Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 87 / Thursday, May 4, 2000 / Notices 25905

Dated: April 28, 2000.

Christopher McLean,

Acting Governor, Rural Telephone Bank.

[FR Doc. 00–11279 Filed 5–2–00; 2:48 pm]

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UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON

CIVIL RIGHTS

Sunshine Act Notice

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil

Rights.

DATE AND TIME: Friday, May 12, 2000,

9:30 a.m.

PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,

624 Ninth Street, N.W., Room 540,

Washington, DC 20425.

STATUS: 

Agenda

I. Approval of Agenda

II. Approval of Minutes of April 14,

2000 Meeting

III. Announcements

IV. Staff Director’s Report

V. Police Practices and Civil Rights in

New York City Report

VI. Future Agenda Items

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: David Aronson, Press and

Communications (202) 376–8312.

Edward A. Hailes, Jr.,

Acting General Counsel.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1083]

Grant of Authority; Establishment of a

Foreign-Trade Zone County of

Boundary, Idaho

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 Foreign-Trade Zones Act

provides 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,’’ and authorizes the

Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to

qualified corporations the privilege of

establishing foreign-trade zones in or

adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry;

Whereas, the County of Boundary,

Idaho (the Grantee), has made

application to the Board (FTZ Docket

26–99, filed 5/24/99), requesting the

establishment of a foreign-trade zone at

a site in the Eastport (Boundary

County), Idaho area, adjacent to the

Eastport, Idaho Customs port of entry;

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment has been given in the Federal

Register (64 FR 29993, 6/4/99); and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report, and finds that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and the

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and

that approval of the application is in the

public interest;

Now, Therefore, the Board hereby

grants to the Grantee the privilege of

establishing a foreign-trade zone,

designated on the records of the Board

as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 242, at the

site described in the application, subject

to the Act and the Board’s regulations,

including Section 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of

April 2000.

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

William M. Daley,

Secretary of Commerce Chairman and

Executive Officer.

Attest: Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11175 Filed 5–3–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 15–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 37—Orange

County, NY; Request for Processing

Authority; Newburgh Dye & Printing,

Inc.; Prismatic Dyeing & Finishing, Inc.

(Textile Finishing)

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the FTZ of Orange, Ltd.,

operator of FTZ 37, pursuant to

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

(15 CFR Part 400), requesting authority

on behalf of Newburgh Dye & Printing,

Inc. (NDPI), and Prismatic Dyeing &

Finishing, Inc. (PDFI), to process

foreign-origin textile products under

FTZ procedures within FTZ 37. It was

formally filed on April 26, 2000.

NDPI and PDFI operate separate

textile processing facilities (120,000

sq.ft., 250 employees) within FTZ 37—

Site 1 located adjacently at 40–41A

Wisner Avenue in Newburgh, New

York, within the Stewart/Newburgh

State Enterprise Zone and the

Newburgh/Kingston Federal

Empowerment Zone. In October 1999,

the Wisner Avenue site received

temporary general-purpose FTZ

authority (to 11–1–2003) from the Board

to include the two facilities (120,000

sq.ft. authorized) within FTZ 37. The

FTZ of Orange is now requesting

authority on behalf of NDPI and PDFI to

process textile fabrics under FTZ

procedures for the U.S. market and

export. In this activity, foreign, quotaclass woven and knit fabrics (HTSUS

5007.00 through 6022.99) would be

admitted to the zone under privileged

foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) in greige

form to be dyed, printed, and finished

using domestic dyes and chemicals. The

proposed finishing activity would

involve shrinking, sanferizing, desizing,

sponging, bleaching, cleaning/

laundering, calendaring, hydroxilating,

decatizing, fulling, mercerizing,

chintzing, moiring, framing/beaming,

stiffening, weighting, crushing, tubing,

thermofixing, anti-microbial finishing,

shower proofing, flame retardation, and

embossing of customer-owned fabric.

The finished privileged foreign status

fabric would then be transferred from

the zone for Customs entry under its

original textile quota and HTS

classifications (no activity would be

permitted that would result in

transformation, tariff shift, or change in

quota class or country of origin), with

appropriate duty assessment and quota

decrement.

FTZ procedures would exempt NDPI

and PDFI from Customs duty payments

on the foreign fabric processed for reexport. On shipments for the U.S.

market, full duty payment would be

deferred until the fabric is transferred

from the zone for Customs entry. The

application indicates that the savings

from FTZ procedures would help

improve the facilities’ international

competitiveness.

The application has requested review

under Section 400.32(b)(1) of the FTZ

Board regulations based on the election

of privileged foreign status for the fabric

admitted to FTZ 37.

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 address

below. The closing date for their receipt

is June 7, 2000.

