Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 166 / Wednesday, August 27, 1997 / Notices 45393

tenth calendar day following the

publication of this notice.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance official program number and title

of the program under which these petitions

are submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

Dated: August 19, 1997.

Anthony J. Meyer,

Coordinator, Trade Adjustment and

Technical Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–22839 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–24–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

National Defense Stockpile Market

Impact Committee Request for Public

Comments

AGENCY: Office of Strategic Industries

and Economic Security, Bureau of

Export Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments on the potential market

impact of proposed new material

disposals and proposed revisions to

current disposal levels of certain

National Defense Stockpile commodities

under the Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 Annual

Materials Plan (AMP).

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise the

public that the interagency National

Defense Stockpile Market Impact

Committee is seeking public comment

on the potential market impact of

Department of Defense proposed new

material disposals for Beryllium Copper

Master Alloy, Chromium (Metal),

Columbium (Carbide), Columbium

(Minerals), Titanium Sponge, Tungsten

(Ores & Concentrates), Tungsten

(Carbide), Tungsten (Metal Powder), and

Tungsten (Ferro) under a revised FY

1998 AMP. In addition, the revised

AMP proposal includes raising the

current FY 1998 disposal levels for

Palladium, Platinum, and Bauxite

(Surinam).

DATES: Comments must be received by

September 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to Richard V. Meyers, Co-Chair,

Stockpile Market Impact Committee,

Office of Strategic Industries and

Economic Security, Room 3876, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard V. Meyers, Office of Strategic

Industries and Economic Security, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

3634; or Richard Watkins, International

Commodities Division, U.S. Department

of State, (202) 647–2871; co-chairs of the

National Defense Stockpile Market

Impact Committee.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

authority of the Strategic and Critical

Materials Stock Piling Act of 1979, as

amended (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.) (the Act),

the Department of Defense (as National

Defense Stockpile Manager) maintains a

stockpile of strategic and critical

materials to supply the military,

industrial, and essential civilian needs

of the United States for national

defense. The Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–1)

formally established a Market Impact

Committee (the Committee) to ‘‘advise

the National Defense Stockpile Manager

on the projected domestic and foreign

economic effects of all acquisitions and

disposals of materials from the

stockpile * * *.’’ The Committee must

also balance market impact concerns

with the statutory requirement to

protect the Government against

avoidable loss.

The Committee is comprised of

representatives from the Departments of

Commerce, State, Agriculture, Defense,

Energy, Interior, Treasury and the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

and is co-chaired by the Departments of

Commerce and State. The Act directs

the Committee to ‘‘consult from time to

time with representatives of producers,

processors and consumers of the types

of materials stored in the stockpile.’’

The Committee is now considering

Defense’s proposed new National

Defense Stockpile material disposal

levels and revisions to current Stockpile

material disposal levels under the FY

1998 AMP. These materials are

currently under Congressional

consideration for disposal in FY 1998.

The Committee is seeking public

comment on the potential market

impact of the sale of these materials in

the event that Congress does grant such

disposal authority.

The new materials list identified

below is proposed for inclusion in the

FY 1998 AMP:

PROPOSED NEW MATERIAL DISPOSAL AUTHORITY FOR FY 1998

Material Units Current FY

1998 quantity

Revised FY

1998 quantity

Beryllium Copper Master Alloy .................................................................................................. ST ..................... 0 1,250

Chromium (Metal) ...................................................................................................................... ST ..................... 0 500

Columbium (Carbide) ................................................................................................................ LBS Cb ............. 0 21,372

Columbium (Minerals) ............................................................................................................... LBS Cb ............. 0 200,000

Titanium Sponge ....................................................................................................................... ST ..................... 0 4,000

Tungsten (Ores & Concentrates) .............................................................................................. LBS W .............. 0 2,000,000

Tungsten (Carbide) ................................................................................................................... LBS W .............. 0 100,000

Tungsten (Metal Powder) .......................................................................................................... LBS W .............. 0 100,000

Tungsten (Ferro) ....................................................................................................................... LBS W .............. 0 100,000

The following list of materials are

presently included in the FY 1998 AMP.

However, DNSC proposes to increase

the maximum disposal authority for

these materials.

PROPOSED REVISIONS TO FY 1998 AMP

Material Units Current FY

1998 quantity

Revised FY

1998 quantity

Palladium ................................................................................................................................... Tr Oz ................ 15,000 300,000

Platinum ..................................................................................................................................... Tr Oz ................ 10,000 125,000

Bauxite (Surinam) ...................................................................................................................... LDT ................... 300,000 800,000
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The proposed FY 1998 disposal

quantity for each listed material is the

maximum amount of material that may

be sold in a particular fiscal year. Please

note that these quantities are not sales

targets. The quantity of each material

that will actually be offered for sale will

depend on the market for the material

at the time of the offering. It will also

depend on the maximum quantity of

each material approved for disposal by

the Congress.

