Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 122 / Friday, June 23, 2000 / Notices 39123

NPA: Fairfax Opportunities Unlimited, Inc.,

Alexandria, Virginia

Louis R. Bartalot,

Deputy Director (Operations).

[FR Doc. 00–15930 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 30–2000]

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone—City of

Eureka (Humboldt County), California;

Application and Public Hearing

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board

(the Board) by the City of Eureka,

California, to establish a generalpurpose foreign-trade zone at sites in

Eureka, California, within/adjacent to

the Eureka Customs port of entry. The

application was submitted pursuant to

the provisions of the FTZ 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 16,

2000. The applicant is authorized to

make the proposal under section 6302 of

the California Code.

The proposed zone would consist of

4 sites (722 acres) in the Greater

Humboldt County Area: Site 1 (7

acres)—Dock B Area-Eureka Waterfront

(owned by the City of Eureka), 700 &

832 West Waterfront, Eureka; Site 2 (387

acres)—the Samoa Peninsula complex

owned by the City of Eureka and the

Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation and

Conservation District (Harbor District):

Site 2a (321 acres)—City of Eureka’s

450-acre Skypark, 3500 New Navy Base

Road, Samoa; and, Site 2b (66 acres)—

Harbor District docks and warehouse

facility, on the Humboldt Bay, Samoa;

Site 3 (81 acres)—Fields Landing,

owned by Stanwood Murphy and the

Harbor District: Site 3a (62 acres)—

Humboldt Bay Forest Products docks

and industrial site,110 C Street, Field’s

Landing; and, Site 3b (19 acres)—Harbor

District dock, #1 Yard Road, Foot of

Depot Road, Fields Landing; and, Site 4

(247 acres)—Eureka/Arcata Airport

(owned by Humboldt County), adjacent

to U.S. Highway 101. Site 1 is part of the

Westside Industrial Area in the City of

Eureka which became a part of the State

of California’s Enterprise Zone. Site 2a

is within the City of Eureka’s Enterprise

Zone.

The application indicates a need for

foreign-trade zone services in the

Greater Humboldt County area. Several

firms have indicated an interest in using

zone procedures for warehousing/

distribution activities. Specific

manufacturing approvals are not being

sought at this time. 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.

As part of the investigation, the

Commerce examiner will hold a public

hearing on July 26, 2000, 9:00 a.m., at

the Eureka Public Marina, Number 1,

Marina Way, Eureka, California 95501.

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 22, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to September 6, 2000).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

during this time for public inspection at

the following locations:

Office of the City Manager, City of

Eureka 531 K Street, Room 209,

Eureka, CA 95501

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

4008, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230

Dated: June 19, 2000.

Pierre Duy,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15965 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 29–2000]

Application for Subzone Status; Archer

Daniels Midland, Inc. (Natural Vitamin

E), Decatur, Illinois

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Decatur Park District,

which has an application pending for

Foreign-Trade Zone status, requesting

special-purpose subzone status for the

natural Vitamin E manufacturing facility

of Archer Daniels Midland, Inc. (ADM)

in Decatur, Illinois. ADM is a global

agricultural products company. The

application was submitted pursuant to

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), and the regulations of the Board

(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed

on June 13, 2000.

ADM’s 80-acre West Plant site is

located at 3700 East Division Street in

the city of Decatur (Macon County),

Illinois, some 60 miles south of Chicago.

The facility (400 employees) is

comprised of a soybean crushing

operation, a vegetable oil refinery

operation, a lecithin operation, a

packaged oil operation, a specialty food

additives operation, and the vitamin E

operation (120,000 sq. ft./6 acres). The

application requests authority to

manufacture only Vitamin E, other

tocopherols, sterols and fatty acids

under zone procedures. The only raw

material in the production of these

products is vegetable oil distillate, a

portion of which is sourced abroad.

More than 20 percent of ADM’s

production of natural Vitamin E is

exported.

Zone procedures would exempt ADM

from Customs duty payments on foreign

materials used in production for export.

On domestic shipments, the company

would be able to choose the duty rates

that apply to the finished products

(duty-free to 8.0%) instead of the rates

otherwise applicable to the foreign

material (deodorizer distillate rates

could range from duty-free to 9.3% +

1.5¢/kg., depending on Customs

classification and GSP status). The

application indicates that the savings

from zone procedures will help improve

the international competitiveness of

ADM’s Decatur plant and will help

increase exports.

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 22, 2000.

Rebuttal comments in response to

material submitted during the foregoing

period may be submitted during the

subsequent 15-day period (to September

6, 2000).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

4008, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20230

Airport Administrative Office, Decatur

Airport, 910 Airport Road, Decatur, IL

62521

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6See DuPont’s December 16, 2000, Notice of

Intent to Participate, at 2. DuPont asserts that

DuPont (UK) is 100 percent owned by DuPont,

DuPont Toray Company, Ltd., is 50 percent owned

by DuPont Kabushkik Kaisha (‘‘DKK’’) and 50

percent owned by Toray, and DKK is 100 percent

owned by DuPont Asia Pacific, Ltd., which is

owned 100 percent by DuPont.

