Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 114 / Tuesday, June 13, 2000 / Notices 37113

Dated: May 24, 2000.

James C. Kearney,

Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

Dated: May 10, 2000.

Dayton J. Watkins,

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative

Service.

Dated: May 23, 2000.

Keith Kelly,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 00–14844 Filed 6–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1100]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status;

Imation Corporation (Data Storage

Products); Tucson, Arizona

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 Board’s regulations (15

CFR Part 400) provide for the

establishment of special-purpose

subzones when existing zone facilities

cannot serve the specific use involved,

and when the activity results in a

significant public benefit and is in the

public interest;

Whereas, the City of Tucson, grantee

of Foreign-Trade Zone 174, has made

application to the Board for authority to

establish a special-purpose subzone at

the data storage manufacturing and

warehousing facilities of the Imation

Corporation, located in Tucson, Arizona

(FTZ Docket 62–99, filed 11/24/99);

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment was given in the Federal

Register (64 FR 67843, 12/3/99); 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 authority for subzone status at the

data storage manufacturing and

warehousing facilities of the Imation

Corporation, located in Tucson, Arizona

(Subzone 174A), at the location

described in the application, and subject

to the FTZ Act and the Board’s

regulations, including § 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of

June 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14899 Filed 6–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 27–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 50, Long Beach,

California Area, Application for

Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board

(the Board) by the Board of Harbor

Commissioners of the City of Long

Beach, grantee of FTZ 50, requesting

authority to expand its zone in the Long

Beach, California area, within the Los

Angeles/Long Beach 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 June 5, 2000.

FTZ 50 was approved on September

14, 1979 (Board Order 147, 44 FR 55919,

9/28/79) and expanded 4 times (Board

Orders 298, 341, 494 and 833). The zone

project currently consists of the

following sites in the Los Angeles/Long

Beach Customs port of entry area: Site

1: Parcel 1–A (4 acres), 1500 West

Dominguez Street, Long Beach; Parcel

1–B (96,354 sq. ft.), 909 East Colon

Street, Wilmington; Parcel 1–C (2 acres),

1241 Watson Center Road, Carson; and

Parcel 1–D (4 acres), 22941 South

Wilmington Avenue, Carson; Site 2

(1,844 acres)—California Commerce

Center, Ontario; Site 3 (92 acres)—

parcels within the Inter-City Commuter

Station Redevelopment area in Santa

Ana and two warehouse facilities (17

acres, 324,000 sq. ft. total) at 3000/3100

Segerstrom Avenue, and 2900/2930

South Fairview Street, within the South

Harbor Development area, Santa Ana;

Site 4 (175 acres)—within the 2,300-acre

San Bernardino International Airport

and Trade Center complex (formerly

Norton Air Force Base) in San

Bernardino; and, Temporary Site 5 (11

acres, two parcels)—1101 W. McKinley

Avenue (6 acres, Bldgs. 4–8) within the

487-acre Fairplex Center, Pomona; and,

10501–10509 E. Valley Blvd. (5 acres) at

Pacific Place/San Gabriel Valley

Business and Trade Center, El Monte,

CA.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand the general-purpose

zone to include on a permanent basis

the area within Temporary Site 5

(expires 9/1/01) and to include two new

sites in the San Gabriel Valley area:

Proposed Site 6: (50 acres)—former

General Dynamics/Hughes site, north of

Mission Boulevard between Humane

Way and Dudley Street, Pomona; and,

Proposed Site 7 (3 acres—2 sites)—San

Gabriel sites, extending along San

Marino Avenue and bounded on the

north and south by Broadway and Clary

Avenues (1 acre) and a site (2 acres) at

Santa Anita and Junipero Serra Streets,

San Gabriel. Proposed Site 6 is owned

by the Pomona Redevelopment Agency

and two private owners and Proposed

Site 7 has multiple owners. The San

Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership

will serve as operator of the proposed

sites. 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 August 14, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to August 28, 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, 350 S. Figueroa

Street, Suite 509, Los Angeles, CA

90071.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230

Dated: June 6, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14895 Filed 6–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

37114 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 114 / Tuesday, June 13, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1101]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status;

Imation Corporation (Data Storage

Products); Camarillo, CA

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 Board’s regulations (15

CFR Part 400) provide for the

establishment of special-purpose

subzones when existing zone facilities

cannot serve the specific use involved,

and when the activity results in a

significant public benefit and is in the

public interest;

Whereas, the Oxnard Harbor District,

grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 205, has

made application to the Board for

authority to establish a special-purpose

subzone at the data storage

manufacturing and warehousing

facilities of the Imation Corporation,

located in Camarillo, California (FTZ

Docket 63–99, filed 11/24/99);

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment was given in the Federal

Register (64 FR 67844, 12/3/99); 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 authority for subzone status at the

data storage manufacturing and

warehousing facilities of the Imation

Corporation, located in Camarillo,

California (Subzone 205A), at the

location described in the application,

and subject to the FTZ Act and the

Board’s regulations, including § 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of

June 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14900 Filed 6–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 26–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 93—Raleigh/

Durham, NC; Application for Subzone

Status, Pergo, Inc., Plant (Laminate—

Particle Board Flooring); Garner, North

Carolina

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Triangle J Council of

Governments, grantee of FTZ 93,

requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the laminate-particle board

flooring manufacturing plant of Pergo,

Inc. (a subsidiary of Perstorp AB, of

Sweden), located in Garner, North

Carolina. 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 June 5, 2000.

The Pergo plant (102 acres/130,000

sq. ft.) is located within the Greenfield

Industrial Park at 2000 Perstorp

Parkway, Garner (Wake County), North

Carolina, some 20 miles southeast of

Raleigh. The facility (275 employees) is

used to produce laminate-particle board

flooring (HTSUS# 4410.19.0020), and to

distribute foreign-made laminate

flooring products with a particle board,

paperboard, plastic, or other inorganic

core for export and the U.S. market. The

production process involves combining

decorative plastic laminate and backing

paper to particle board, which is then

milled into tiles or planks. The

completed flooring is then combined

with moldings, glue and installation

accessories to be shipped as a

completed flooring system. The

application indicates that additional

laminate floor covering products may be

produced with tileboard, paperboard,

and/or polyurethane sheet in the future.

Foreign-origin components used in

manufacturing (currently 100%)

include: sealants/adhesives/glue,

fiberboard, particle board, decorative

plastic laminate; and, backing paper and

laminate. Additional foreign-sourced

materials and components to be

distributed with the completed laminate

flooring include: Glues/sealants/

caulking, installation kits, hand tools,

cleaning kits; and, molding and trim of

plastic, fiberboard and aluminum (duty

rate range: free—6.0%).

FTZ procedures would exempt Pergo

from Customs duty payments on the

foreign materials and components used

in export production. On its domestic

sales of the manufactured flooring, the

company would be able to choose the

duty rate that applies to finished

laminate-particle board flooring (duty

free as particle board under

4410.19.0020) for the decorative plastic

laminate raw material noted above.

Pergo would be able to defer Customs

duty payments on the foreign-origin

finished flooring products and related

materials that would be admitted to the

proposed subzone for U.S. distribution.

The application indicates that subzone

status would help improve the plant’s

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 14, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to August 28, 2000).

A copy of the application and the

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

Office of the Port Director, U.S. Customs

Service—Raleigh/Durham, Suite 500,

120 South Center Court, Morrisville,

NC 27560

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

4008, 14th Street & Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20230–0002

Dated: June 5, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14896 Filed 6–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P