10022 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 43 / Wednesday, March 5, 1997 / Notices

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation in Kansas

- Termination of Kansas’ Designation,

Possible Cancellation of Kansas’

Designation, and Requests for

Applications for Designation from

Persons Interested in Providing

Official Services in Kansas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA),

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States Grain

Standards Act, as amended (Act),

provides that official agency

designations will end not later than

triennially and may be renewed. The

designation of the Kansas State Grain

Inspection Department (Kansas) will

end August 31, 1997, according to the

Act. GIPSA is asking persons interested

in providing official services in Kansas

to submit an application for designation.

In addition, Kansas has advised GIPSA

that it is considering asking for

cancellation of its designation effective

July 1, 1997. Accordingly, GIPSA is also

asking that the persons submitting

applications be prepared to provide

service effective July 1, 1997.

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX)

on or before March 31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be

submitted to USDA, GIPSA, Neil E.

Porter, Director, Compliance Division,

AG Code 3604, 1400 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250–

3604. Internet and GroupWise users

may respond to

nporter@fgisdc.usda.gov. Applications

may be submitted by FAX on 202–690–

2755. If an application is submitted by

FAX, GIPSA reserves the right to request

an original application. All applications

will be made available for public

inspection at this address located at

1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

during regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil

E. Porter, telephone 202–720–8262.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This action has been reviewed and

determined not to be a rule or regulation

as defined in Executive Order 12866

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1;

therefore, the Executive Order and

Departmental Regulation do not apply

to this action.

Section 7(f)(1) of the Act authorizes

GIPSA’s Administrator to designate a

qualified applicant to provide official

services in a specified area after

determining that the applicant is better

able than any other applicant to provide

such official services. GIPSA designated

Kansas, main office located in Topeka,

Kansas, to provide official inspection

services under the Act on September 1,

1994.

Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides

that designations of official agencies

shall end not later than triennially and

may be renewed according to the

criteria and procedures prescribed in

Section 7(f) of the Act. The designation

of Kansas ends on August 31, 1997,

according to the Act.

Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act,

the following geographic area, the entire

State of Kansas, is assigned to Kansas.

Interested persons, including Kansas,

are hereby given the opportunity to

apply for designation to provide official

services in the geographic area specified

above under the provisions of Section

7(f) of the Act and section 800.196(d) of

the regulations issued thereunder.

Designation in the Kansas geographic

area is for the period beginning

September 1, 1997, and ending August

31, 2000. Persons wishing to apply for

designation should contact the

Compliance Division at the address

listed above for forms and information.

Applications and other available

information will be considered in

determining which applicant(s) will be

designated.

Further, Kansas has advised GIPSA

that it is considering asking for

cancellation of its designation effective

July 1, 1997. As a result, GIPSA is also

asking persons submitting applications

to be prepared to provide official

services effective July 1, 1997.

AUTHORITY: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.)

Dated: February 26, 1996.

Neil E. Porter,

Director, Compliance Division.

[FR Doc. 97–5333 Filed 3–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–F

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the District of Columbia Advisory

Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

District of Columbia Advisory

Committee to the Commission will

convene at 10:00 a.m. and adjourn at

12:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 13,

1997, at the U.S. Commission on Civil

Rights, Conference Room 540, 624 Ninth

Street NW, Washington, DC 20425. The

purpose of the meeting is to provide an

orientation for new Committee

members, and plan project activities for

FY 1997.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Committee Chairperson Steven Sims,

202–862–4815, or Ki-Taek Chun,

Director of the Eastern Regional Office,

202–376–7533 (TDD 202–376–8116).

Hearing-impaired persons who will

attend the meeting and require the

services of a sign language interpreter

should contact the Regional Office at

least five (5) working days before the

scheduled date of the meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, February 28,

1997.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–5456 Filed 2–28–97; 4:58 pm]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 10–97]

Foreign-Trade Zone 38, Spartanburg,

SC; Request for Manufacturing

Authority, Zeuna Sta ̈rker USA, Inc.,

(Automotive Exhaust Systems)

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the South Carolina State Ports

Authority, grantee of FTZ 38, pursuant

to § 400.28(a)(2) of the Board’s

regulations (15 CFR part 400),

requesting authority on behalf of Zeuna

Sta ̈rker USA, Inc. (ZSUSA) (a subsidiary

of Zeuna Sta ̈rker GmbH & Co., KG,

Germany), to manufacture automotive

exhaust systems under FTZ procedures

within FTZ 38, with certain restrictions

applicable to foreign stainless steel

materials. It was formally filed on

February 18, 1997.

The ZSUSA plant is located at 2651

New Cut Road within the proposed Site

4 of FTZ 38 in the Wingo Corporate

Park, Spartanburg, South Carolina

(Docket 65–96, 61 FR 45400, 8–29–96).

The ZSUSA plant (50 employees) is

used to manufacture exhaust systems for

automotive applications that are sold in

the U.S. and exported. Components

sourced from abroad (about 80% of

total) include: Catalytic converters,

muffler boxes, flanges, fasteners, helical

pressure and threaded inserts, brackets,

stainless steel alloy pipe, and monoliths

(duty rate range: 0.1–5.3%). The