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Notices Federal Register

37112

Vol. 65, No. 114

Tuesday, June 13, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCIES: Rural Housing Service (RHS),

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

(RBS), and Farm Service Agency (FSA),

USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments

requested.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the intention of the

above-named Agencies to request an

extension for a currently approved

information collection in support of

debt settlement of Community and

Business Programs Loans.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by August 14, 2000, to be

assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

inquiries on the Information Collection

Package, contact Tracy Gillin,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, (202) 692–0039.

For program content, contact Joseph

Ben-Israel, Senior Loan Specialist,

Community Programs, RHS, USDA,

1400 Independence Ave. SW, Mail Stop

0787, Washington, DC 20250–0787,

Telephone (202) 720–1490, E-mail

jbenisra@rdmail.rural.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 7 CFR part 1956, subpart C Debt

Settlement-Community and Business

Programs.

OMB Number: 0575–0124.

Expiration Date of Approval: August

31, 2000.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: The following Community

and Business Programs loans and grants

are debt settled by this currently

approved docket (0575–0124). The

Community Facilities loan and grant

program is authorized by Section 306 of

the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) to

make loans to public entities, nonprofit

corporations, and Indian tribes for the

development of essential community

facilities primarily serving rural

residents.

The Economic Opportunity Act of

1964, title 3 (Pub. L. 88–452), authorizes

Economic Opportunity Cooperative

loans to assist incorporated and

unincorporated associations to provide

low-income rural families essential

processing, purchasing, or marketing

services, supplies, or facilities.

The Food Security Act of 1985,

section 1323 (Pub. L. 99–198),

authorizes loan guarantees and grants to

Nonprofit National Corporations to

provide technical and financial

assistance to for-profit or nonprofit local

businesses in rural areas.

The Business and Industry program is

authorized by section 310 B (7 U.S.C.

1932) (Pub. L. 92–419, August 30, 1972)

of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act to improve, develop,

or finance business, industry, and

employment and improve the economic

and environmental climate in rural

communities, including pollution

abatement and control.

The Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act, section 310 B(c) (7

U.S.C. 1932(c)), authorizes Rural

Business Enterprise Grants to public

bodies and nonprofit corporations to

facilitate the development of private

businesses in rural areas.

The Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act, section 310 B(f)(i) (7

U.S.C. 1932(c)), authorized Rural

Cooperative Development Grants to

nonprofit institutions for the purpose of

enabling such institutions to establish

and operate centers for rural cooperative

development.

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is

authorized by 25 U.S.C. sections 488–

494, to make loans through its Indian

tribal land loan program to individuals,

tribes, or tribal corporations within

tribal reservations and Alaskan

communities. The authority for FSA to

make loans for grazing, irrigation and

drainage, and farm ownership recreation

loans is provided by the Consolidated

Farm and Rural Development Act (7

U.S.C. 1926 sections 330–381).

The purpose of the debt settlement

function for the above programs is to

provide the delinquent client with an

equitable tool for the compromise,

adjustment, cancellation, or charge-off

of a debt owed to the Agency. The

information collected is similar to that

required by a commercial lender in

similar circumstances.

Information will be collected by the

field offices from applicants, borrowers,

consultants, lenders, and attorneys.

Failure to collect information could

result in improper servicing of these

loans.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 8.08 hours per

response.

Respondents: Public bodies and

nonprofit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

14.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 5.5.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 622 hours.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Tracy Gillin,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, (202) 692–0039.

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 will

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of

the Agency’s estimate of the burden of

the proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (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 those who are to respond, including

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology. Comments may be sent to

Tracy Gillin, Regulations and

Paperwork Management Branch, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Rural

Development, STOP 0742, 1400

Independence Ave. SW., Washington,

DC 20250. All responses to this notice

will be summarized and included in the

request for OMB approval. All

comments will also become a matter of

public record.

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]

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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]

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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]

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