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15, 2000 (30 days from expected

publication).

Based on results of scoping and the

resource capabilities within the project

area, alternatives, including a ‘‘no

action’’ alternatives, will be developed

for the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement. The Draft Environmental

Impact Statement is projected to be filed

with the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) in the summer 2000.

Subsistence hearings, as provided for in

Title VIII, Section 810 of the Alaska

National Interest Lands Conservation

Act (ANILCA), will occur, if necessary,

during the comment period on the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement. The

Final Environmental Impact Statement

and Record of Decision are anticipated

to be published in February 2001.

The comment period on the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement will be

45 days from the date the

Environmental Protection Agency

publishes the notice of availability in

the Federal Register.

The Forest Service believes, at this

early stage, it is important to give

reviewers notice of several court rulings

related to public participation in the

environmental review process. First,

reviewers of Draft Environmental

Impact Statements must structure their

participation in the environmental

review of the proposal so that it is

meaningful and alerts an agency to the

reviewer’s position and contentions.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v.

NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553, (1978).

Environmental objections that could

have been raised at the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement stage

may be waived or dismissed by the

courts. City of Angoon v. Hodel, 803

F.2nd 1016, 1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and

Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490

F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980).

Because of these court rulings, it is very

important that those interested in this

proposed action participate by the close

of the 45-day comment period so that

substantive comments and objections

are made available to the Forest Service

at a time when it can meaningfully

consider them and respond to them in

the Final Environmental Impact

Statement.

To assist the Forest Service in

identifying and considering issues and

concerns of the proposed action,

comments during scoping and

comments on the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement should be as specific

as possible. It is also helpful if

comments refer to specific pages or

chapters of the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement. Comments may also

address the adequacy of the Draft

Environmental Statement or the merits

of the alternatives formulated and

discussed in the statement. Reviewers

may wish to refer to the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations for

implementing the procedural provisions

of the National Environmental Policy

Act at 40 CFR 1503.3 in addressing

these points. Comments received in

response to this solicitation, including

names and addresses of those who

comment, will be considered part of the

public record on this proposed action

and will be available for public

inspection. Comments submitted

anonymously will be accepted and

considered; however, those who submit

anonymous comments will not have

standing to appeal the subsequent

decision under 36 CFR Parts 215 or 217.

Additionally, pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d),

any person may request the agency to

withhold a submission from the public

record by showing how the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA) permits such

confidentiality. Requesters should be

aware that, under FOIA, confidentiality

may be granted in only very limited

circumstances, such as to protect trade

secrets. The Forest Service will inform

the requester of the agency’s decision

regarding the request for confidentiality,

and where the request is denied, the

agency will return the submission and

notify the requester that the comments

may be resubmitted with or without

name and address within 7 days.

Permits which may be required for

implementation of the project include

the following:

1. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

—Approval of discharge of dredged or

fill material into the waters of the

United States under Section 404 of the

Clean Water Act;

—Approval of the construction of

structures or work in navigable waters

of the United States under Section 10 of

the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899;

2. Environmental Protection Agency

—National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (402) Permit;

—Review Spill Prevention Control

and Countermeasure Plan;

3. State of Alaska, Department of

Natural Resources

—Tideland Permit and Lease or

Easement;

4. State of Alaska, Department of

Environmental Conservation

—Solid Waste Disposal Permit;

—Certification of Compliance with

Alaska Water Quality Standards (401

Certification)

Responsible Official

Carol Jorgensen, Assistant Forest

Supervisor, Tongass National Forest, PO

BOX 309, Petersburg, Alaska 99833, is

the responsible official. The responsible

official will consider the comments,

response, disclosure of environmental

consequences, and applicable laws,

regulations, and policies in making the

decision and stating the rationale in the

Record of Decision.

Dated: April 10, 2000.

Carol J. Jorgensen,

Assistant Forest Supervisor.

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Telephone Bank

Staff Briefing for the Board of

Directors

ACTION: Board of Directors Meeting.

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m., Thursday,

May 11, 2000.

PLACE: Room 5030, South Building,

Department of Agriculture, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: 1. Current

telecommunications industry issues.

2. Status of PBO planning and

recommendations to accelerate

privatization of the Bank.

3. President’s proposed budget for FY

2001.

4. Office of the Inspector General’s

audit report on FY 1999 financial

statements.

5. FY 1999 annual report of the Board.

6. Administrative issues.

TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m., Friday, May

12, 2000.

PLACE: Room 104–A, The Williamsburg

Room, Department of Agriculture, 12th

& Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, DC.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The

following matters have been placed on

the agenda for the Board of Directors

meeting:

1. Call to order.

2. Action on Minutes of the February

11, 2000, board meeting.

3. Report on loans approved in the

second quarter of FY 2000.

4. Report on second quarter financial

activity for FY 2000.

5. Privatization Committee report.

6. Action on the Bank’s annual report

for FY 1999.

7. Adjournment.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Roberta D. Purcell, Assistant Governor,

Rural Telephone Bank, (202) 720–9554.

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Dated: April 28, 2000.

Christopher McLean,

Acting Governor, Rural Telephone Bank.

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

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

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.

[FR Doc. 00–11282 Filed 5–2–00; 2:48 pm]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–M

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.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

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.