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6086, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230. Email

LEngelme@doc.gov.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent to

David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10202, New Executive Office Building,

Washington D.C. 20503 within 30 days

of the publication of this notice in the

Federal Register.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–13973 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 22–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 146—Lawrence

County, IL; Application for Expansion

of Manufacturing Authority—Subzone

146A, North American Lighting, Inc.,

Facilities, Flora and Salem, IL

(Automotive Lighting Products)

A application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Bi-State Authority,

grantee of FTZ 146, requesting an

expansion of the scope of manufacturing

authority to include new manufacturing

capacity under FTZ procedures and

requesting authority to expand the

boundary of FTZ Subzone 146A at the

North American Lighting, Inc. (NAL),

facilities in Flora and Salem, Illinois. It

was formally filed on May 30, 2000.

Subzone 146A was approved by the

Board in 1988 with authority granted for

the manufacture of automotive lighting

components and other related auto parts

at NAL’s manufacturing facilities

(355,000 sq.ft./14 acres) in Flora, Illinois

(Site 1) (Board Order 371, 53 FR 5436,

2–24–88). The subzone was

subsequently reorganized and expanded

to include NAL’s second manufacturing

facility (380,000 sq.ft./22 acres) in the

Salem Industrial Park, Salem, Illinois

(Site 2) (Board Order 718, 60 FR 2375,

1–9–95), with the scope of FTZ

manufacturing authority increased to 28

million units annually.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand the subzone

boundaries to include an additional

300,000 square feet of manufacturing

space within Site 1 and an additional

17-acre parcel and 365,000 square feet

manufacturing/warehouse space within

Site 2. Under the current expansion

plan, the NAL facilities’ capacity will be

approximately doubled (to 56 million

units per year) with the addition of

665,000 square feet of production area.

Activity at the facilities (2,200

employees) involves design, injection

molding, plating and assembly of motor

vehicle headlamps, rear combination

lamps, high mount stop lamps, turn

signals, dome and trunk lamps, fog

lamps, side marker and license plate

lamps using domestic and foreign-origin

components. Foreign-sourced

components and materials (about 19

percent of total purchases) include:

various polymers and resins in primary

form (HTSUS Ch. 39), articles of rubber

and plastic, parts of lighting equipment,

wiring harnesses, bulbs, gaskets/seals,

fasteners, optical elements of glass,

certain electrical apparatus, lamps and

lenses, optical fiber and cable/bundles

(duty rates: free–12.5%, 1.2¢/kg+7.5%).

FTZ procedures exempt NAL from

Customs duty payments on the foreign

components used in export production

(9% of shipments). On its domestic

sales, the company is able to choose the

duty rates that apply to finished

automotive lighting equipment and

parts (duty free, 2.5%) for the foreign

components noted above. The auto duty

rate (2.5%) applies if the finished

products are shipped via zone-to-zone

transfer to U.S. motor vehicle assembly

plants with subzone status. The request

indicates that the savings from FTZ

procedures will continue to help

improve the facilities’ 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 address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is August 4, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to August 21, 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 &

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14031 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 21–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 183—Austin,

Texas; Application for Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Foreign Trade Zone of

Central Texas, Inc., grantee of FTZ 183,

requesting authority to expand FTZ

183–Site 3 (High Tech Corridor site) in

Austin, Texas. 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 May 26,

2000.

FTZ 183 was approved on December

23, 1991 (Board Order 550, 57 FR 42, 

1/2/92), expanded twice in 1998 (Board

Order 964, 63 FR 12837, 3/23/98; Board

Order 994, 63 FR 39071, 7/21/98), and

expanded in 1999 (Board Order 1035, 64

FR 19978, 4/23/99). The zone currently

consists of eight sites in the Austin,

Texas, area: Site 1 (317 acres, 7

parcels)—Austin Enterprise site, within

the Austin Enterprise Zone Area along

Highway 290 and the Ben White

Boulevard-Montopolis Drive area,

Austin; Site 2 (50 acres)—Balcones

Research site located in north central

Austin at the intersection of Burnett

Road and Longhorn Boulevard; Site 3

(1,336 acres, 11 parcels) High Tech

Corridor site located along I–35, 14

miles north of downtown Austin (site

straddles Austin-Round Rock City line);

Site 4 (122 acres) Cedar Park site, some

8 miles northwest of the Austin city

limits, in Williamson County; Site 5

(246 acres, 2 parcels) Round Rock

‘‘SSC’’ site located along I–35 between

Chandler Road and Westinghouse Road

on the northern edge of the City of

Round Rock; Site 6 (246 acres)

Georgetown site, located along I–35 and

U.S. 81, south of downtown

Georgetown; Site 7 (40 acres) San

Marcos site, located within the San

Marcos Municipal Airport facility in

eastern San Marcos, adjacent to State

Highway 21, on the Hays County/

Caldwell County line; and, Site 8 (200

acres) MET Center industrial park

located between U.S. Highway 183

South and State Highway 71 East in

southeast Austin, some 5 miles

northwest of the new Austin Bergstrom

International Airport.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand Site 3 to include

two additional parcels (276 acres),

located to the west of the existing site.