The Committee requests that

interested parties provide written

comments, supporting data and

documentation, and any other relevant

information on the potential market

impact of the sale of any commodity in

the above lists. Although comments in

response to this Notice must be received

by September 26, 1997 to ensure full

consideration by the Committee,

interested parties are encouraged to

submit additional comments and

supporting information at any time

thereafter to keep the Committee

informed as to the market impact of the

sale of the commodities. Public

comment is an important element of the

Committee’s market impact review

process.

Public comments received will be

made available at the Department of

Commerce for public inspection and

copying. Material that is national

security classified or business

confidential will be exempted from

public disclosure. Anyone submitting

business confidential information

should clearly identify the business

confidential portion of the submission

and also provide a non-confidential

submission that can be placed in the

public file. Communications from

agencies of the United States

Government will not be made available

for public inspection.

The public record concerning this

notice will be maintained in the Bureau

of Export Administration’s Records

Inspection Facility, Room 4525, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202)

482–5653. The records in this facility

may be inspected and copied in

accordance with the regulations

published in Part 4 of Title 15 of the

Code of Federal Regulations (15 CFR 4.1

et seq.).

Information about the inspection and

copying of records at the facility may be

obtained from Ms. Margaret Cornejo, the

Bureau of Export Administration’s

Freedom of Information Officer, at the

above address and telephone number.

Dated: August 21, 1997.

Karen A. Swasey,

Director, Economic Analysis Division.

[FR Doc. 97–22708 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 916]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status;

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing

Company; (Pharmaceutical Products)

Los Angeles, California

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, by an Act of Congress

approved June 18, 1934, an Act ‘‘To

provide 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,’’ as amended (19 U.S.C.

81a–81u) (the Act), the Foreign-Trade

Zones Board (the Board) is authorized 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;

Whereas, an application from the

Board of Harbor Commissioners of the

City of Los Angeles, California, grantee

of Foreign-Trade Zone 202, for authority

to establish special-purpose subzone

status at the pharmaceutical

manufacturing plant of the Minnesota

Mining & Manufacturing Company, in

Los Angeles, California, was filed by the

Board on May 15, 1996, and notice

inviting public comment was given in

the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 41–96,

61 FR 26157, 5–24–96); and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report, and finds that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and

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

pharmaceutical manufacturing plant of

the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing

Company, located in Los Angeles,

California (Subzone 202A), 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 20th day of

August 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

[FR Doc. 97–22818 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket A(32b1)–3–97]

Foreign-Trade Zone No. 143—

Sacramento, CA Area, Request for

Manufacturing Authority (Computers

and Related Electronic Products),

Lincoln, California

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by Zytec Services and Logistics

(ZSL), an operator of FTZ 143, pursuant

to § 400.32(b)(1) of the Board’s

regulations (15 CFR part 400),

requesting authority on behalf of ZSL to

manufacture and assemble computers

and related electronic products and

subassemblies within FTZ 143. It was

formally filed on August 19, 1997.

ZSL operates a facility (800

employees) within FTZ 143 (Site 2 (6

acres, 2 bldgs.) at the Lincoln Airport

Business Park) for the manufacture,

assembly, distribution, repair and final

systems integration of computers and

related electronic products and

components. Most of ZSL’s

manufacturing and assembly activity at

this site involves contract work for

computer and electronic product

manufacturers, and includes contract

service and repair activity. The

manufacturing activity that ZSL

proposes to conduct under FTZ

procedures at the outset would

primarily involve the manufacture/

assembly of personal computers,

monitors, printers and peripherals such

as optical scanners and digital imaging

cameras.

A number of components are

purchased from abroad (an estimated

70% of total material value), including:

Printed circuit boards, silicon wafers,

rectifiers, integrated circuits, memory

modules, CD-ROM drives, disk drives,

scanners, hard drives, keyboards,

monitors/displays (CRT and LCD type),

LEDs, speakers, microphones, belts,

valves, bearings, plastic materials,

industrial chemicals, sensors, filters,

resistors, transducers, fuses, plugs,

relays, ink cartridges, toner cartridges,

switches, fasteners, cards, transformers,

DC/electric motors, magnets, modems,

batteries, cabinets, power supplies,