women (ICRW), U.S.

Women Connect, Women’s Edge, InterAction

Commission on the Advancement of Women,

and the Women’s Foreign Policy Group.

The meeting is free and open to the public.

However, Notification by May 8, 2000

Through the Advisory Committee

Headquarters is Required. Persons wishing to

attend the meeting must fax their name,

social security number, organization and

phone number to Lisa J. Harrison on (703)

741–0567.

Dated: April 13, 2000.

Noreen O’Meara,

Executive Director, Advisory Committee on

Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA).

[FR Doc. 00–10479 Filed 4–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6116–01–M

BROADCASTING BOARD OF

GOVERNORS

Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE AND TIME: May 2, 2000; 9:30 A.M.

PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3321, 330

Independence Ave., SW., Washington,

DC 20237.

CLOSED MEETING: The members of the

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)

will meet in closed session on May 2,

2000, to review and discuss a number of

issues relating to U.S. Governmentfunded non-military international

broadcasting. If necessary, the meeting

will continue the following day for

approximately an hour beginning at 9:00

a.m. They will address internal

procedural, budgetary, and personnel

issues, as well as sensitive foreign

policy issues relating to potential

options in the U.S. international

broadcasting field. This meeting is

closed because if open it likely would

either disclose matters that would be

properly classified to be kept secret in

the interest of foreign policy under the

appropriate executive order (5 U.S.C.

552b.(c)(1)) or would disclose

information the premature disclosure of

which would be likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of a proposed

agency action. (5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(9)(B)).

In addition, part of the discussion will

relate solely to the internal personnel

and organizational issues of the BBG or

the International Broadcasting Bureau.

(5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(2) and (6)).

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Personss interested in obtaining more

information should contact either

Brenda Hardnett or John Lindburg at

(202) 401–3736.

Dated: April 24, 2000.

John A. Lindburg,

Legal Counsel and Acting Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 00–10559 Filed 4–24–00; 4:41 pm]

BILLING CODE 8230–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1085]

Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 146,

Lawrence County, IL

Pursuant to its authority under the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) adopts the following Order:

Whereas, the Bi-State Authority,

grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 146

(Lawrence County, Illinois), submitted

an application to the Board for authority

to expand FTZ 146 to include the

Effingham Industrial Park in Effingham

(Effingham County), Illinois (Site 2),

adjacent to the St. Louis, Missouri,

Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 29–

99; filed 6/2/99);

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment was given in the Federal

Register (64 FR 32023, 6/15/99) and the

application has been processed

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s

regulations; and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report, and finds that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and

that the proposal is in the public

interest;

Now, Therefore, the Board hereby

orders:

The application to expand FTZ 146 is

approved, subject to the Act and the

Board’s regulations, including Section

400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of

April 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Attest:

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10535 Filed 4–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1089]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status;

Clark Refining & Marketing, Inc. (Oil

Refinery); Hartford, IL

Pursuant to its authority under the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) adopts the following Order:

Whereas, by an Act of Congress

approved June 18, 1934, an Act ‘‘To

provide for the establishment * * * of

foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of

the United States, to expedite and

encourage foreign commerce, and for

other purposes,’’ as amended (19 U.S.C.

81a–81u) (the Act), the Foreign-Trade

Zones Board (the Board) is authorized to