Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 40 / Friday, February 28, 1997 / Notices 9159

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VA Medical Center and Administration

Building 21, 3600 30th Street, Des

Moines, Iowa

NPA: Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa,

Des Moines, Iowa

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–5045 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil

Rights.

DATE AND TIME: Friday, March 7, 1997,

8:00 a.m.

PLACE: Ramada Inn, 2700 U.S. 82 East,

Greenville, Mississippi 38701.

STATUS:

AGENDA

I. Approval of Agenda

II. Approval of Minutes of February 14,

1997 Meeting

III. Announcements

IV. Staff Report

V. State Advisory Committee

Appointments for Alabama,

Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho,

Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts,

Minnesota, and New Jersey.

VI. Future Agenda Items

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Barbara Brooks, Press and

Communications (202) 376–8312.

Stephanie Y. Moore,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–5195 Filed 2–26–97; 2:35 p.m.]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: Bureau of the Census.

Title: Broadwoven Fabrics (Gray)

Average Weight and Width Study.

Form Number(s): MC22T.

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: 945 hours.

Number of Respondents: 315.

Avg Hours Per Response: 3 hours.

Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau

collects and publishes data quarterly on

the production of broadwoven fabrics.

Data is collected and published on the

basis of square yardage produced by

type of fabric. This study supplements

the quarterly collection and gathers data

every five years on the basis of linear

yards and pounds produced. The

Census Bureau conducts this survey as

part of the 5-year census of

manufactures. This survey provides

conversion factors (from square yards to

linear yards and pounds) which are

used by industry and Government

analysts to monitor the continuing

changes in the weight and width of

fabric. These factors provide a means of

comparing fabric yardage produced to

the volume of fiber consumed. The

factors also help analysts follow changes

in machinery used by the textile

industry. Federal users of the survey

data regularly include the Departments

of Commerce, State, Labor, Treasury,

and the U.S. Trade Representative under

the aegis of the Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA). The interagency CITA uses the

survey data to monitor potential market

disruptions resulting from trade in gray

broadwoven fabric. Additionally, the

Department of Agriculture uses survey

data to monitor trends affecting the

demand for cotton, and the Department

of Justice and the Federal Trade

Commission for evaluation of

anticompetitive impacts of mergers and

acquisitions. Businesses and trade

associations use the data to assess

market trends and to project potential

growth opportunities in broadwoven

fabric.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Frequency: Every 5 years.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC,

Sections 131, 193 and 224.

OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202)

395–7314.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

room 5312, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: February 24, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–4958 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 9–97]

Foreign-Trade Zone 21, Charleston,

South Carolina; Application for

Subzone Status, Bayer Corporation

(Rubber Chemicals), Goose Creek,

South Carolina

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the South Carolina State Ports

Authority, grantee of FTZ 21, requesting

special-purpose subzone status for the

rubber chemicals manufacturing facility

of Bayer Corporation (Bayer) in Goose

Creek, South 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

February 18, 1997.

The Bayer Corporation is a subsidiary

of the Bayer AG (Germany), a global

manufacturer of health care and life

science products, chemicals and

imaging systems. Its Fibers, Organics

and Rubber Division operates the Goose

Creek rubber chemicals manufacturing

facility. (Bayer has several other

manufacturing facilities in Goose Creek,

but they are not included in this

request.)

Bayer’s rubber chemicals

manufacturing plant (100,000 sq.ft./4.4

acres) is located within the Bushy Park

Industrial Complex, Highway 503 in

Goose Creek (Berkeley County), South

Carolina. The facility (60 employees)

produces rubber chemicals used in the

production of a variety of industrial

rubber products including tires, hoses,

belts, seals and gaskets. The main

products currently manufactured at the

plant are benzothiazyl-2-

cyclohexylsulfenamide (CBS) and

benzothiazyl-2-

dicyclohexylsulfenamide (DCBS),

rubber chemical accelerators;

2,2’Dibenzamido diphenyldisulfide

(DBD), a peptizer used to improve the

mixing performance of natural rubber;

and N-(1,3-dimethyl-butyl)-N’-phenyl-pphenylene diamine (6PPD), an

antidegradant to prevent ozone damage.

The Bayer facilities include a new stateof-the-art plant for the production of

CBS and DCBS and expanded facilities

for DBD production. Some 10 to 50

percent of production is exported.

Zone procedures would exempt Bayer

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 15.1% + $0.017/kg) instead

of the rates otherwise applicable to the