The area consists of the tech.ridge

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corporate center and the Wells Branch

Industrial Park. This proposed change

will increase the FTZ area at Site 3 to

1,612 acres. 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 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 August 4, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to August 21, 2000).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export

Assistance Center, 1700 Congress,

Second Floor, Austin, TX 78701.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th &

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room

4008, Washington DC 20230.

Dated: May 26, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14030 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Notice of Initiation of Five-Year

(‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of Antidumping

Duty Orders on Canned Pineapple

Fruit From Thailand and

Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium

From Russia

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department of

Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is

automatically initiating five-year

(‘‘sunset’’) reviews of the antidumping

duty orders listed below. The

International Trade Commission (‘‘the

Commission’’) is publishing

concurrently with this notice its notices

of Institution of Five-Year Reviews

covering these same orders.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathryn B. McCormick, or James

Maeder, Office of Policy, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, at (202) 482–1930, or 482–

3330, respectively, or Vera Libeau,

Office of Investigations, U.S.

International Trade Commission, at

(202) 205–3176.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Initiation of Reviews

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.218

(see Procedures for Conducting Fiveyear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Orders, 63 FR 13516 (March 20, 1998)),

we are initiating sunset reviews of the

following antidumping duty orders:

DOC Case No. ITC Case No. Country Product

A–549–813 ............................................... 731–TA–706 Thailand ................................................... Canned Pineapple Fruit.

A–821–807 ............................................... 731–TA–807 Russia ...................................................... Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium.

Statute and Regulations

Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of

the Act, an antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’)

order will be revoked unless revocation

or termination would be likely to lead

to continuation or recurrence of (1)

dumping, and (2) material injury to the

domestic industry.

The reviews will be conducted

pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of

the Act. The Department’s procedures

for the conduct of sunset reviews are set

forth in Procedures for Conducting Fiveyear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Orders, 63 FR 13516 (March 20, 1998)

(‘‘Sunset Regulations’’) and in 19 CFR

part 351 (1999) in general. Guidance on

methodological or analytical issues

relevant to the Department’s conduct of

sunset reviews is set forth in the

Department’s 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’’).

Filing Information

As a courtesy, we are making

information related to sunset

proceedings, including copies of the

Sunset Regulations and Sunset Policy

Bulletin, the Department’s schedule of

sunset reviews, case history information

(e.g., previous margins, duty absorption

determinations, scope language, import

volumes), and service lists, available to

the public on the Department’s sunset

internet website at the following

address: ‘‘http://www.ita.doc.gov/

import_admin/records/sunset/’’.

All submissions in the sunset reviews

must be filed in accordance with the

Department’s regulations regarding

format, translation, service, and

certification of documents. These rules

can be found at 19 CFR 351.303 (2000).

Also, we suggest that parties check the

Department’s sunset website for any

updates to the service list before filing

any submissions. We ask that parties

notify the Department in writing of any

additions or corrections to the list. We

also would appreciate written

notification if you no longer represent a

party on the service list.

Because deadlines in a sunset review

are, in many instances, very short, we

urge interested parties to apply for

access to proprietary information under

administrative protective order (’’APO’’)

immediately following publication in

the Federal Register of the notice of

initiation of the sunset review. The

Department’s regulations on submission

of proprietary information and

eligibility to receive access to business

proprietary information under APO can

be found at 19 CFR 351.304–306 (see

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Proceedings: Administrative Protective

Order Procedures; Procedures for

Imposing Sanctions for Violation of a

Protective Order, 63 FR 24391 (May 4,

1998)).

Information Required from Interested

Parties

Domestic interested parties (defined

in 19 CFR 351.102 (2000)) wishing to

participate in the sunset reviews must

respond not later than 15 days after the

date of publication in the Federal

Register of the notice of initiation by

filing a notice of intent to participate.

The required contents of the notice of

intent to participate are set forth in the

Sunset Regulations at 19 CFR

351.218(d)(1)(ii). In accordance with the

Sunset Regulations, if we do not receive

a notice of intent to participate from at

least one domestic interested party by

the 15-day deadline, the Department