A copy of the application will be

available for public inspection at the

following location: Office of the

Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade

Zones Board, Room 4008, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street &

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

25906 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 87 / Thursday, May 4, 2000 / Notices

Dated: April 26, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–830]

Coumarin From the People’s Republic

of China; Final Results of Expedited

Sunset Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

expedited sunset review.

SUMMARY: On December 30, 1999, the

Department of Commerce published the

notice of initiation of sunset review of

the antidumping duty order on

coumarin from the People’s Republic of

China (‘‘China’’). On the basis of a

notice of intent to participate and an

adequate substantive response from

domestic interested parties and

inadequate response (in this case no

response) from respondent interested

parties, we determined to conduct an

expedited sunset review. Based on our

analysis of the substantive comments

received, we find that revocation of the

antidumping duty order would be likely

to lead to continuation or recurrence of

dumping at the levels listed below in

the section entitled ‘‘Final Results of the

Review.’’

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martha V. Douthit or Carole A. Showers,

Office of Policy, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)

482–5050 and (202) 482–3217,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (‘‘the Act’’), are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department of Commerce’s (‘‘the

Department’s’’) regulations are to 19

CFR part 351 (1999). Guidance on

methodological or analytical issues

relevant to the Department’s conduct of

sunset reviews is set forth in the

Department Policy Bulletin 98:3—

Policies Regarding the Conduct of Fiveyear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Orders; Policy Bulletin, 63 FR 18871

(April 16, 1998) (‘‘Sunset Policy

Bulletin’’).

Background

On December 30, 1999, the

Department published the notice of

initiation of the sunset review of the

antidumping duty order on coumarin

from China (64 FR 73510) pursuant to

section 751(c) of the Act. We invited

parties to comment. On the basis of a

notice of intent to participate and

adequate substantive response of

domestic interested parties, inadequate

response (in this case no response) from

respondent interested parties, we

determined it was appropriate to

conduct an expedited sunset review.

The Department has conducted this

sunset review in accordance with

sections 751 and 752 of the Act.

Scope of Review

The product covered by this order is

coumarin from China. Coumarin is an

aroma chemical with the chemical

formula C9 H6 O2 that is also known by

other names, including 2H–1-

benzopyran-2-one,1,2-benzopyrone, ciso-coumaric acid lactone, coumarin

anhydride, 2–Oxo-1,2-benzopyran, 5,6-

benzo-alpha-pyrone, ortho-hydroxyc

innamic acid lactone, cis-orthocoumaric acid anhydride, and tonka

bean camphor. All forms and variations

of coumarin are included within the

scope of the order, such as coumarin in

crystal, flake, or powder form, and

‘‘crude’’ or unrefined coumarin (i.e.

prior to purification or crystallization).

Excluded from the scope of this order

are ethylcoumarins C11 H10 O2 and

methylcoumarins C10 H8 O2. Coumarin

is classifiable under subheading

2932.21.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States

(‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the HTSUS

subheading is provided for convenience

and customs purposes, our written

description of the scope of this review

is dispositive.

The antidumping duty order remains

in effect for all manufacturers,

producers, and exporters of coumarin

from China.

Analysis of Comments Received

All issues raised in the substantive

responses by parties to this sunset

review are addressed in the ‘‘Issues and

Decision Memorandum’’ (‘‘Decision

Memo’’) from Jeffrey A. May, Director,

Office of Policy, Import Administration,

to Troy H. Cribb, Acting Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration,

dated April 28, 2000, which is hereby

adopted in this notice. The issues

discussed in the attached Decision

Memo include the likelihood of

continuation or recurrence of dumping

and the magnitude of the margin likely

to prevail were the order revoked.

Parties can find a complete discussion

of all issues raised in this review and

the corresponding recommendations in

this public memorandum, which is on

file in the Department’s Central Record

Unit, Room B–099, 14th Street and

Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC

20230.

In addition, a complete version of the

Decision Memo can be accessed directly

on the Web at www.ita.doc.gov/

import—admin/records/frn. The paper

copy and electronic version of the

Decision Memo are identical in content.

Final Results of Review

We determine that revocation of the

antidumping duty order would be likely

to lead to continuation or recurrence of

dumping at the following percentage

weighted-average margins:

Manufacturer/producer/exporter Margin

(percent)

Jiangsu Native Produce Import/

Export Corporation .................... 31.02

Tiangin Native Produce Import/

Export Corporation .................... 70.45

All Others ...................................... 160.80

This notice also serves as the only

reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective orders

(‘‘APO’’) of their responsibility

concerning the return or destruction of

proprietary information disclosed under

APO in accordance with 19 CFR

351.305 of the Department’s regulations.

Timely notification of the return or

destruction of APO materials or

conversion to judicial protective order is

hereby requested. Failure to comply

with the regulations and terms of an

APO is a violation which is subject to

sanction.

We are issuing and publishing this

determination and notice in accordance

with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1)

of the Act.

Dated: April 28, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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