60218 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 216 / Friday, November 7, 1997 / Notices

ADDRESS: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (703) 603–7740

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

actions.

Additions

If the Committee approves the

proposed addition, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the commodities and services

listed below from nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities. I certify

that the following action will not have

a significant impact on a substantial

number of small entities. The major

factors considered for this certification

were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodities and

services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46—48c) in

connection with the commodities and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List. Comments on this

certification are invited. Commenters

should identify the statement(s)

underlying the certification on which

they are providing additional

information. The following commodities

and services have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Commodities

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for the Naval

Construction Battalion Center,

Gulfport, Mississippi)

NPA: The Lighthouse for the Blind in

New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for the Naval

Oceanographic Office, Stennis,

Mississippi)

NPA: The Lighthouse for the Blind in

New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

Services

Grounds Maintenance

Veterans Administration Medical Center

Menlo Park, California

NPA: Rubicon Programs, Inc.,

Richmond, California

Food Service Attendant for the

following locations: Schofield

Barracks, Building 3004, Fort Shafter,

Hawaii

Building 300

Helemano Military Reservation, Hawaii

NPA: Opportunities for the Retarded,

Inc. Wahiawa, Hawaii

Janitorial/Custodial

Albany Research Center

Albany, Oregon

NPA: The Garten Foundation, Salem,

Oregon

Deletions

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on future

contractors for the commodities.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities to the Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities

proposed for deletion from the

Procurement List.

The following commodities have been

proposed for deletion from the

Procurement List:

Organizer, Day Planner, Travel Size

7530–01–366–5856

Bag, Currency

8105–00–NIB–0006

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–29460 Filed 11–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Regulations and Procedures Technical

Advisory Committee; Notice of

Partially Closed Meeting

A meeting of the Regulations and

Procedures Technical Advisory

Committee will be held December 9,

1997, 9:00 a.m., in the Herbert C.

Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th

Street between Constitution and

Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. The Committee

advises the Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Export Administration on

implementation of the Export

Administration Regulations (EAR) and

provides for continuing review to

update the EAR as needed.

Agenda

Open Session

1. Opening remarks by the

Chairperson.

2. Presentation of papers or comments

by the public.

3. Update on the encryption

regulation.

4. Update on the Wassenaar

Arrangement implementation

regulation.

5. Discussion on the ‘‘deemed export’’

issue.

6. Discussion on the Enhanced

Proliferation Control Initiative and

continued publication of Entities of

Concern.

7. Update on the Automated Export

System.

8. Discussion on efforts to conform

the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations

and the Export Administration

Regulations on export clearance

requirements.

Closed Session

9. Discussion of matters properly

classified under Executive Order 12958,

dealing with the U.S. export control

program and strategic criteria related

thereto.

The General Session of the meeting

will be open to the public and a limited

number of seats will be available. To the

extent that time permits, members of the

public may present oral statements to

the Committee. Written statements may

be submitted at any time before or after

the meeting. However, to facilitate the

distribution of public presentation

materials to the Committee members,

the Committee suggests that presenters

forward the public presentation

materials two weeks prior to the

meeting date to the following address:

Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, OAS/EA/BXA
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MS: 3886C, 14th & Pennsylvania

Avenue, N.W., U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.

The Assistant Secretary for

Administration, with the concurrence of

the delegate of the General Counsel,

formally determined on December 16,

1996, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended, that the series of meetings or

portions of meetings of the Committee

and of any Subcommittees thereof,

dealing with the classified materials

listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) shall be

exempt from the provisions relating to

public meetings found in section

10(a)(1) and (a)(3), of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act. The remaining

series of meetings or portions thereof

will be open to the public. A copy of the

Notice of Determination to close

meetings or portions of meetings of the

Committee is available for public

inspection and copying in the Central

Reference and Records Inspection

Facility, Room 6020, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. For

further information, call Lee Ann

Carpenter at (202) 482–2583.

Dated: November 3, 1997.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–29404 Filed 11–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 78–97]

Foreign-Trade Zone 75—Phoenix,

Arizona Application For Foreign-Trade

Subzone Status; Microchip

Technology Inc. (Semiconductors)

Chandler and Tempe, Arizona

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the City of Phoenix, Arizona,

grantee of FTZ 75, requesting specialpurpose subzone status for the

semiconductor manufacturing facilities

of Microchip Technology Inc.

(Microchip), located at sites in Chandler

and Tempe, Arizona. The application

was submitted pursuant to the ForeignTrade 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 October 30, 1997.

The Microchip facilities are located at

two sites in the Phoenix area (Maricopa

County): Site 1—(242,000 sq. ft. plus

475,000 sq. ft. planned on 80 acres)

2355 West Chandler Boulevard,

Chandler, and Site 2—(200,000 sq. ft. on

6 acres) 1200 South 52nd Street, Tempe.

The facilities (1,100 employees) are

used for the manufacture of a range of

semiconductor devices and related

products, including field programmable

microcontrollers, application-specific

processors, related memory products,

and application development tools.

Foreign-sourced materials (some 10% of

total) include halides, adhesives, resins,

chemical preparations for photographic

uses, molybdenum, transformers,

convertors and inductors, insulated

wire, instruments for measuring or

checking electrical quantities, plastic

sheets, plastic and paper packaging

materials. Other materials that may also

be purchased from abroad include glues

and adhesives, transformers, resistors,

diodes, transistors, integrated circuits,

printed circuits, switches, fasteners,

recorded media, and other electrical and

automatic data processing equipment

and components.

Zone procedures would exempt

Microchip from Customs duty payments

on foreign components used in export

production (some 65% of shipments).

On its domestic sales, Microchip would

be able to choose the lower duty rate

that applies to the finished products

(duty-free—3%). The duty rates that

apply on foreign-sourced items range

from duty-free to 12.5 percent (with

most in the 2.1%–7.3% range). FTZ

procedures would also allow the

deferral of duty payments on foreign

capital equipment and parts until fully

assembled and ready for production.

The application indicates that the

savings from zone procedures 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

partiesSubmissions (original and three

copies) shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is January 6, 1998. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period to January 21, 1998.

A copy of the application and the

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

3716, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue,

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

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export

Assistance Center, Phoenix Plaza,

2901 North Central Avenue, Suite

970, Phoenix, Arizona.

Dated: October 31, 1997.

John J. DaPonte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–29496 Filed 11–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty

Order, Finding, or Suspended

Investigation; Opportunity To Request

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Opportunity to

Request Administrative Review of

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty

Order, Finding, or Suspended

Investigation.

Background

Each year during the anniversary

month of the publication of an

antidumping or countervailing duty

order, finding, or suspension of

investigation, an interested party, as

defined in section 771(9) of the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended, may request,

in accordance with section 351.213 of

the Department of Commerce (the

Department) Regulations (19 CFR

351.213 (1997)), that the Department

conduct an administrative review of that

antidumping or countervailing duty

order, finding, or suspended

investigation.

Opportunity To Request A Review:

Not later than the last day of November

1997, interested parties may request

administrative review of the following

orders, findings, or suspended

investigations, with anniversary dates in

November for the following periods:

Antidumping duty proceedings Period

Argentina: Barbed Wire & Barbless Fencing Wire

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