Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 10, 2000 / Notices 30057

conditions by which the state education

agencies provide their school finance

data to the Census Bureau.

Form F–33–L1. This is a

supplemental letter sent to the school

systems in states where the state

education agencies cannot provide

information on the assets of individual

school systems.

Form F–33–L2. This is a

supplemental letter sent to the school

systems in states where the state

education agency cannot provide

information on the indebtedness of

individual school systems.

Form F–33–L3. This is a

supplemental letter sent to the school

systems in states where the state

education agency cannot provide

information on either indebtedness or

assets. This letter combines the items

requested on the forms F–33–L1 and F–

33–L2.

The data to be collected is identical to

the previous collections except as

follows: The request for indebtedness

information (Forms F–33–L2 and F–33–

L3) is added because some state

education agencies have been deleting

this information from their data bases.

Others have not been editing this

information or following up when the

school systems fail to report this

information to the state.

New special processing items have

been added for state payments made on

behalf of the school systems in the areas

of textbooks, and transportation. These

items will make it possible for

expenditure data to be more accurately

reported at the functional level.

II. Method of Collection

Through central collection

arrangements with the state education

agencies, the Census Bureau collects

almost all of the finance data for local

school systems from state education

agency data bases. The states transfer

most of this information in electronic

format on microcomputer disks and

over the Internet. The Census Bureau

has facilitated central collection of

school finance data by accepting data in

whatever formats the states elect to

transmit.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0700.

Form Number: F–33, F–33–1, F–33–

L1, F–33–L2, F–33–L3.

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: State and local

governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3500.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1.1

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 3,737.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 8,013.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,

sections 161 and 181.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: May 4, 2000.

Gwellnar Banks,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–11636 Filed 5–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 16–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 3—San Francisco,

California Area; Application for

Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board

(the Board) by the San Francisco Port

Commission, grantee of Foreign-Trade

Zone 3, requesting authority to expand

its zone to include the San Francisco

International Airport fuel system and

related facilities, within the San

Francisco Customs port of entry. 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 April 28, 2000.

FTZ 3 was approved on March 10,

1948 (Board Order 16, 13 F.R. 1459, 3/

19/48). The zone project currently

consists of 225,000 square feet at Piers

19 and 23 on the Embarcadero in San

Francisco.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand the general-purpose

zone to include the jet fuel storage and

distribution system (261 acres) at the

San Francisco International Airport,

which consists of the airport hydrant

and storage facilities, two adjacent offAirport terminals, a pipeline and two

offsite terminals, as follows: Proposed

Site 2: the jet fuel storage and delivery

facilities at the San Francisco

International Airport; the Chevron jet

fuel tank farm (8.5 acres), the PS

Trading tank farm (1 acre) and related

pipelines between the tanks farms; jet

fuel transmission pipelines and the

terminal and cargo area hydrant

pipelines; the petroleum and jet fuel

storage facilities (26 acres) at the

Brisbane Terminal (owned by SFPP,

L.P.), 950 Tunnel Avenue, Brisbane;

and, the petroleum and jet fuel storage

facilities (7 acres) at the Equilon

Terminal (owned by Equilon Enterprises

LLC), 135 North Access Road, South

San Francisco, including the 4.7 mile

segment of the SFPP jet fuel pipeline

from the two terminals to the airport;

Proposed Site 3: (55 acres) at the

petroleum facilities of Selby Terminal

(owned by Shore Terminals LLC), 90

San Pablo Avenue, Crockett; and,

Proposed Site 4 (164 acres) at the

petroleum facilities of Martinez

Terminal (owned by Shore Terminals

LLC), 2801 Waterfront Road, Martinez.

The City of San Francisco owns fuel

facilities at the airport and the land on

which the Chevron tank farm and the

PST tank farms are located (the

companies own the improvements). In

addition to the storage of jet fuel, the

Brisbane, Equilon, Selby and Martinez

Terminals may also be used for the

receipt and storage of other petroleum

products under zone procedures.

No specific manufacturing requests

are being made at this time. Such

requests would be made to the Board on

a case-by-case basis.

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 3 copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is July 10, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to July 24, 2000).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

30058 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 10, 2000 / Notices

1The petitioners in this proceeding are Heyco

Metals, Inc., Olin Corporation, PMX Industries, Inc.,

Revere Copper Products, Inc., International

Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,

United Auto Workers (Local 2367), and the United

Steelworkers of America (AFL–CIO/CLC).

