Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 224 / Monday, November 20, 2000 / Notices 69731

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Sensors and Instrumentation

Technical Advisory Committee; Notice

of Partially Closed Meeting

The Sensors and Instrumentation

Technical Advisory Committee will

meet on December 5, 2000, 9:30 a.m., in

the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room

3884, 14th Street between Constitution

and Pennsylvania Avenues, NW.,

Washington, DC. The Committee

advises the Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Export Administration on

technical questions that affect the level

of export controls applicable to sensors

and instrumentation equipment and

technology.

Agenda

Public Session

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.

2. Committee organization.

3. Pending business.

4. Special reports.

5. New initiatives.

6. Presentation of papers or comments

by the public.

7. Summary and actions.

Closed Session

8. Discussion of matters properly

classified under Executive Order

12958, dealing with the U.S. export

control program and strategic criteria

related thereto.

A limited number of seats will be

available during the public session of

the meeting. Reservations are not

accepted. To the extent that time

permits, members of the public may

present oral statements to the

Committee. The public may submit

written statements at any time before or

after the meeting. However, to facilitate

distribution of public presentation

materials to the Committee members,

the committee suggests that presenters

forward the public presentation

materials prior to the meeting date to

the following address: Ms. Lee Ann

Carpenter, OSIES/EA/BXA MS: 3876,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th St.

& Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20230.

The Assistant Secretary for

Administration, with the concurrence of

the General Counsel, formally

determined on December 11, 1999,

pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, as amended,

that the series 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 10(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,

DC 20230. For more information contact

Lee Ann Carpenter on (202) 482–2583.

Dated: November 14, 2000.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Committee Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–29597 Filed 11–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1125]

Approval for Expansion of Subzone

61D Merck, Sharp & Dohme Quimica

De Puerto Rico, Inc. Plant Arecibo,

Puerto Rico

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the

following Order:

Whereas, the Puerto Rico Exports

Development Corporation, grantee of

FTZ 61, has requested authority on

behalf of Merck, Sharp & Dohme

Quimica de Puerto Rico, Inc. (Merck), to

add capacity and to expand the scope of

manufacturing authority under zone

procedures within Subzone 61D at the

Merck plant in Arecibo, Puerto Rico

(FTZ Docket 49–2000, filed 8/10/00);

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment has been given in the Federal

Register (65 FR 51293, 8/23/00);

Whereas, pursuant to 15 CFR

400.32(b)(1), the Commerce

Department’s Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration has the authority

to act for the Board in making such

decisions on manufacturing authority

when the proposed activity is the same,

in terms of products involved, to

activity recently approved by the Board

and similar in circumstances (15 CFR

400.32(b)(1)(i)); and,

Whereas, the FTZ staff has reviewed

the proposal, taking into account the

criteria of 15 CFR 400.31 and 400.32,

and the Executive Secretary has

recommended approval;

Now, Therefore, the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration,

acting for the Board pursuant to 15 CFR

400.32(b)(1), concurs in the

recommendation and hereby approves

the request subject to the FTZ Act and

the Board’s regulations, including 15

CFR 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of

November 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

Attest:

Dennis Puccinelli,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29633 Filed 11–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1126]

Approval for Expansion of Subzone

61E Merck, Sharp & Dohme Quimica

De Puerto Rico, Inc. Plant Barceloneta,

Puerto Rico

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the

following Order:

Whereas, the Puerto Rico Exports

Development Corporation, grantee of

FTZ 61, has requested authority on

behalf of Merck, Sharp & Dohme

Quimica de Puerto Rico, Inc. (Merck), to

add capacity and to expand the scope of

manufacturing authority under zone

procedures within Subzone 61E at the

Merck plant in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico

(FTZ Docket 50–2000, filed 8/10/00);

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment has been given in the Federal

Register (65 FR 51293, 8/23/00);

Whereas, pursuant to 15 CFR

400.32(b)(1), the Commerce

Department’s Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration has the authority

to act for the Board in making such

decisions on manufacturing authority

when the proposed activity is the same,

in terms of products involved, to

activity recently approved by the Board

and similar in circumstances (15 CFR

400.32(b)(1)(i)); and,

Whereas, the FTZ staff has reviewed

the proposal, taking into account the

criteria of 15 CFR 400.31, and the

Executive Secretary has recommended

approval;

Now, Therefore, the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration,

acting for the Board pursuant to 15 CFR

400.32(b)(1), concurs in the

recommendation and hereby approves

the request subject to the FTZ Act and