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contributed importantly to total or

partial separation of the firm’s workers,

or threat thereof, and to a decrease in

sales or production of each petitioning

firm.

Any party having a substantial

interest in the proceedings may request

a public hearing on the matter. A

request for a hearing must be received

by the Trade Adjustment Assistance

Division, Room 7023, Economic

Development Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

DC 20230, no later than the close of

business of the 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: March 21, 1997.

Anthony J. Meyer,

Coordinator, Trade Adjustment and

Technical Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–8132 Filed 3–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–24–M

Bureau of Export Administration

Materials Technical Advisory

Committee, Notice of Open Meeting

A meeting of the Materials Technical

Advisory Committee will be held April

24, 1997, 10:30 a.m., in the Herbert C.

Hoover Building, Room 1617M(2), 14th

Street between Constitution &

Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. The Committee

advises the Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Export Administration

with respect to technical questions that

affect the level of export controls

applicable to advanced materials and

related technology.

Agenda

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.

2. Presentation of papers or comments

by the public.

3. Review of export control of

materials usable for production of

isotope separation centrifuges,

including a report on type ‘‘E’’ fiberglass

producers in countries of proliferation

concern.

4. Consideration of a recommendation

to eliminate controls on materials usable

for production of centrifuges that are not

significantly better than those produced

from E-glass.

5. Briefing on the meeting of the

Biological Weapons Convention Ad Hoc

Group.

6. Presentation and discussion of

industry concerns regarding

implementation of the Biological

Weapons Convention.

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

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 MS:

3886C, Bureau of Export

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.

For further information or copies of

the minutes, contact Lee Ann Carpenter

on (202) 482–2583.

Dated: March 26, 1997.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–8141 Filed 3–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–M

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 8–97]

Foreign-Trade Zone 82; Mobile, AL;

Application for Subzone Status

Coastal Mobile Refining Company (Oil

Refinery Complex), Mobile County, AL;

Correction

The Federal Register notice (62 FR

8422, 2/25/97) describing the

application submitted to the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) by the

City of Mobile, Alabama, grantee of FTZ

82, requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the oil refinery complex of

Coastal Mobile Refining Company

(wholly-owned subsidiary of Coastal

Corporation), located in Mobile County,

Alabama, is corrected as follows:

Paragraph 3 should read, ‘‘The

refinery produces asphalt and fuel

products, including vacuum gas oil,

naphtha, and diesel oil. All of the crude

oil (almost all of inputs) is sourced

abroad.’’

Paragraph 4, Sentence 2 should read,

‘‘On domestic sales, the company would

be able to choose the finished product

duty rate (nonprivileged foreign status—

NPF) on asphalt (duty-free), instead of

the duty rates that would otherwise

apply to foreign-sourced crude oil.’’

Dated: March 21, 1997.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–8261 Filed 3–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Docket 17–97]

Foreign-Trade Zone 143; West

Sacramento, CA Area; Application for

Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board

(the Board) by the Sacramento-Yolo Port

District, grantee of FTZ 143, requesting

authority to expand its zone in the West

Sacramento and Lincoln, California

area, adjacent to the San Francisco/

Oakland/Sacramento Customs port of

entry. 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 March 19, 1997.

FTZ 143 was approved on August 6,

1987 (Board Order 360, 52 F.R. 30698,

8/17/87). The zone project currently

consist of the following sites: Site 1 (8

acres)—within the Port of Sacramento

terminal area at 2650 Industrial Blvd.

and Boatman Ave., West Sacramento;

and, Site 2 (6 acres, 2 Bldgs.)—within

the Lincoln Airport Business Park,

Aviation Boulevard, Lincoln, some 25

miles northeast of Sacramento.

This application is requesting

authority to expand both existing sites

as follows: Site 1—include the

Southport area (505 acres) of the port

complex located south of the Port’s

terminal facilities, West Sacramento,

and include certain port property (173

acres) located at Industrial Boulevard

and -2-Boatman Avenue, West

Sacramento; and, Site 2—include the

entire Lincoln Airport Business Park

(1,280 acres), in Lincoln. The proposed

expansion areas would be used

primarily for warehousing/distribution

and freight forwarding activity. No

specific manufacturing requests are

being made at this time. Such requests

would be made to the Board on a caseby-case basis.

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 parties.

Submissions (original and 3 copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is June 2, 1997. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to June 16, 1997). A copy

of the application and accompanying

exhibits will be available for public