2Section A of the questionnaire requests general

information concerning a company’s corporate

structure and business practices, the subject

merchandise under review, and the sales of the

foreign like product in all of its markets. Sections

B and C of the questionnaire request comparison

market sales listings and U.S. sales listings,

respectively. Section D requests additional

information about the cost of production of the

foreign like product and constructed value of the

merchandise under review.

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export

Assistance Center, 250 Montgomery

Street, 14th Floor, San Francisco, CA

94104–3406

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

4008, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230

Dated: May 1, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11738 Filed 5–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

ADMINISTRATION

(A–421–701)

Notice of Preliminary Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review: Brass Sheet and Strip From

the Netherlands

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

antidumping duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is conducting an

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on brass sheet

and strip from the Netherlands. This

review covers imports of brass sheet and

strip from one producer/exporter during

the period of review (POR), August 1,

1998 through July 31, 1999.

We preliminarily determine that sales

of the subject merchandise have not

been made below normal value (NV). If

these preliminary results are adopted in

the final results, we will instruct the

U.S. Customs Service not to assess

antidumping duties on the subject

merchandise exported by this company.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 10, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Brinkmann or Jarrod Goldfeder, AD/

CVD Enforcement, Office 6, Group II,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4126 or

(202) 482–2305, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act),

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Department’s

regulations refer to the regulations

codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

On August 12, 1988, the Department

published in the Federal Register the

antidumping duty order on brass sheet

and strip from the Netherlands (53 FR

30455). On August 11, 1999, we

published in the Federal Register the

notice of ‘‘Opportunity to Request an

Administrative Review’’ of this order,

for the period August 1, 1998 through

July 31, 1999 (64 FR 43649). On August

31, 1999, in accordance with 19 CFR

351.213(b), Outokumpu Copper Strip

B.V. (OBV), the sole producer/exporter,

and the petitioners 1 requested an

administrative review of OBV’s exports

of the subject merchandise to the United

States during this POR. OBV also

requested that the Department revoke

the antidumping duty order against

brass sheet and strip from the

Netherlands, pursuant to 19 CFR

351.222(b), based on the absence of

dumping and the fact that OBV is not

likely to sell the subject merchandise at

less than NV in the future. OBV

subsequently withdrew its revocation

request on April 4, 2000. On September

24, 1999, in accordance with 19 CFR

351.221(b), the Department initiated this

administrative review (see Initiation of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Administrative Reviews and Requests

for Revocation in Part, 64 FR 53318

(October 1, 1999)).

On October 4, 1999, the Department

issued an antidumping questionnaire 2

to OBV. OBV submitted its response to

sections A, B, and C in November 1999.

The Section D questionnaire response

was received in December 1999. The

Department issued Section A, B, and C

supplemental questionnaires in

February 2000 and received responses

in March 2000. The Department issued

and received a response to the Section

D supplemental questionnaire in April

2000.

Scope of Review

Imports covered by this review are

brass sheet and strip, other than leaded

and tin brass sheet and strip, from the

Netherlands. The chemical composition

of the products under review is

currently defined in the Copper

Development Association (CDA) 200

Series or the Unified Numbering System

(UNS) C2000 series. This review does

not cover products the chemical

compositions of which are defined by

other CDA or UNS series. The physical

dimensions of the products covered by

this review are brass sheet and strip of

solid rectangular cross section over

0.006 inch (0.15 millimeter) through

0.188 inch (4.8 millimeters) in gauge,

regardless of width. Included in the

scope are coiled, wound-on-reels

(traverse wound), and cut-to-length

products. The merchandise under

review is currently classifiable under

item 7409.21.00 and 7409.29.20 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS). Although the

HTSUS subheading is provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of the merchandise

under review is dispositive.

Product Comparisons

In accordance with section 771(16) of

the Act, the Department first attempted

to match contemporaneous sales of

products sold in the U.S. and home

markets that were identical with respect

to the following characteristics: (1) Type

(alloy); (2) gauge (thickness); (3) width;

(4) temper; (5) coating; and (6) packed

form. Where there were no sales of

identical merchandise in the home

market to compare with U.S. sales, we

compared U.S. sales with the most

similar product based on the

characteristics listed above, in

descending order of priority.

For purposes of the preliminary

results, we have calculated the

adjustment for differences in

merchandise based on the difference in

the variable cost of manufacturing

between each U.S. model and the most

similar home market model selected for

comparison.

Comparisons to Normal Value

To determine whether OBV’s sales of

brass sheet and strip were made to the

United States at less than NV, the

Department compared the export price

(EP) to the NV, as described in the

‘‘Export Price’’ and ‘‘Normal Value’’

sections of this notice. In accordance

with section 777A(d)(2) of the Act, the

Department calculated monthly