7On January 3, 2000, the Department received a

request for an extension to file rebuttal comments

on behalf of Twaron. The Department granted the

extension to file rebuttal comment to all interestedparties in this case until no later than January 10,

2000.

8See Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of

Expedited Five-Year Reviews, 65 FR 16166 (March

27, 2000).

Dated: June 13, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15964 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–421–805]

Aramid Fiber Formed of PolyParaPhenylene Terephthalamide from the

Netherlands; Preliminary Results of

Full Sunset Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

full sunset review: aramid fiber formed

of polypara-phenylene terephthalamide

from the netherlands.

SUMMARY: On December 1, 1999, the

Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’) initiated a sunset review

of the antidumping duty order on

aramid fiber formed of polyparaphenylene terephthalamide (‘‘Aramid

Fiber’’) from the Netherlands (64 FR

67247) pursuant to section 751(c) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the

Act’’). On the basis of a notice of intent

to participate filed on behalf of domestic

interested parties and adequate

substantive comments filed on behalf of

domestic and respondent interested

parties, the Department determined to

conduct a full review. As a result of this

review, the Department preliminarily

finds that revocation of the antidumping

duty order would likely lead to

continuation or recurrence of dumping

at the levels indicated in the

Preliminary Results of Review section of

this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martha V. Douthit or James P. Maeder,

Office of Policy for Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–5050 or (202) 482–

3330, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (‘‘the Act’’), are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Act by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department of Commerce’s (‘‘the

Department’s’’) regulations are to 19

CFR Part 351 (1999). Guidance on

methodological or analytical issues

relevant to the Department’s conduct of

sunset reviews is set forth in the

Department 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’’).

Background

On December 1, 1999, the Department

initiated a sunset review of the

antidumping order on aramid fiber

formed of polypara-phenylene

terephthalamide (‘‘Aramid Fiber’’) from

the Netherlands (65 FR 67247), pursuant

to section 751(c) of the Act. On

December 16, 1999, the Department

received a notice of intent to participate

on behalf of E.I. DuPont de Nemours &

Company (‘‘DuPont’’), within the

deadline specified in section

351.218(d)(1)(i) of the Sunset

Regulations. DuPont claimed interestedparty status under section 771(9)(C) of

the Act, as a U.S. producer of aramid

fiber. In its notice of intent to

participate, Du Pont stated that it is

related to two foreign producers of

aramid fiber: DuPont (UK) Ltd.,

Maydown Works, United Kingdom, and

DuPont Toray Company, Ltd., Japan.6

On January 3, 2000, within the 30-day

deadline specified in the Sunset

Regulations under section

351.218(d)(3)(i), the Department

received complete substantive response

from the domestic interested-party,

DuPont, and respondent interested

parties (Twaron Products V.o.F. and

Twaron Products Inc. (collectively

‘‘Twaron’’)). Twaron Products V.o.F

claimed interested-party status under

section 771(9)(A) of the Act, as foreign

manufacturer/producer/exporter of the

subject merchandise to the United

States. Twaron Products Inc., claimed

interested-party status as a U.S.

importer of the subject merchandise. In

its January 3, 2000, substantive

response, Twaron asserts that it has

participated in all prior phases of this

antidumping duty order. The effective

date of this order is June 27, 1994.

The regulations provide, at section

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(A), that the Secretary

normally will conclude that respondent

interested-parties have provided

adequate response to a notice of

initiation where it receives complete

substantive responses from respondent

interested parties accounting on average

for more than 50 percent, by volume, or

value basis if appropriate, of the total

exports of the subject merchandise to

the United States over the five calendar

years preceding the year of publication

of the notice of initiation. See also

Procedures for Conducting Five-year

(‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of Antidumping

Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders,

63 Fed. Reg. 13516 (March 20, 1998). On

January 21, 2000, the Department

determined that Twaron response

constituted an adequate response to the

notice of initiation. As a result, the

Department determined, in accordance

with section 351.218(e)(2)(i) of the

Sunset Regulations, to conduct a full

(240 day) sunset review.

On January 10, 2000, the Department

received rebuttal comments on behalf of

the domestic and respondent interested

parties, within the deadline as specified

under section 351.218(d)(4).7

In accordance with section

751(c)(5)(C)(v) of the Act, the

Department may treat a sunset review as

extraordinarily complicated if it is a

review of a transition order (i.e., an

order in effect on January 1, 1995). On

March 20, 2000 the Department

determined that the sunset review of the

antidumping duty order on aramid fiber

from the Netherlands is extraordinarily

complicated pursuant to section

751(c)(5)(C)(v) of the Act, and extended

the time limit for completion of the

preliminary results of this review until

not later than June 19, 2000, in

accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of

the Act.8

Scope of the Order

The products covered by this review

are all forms of aramid fiber formed of

polypara-phenylene terephthalamide

from the Netherlands. These consist of

polypara-phenylene terephthalamide

aramid in the form of filament yarn

(including single and corded), staple

fiber, pulp (wet or dry), spun-laced and

spun-bonded nonwovens, chopped

fiber, and floc. Tire cord is excluded