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exporting carriers at the time that each

export shipment leaves the United

States. The carriers submit the

documents to Customs officials when

the carrier departs the United States and

Customs then transmits the SEDs to

Census on a flow basis for statistical

processing. For exports to Canada, the

United States is substituting Canadian

import statistics for U.S. exports to

Canada in accordance with a

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

signed by both the Customs and

statistical agencies in both countries.

Similarly, under this MOU, Canada is

substituting U.S. import statistics for

Canadian exports to the United States.

These data exchange eliminates the

requirement for U.S. exporters to file

any information with the U.S.

government. This results in the

elimination of over three million SEDs

annually.

The Census also allows monthly

reporting of export information directly

to Census via its AERP in lieu of filing

individual SEDs for transactions

submitted by automated exporters,

freight forwarders, and exporting

carriers. Information for over 5.3 million

export transactions were reported

through the AERP program during

calendar year 1996.

In addition, Census is participating

with Customs in implementing and

expanding the new AES. The new AES,

provides a voluntary automated

alternative to filing the paper SED. As

the new AES grows, AERP will be

phased out with planned termination

for the AERP program targeted for 1999.

The AES is currently available for

export transactions shipped by vessel

and is expected to be made available for

reporting transactions shipped via air

and overland modes of transport in the

near future. The AES is being developed

in accordance with the National

Performance review with the aim of

bringing total automation to the export

process by promoting a paperless

environment. Currently, Census has

extracted information on approximately

8500 export transactions since the AES

began operation in late 1996.

In summary, information on 60

percent of export transactions are

reported via automated formats and 40

percent of export transactions continue

to be reported via paper SEDs.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0001 (SED forms

are currently also cleared under 0607–

0018 and 0607–0152. This submission

will combine all forms and eliminate

these two other clearances.)

Form Number: 7525V, 7525V

Alternate, 7513, AERP and AES

submissions.

Type of Review: Regular Submission.

Affected Public: Exporters, Freight

Forwarders, Export Carriers.

Estimated Number of Responses:

11,052,902: 7525V—3,711,470; 7525V

Alt—1,855,735; 7513—144,080; AERP—

5,332,717; AES—8,900;

Estimated Time Per Response: 11.166

minutes for 7525V, 7525V Alt and 7513;

3 minutes for AERP and AES

submissions.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1,329,951: 7525V—690,705;

7525V Alt—345,352; 7513—26,813;

AERP—266,636; AES—445;

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

1,329,951 @ $10/hour=$13,299,510.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Chapter 9, Title 13,

United States Code.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: April 4, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–9176 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[DOCKET 8–97]

Foreign-Trade Zone 82—Mobile, AL;

Application for Subzone Status,

Coastal Mobile Refining Co (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 for

clarification:

Paragraph 4, Sentence 2, should read,

‘‘On domestic sales, the company would

be able to choose the Customs duty rate

that applies to certain finished products

such as asphalt (duty-free) by admitting

incoming foreign crude oil in nonprivileged foreign status.’’

Dated: April 2, 1997.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9262 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 874]

Grant of Authority; Establishment of a

Foreign-Trade Zone Yuma, Arizona

Area

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, by an Act of Congress

approved June 18, 1934, an Act ‘‘To

provide for the establishment of foreigntrade zones in ports of entry of the

United States, to expedite and

encourage foreign commerce, and for

other purposes,’’ as amended (19 U.S.C.

81a–81u) (the Act), the Foreign-Trade

Zones Board (the Board) is authorized to

grant to qualified corporations the

privilege of establishing foreign-trade

zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs

ports of entry;

Whereas, Yuma County Airport

Authority, Inc., an Arizona non-profit

civic corporation, (the Grantee) has

made application to the Board (FTZ

Docket 10–96, 61 FR 6972, 2/23/96),

requesting the establishment of a

foreign-trade zone at the Yuma

International Airport in Yuma County,

Arizona, within the San Luis Customs

port of entry; and,

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment has been given in the Federal

Register, and the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report and finds that the

requirements of the Act and the Board’s

regulations are satisfied, and that
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approval of the application is in the

public interest;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby

grants to the Grantee the privilege of

establishing a foreign-trade zone,

designated on the records of the Board

as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 219, at the

site described in the application, subject

to the Act and the Board’s regulations,

including Section 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of

April 1997.

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

William M. Daley,

Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and

Executive Officer.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9261 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[DOCKET 25–97]

Foreign-Trade Zone 202, Los Angeles,

CA; Proposed Foreign-Trade Subzone,

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Oil Refinery

Complex) El Segundo, CA

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Los Angeles Board of

Harbor Commissioners, grantee of FTZ

202, requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the oil refinery complex of

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., located in El

Segundo, California. 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

31, 1997.

The refinery complex (256,000 BPD,

1,200 employees) is located on a 1,000-

acre site at 324 W. El Segundo

Boulevard, in El Segundo (Los Angeles

County), California, some 19 miles

south of Los Angeles. The refinery is

used to produce fuels and

petrochemical feedstocks. Fuel products

include gasoline, jet fuel, distillates,

residual fuels, naphthas and motor fuel

blendstocks. Petrochemical feedstocks

and refinery by-products include

methane, ethane, propane, propylene,

butane, petroleum coke and sulfur.

Some 19 percent of the crude oil (92

percent of inputs), and some motor fuel

blendstocks are sourced abroad.

Zone procedures would exempt the

refinery from Customs duty payments

on the foreign products used in its

exports. On domestic sales, the

company would be able to choose the

Customs duty rates that apply to certain

petrochemical feedstocks and refinery

by-products (duty-free) by admitting

incoming foreign crude oil and natural

gas condensate in non-privileged foreign

status. The duty rates on inputs range

from 5.25¢/barrel to 10.5¢/barrel. The

application indicates that the savings

from zone procedures would help

improve the refinery’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 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 9, 1997. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period to June 24, 1997.

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export

Assistance Center, 11000 Wilshire

Blvd., Room 9200, Los Angeles,

California 90024

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230

Dated: April 2, 1997.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9263 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–201–802]

Gray Portland Cement and Clinker

From Mexico; Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

antidumping duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: On May 14, 1996, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the preliminary

results of its administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on gray

portland cement and clinker from

Mexico. The review covers one

manufacturer/exporter, CEMEX, S.A.

(CEMEX), and the period August 1,

1993, through July 31, 1994. We gave

interested parties an opportunity to

comment.

For our final results, we have

determined that CEMEX failed to

cooperate with the Department. As a

result, we have assigned CEMEX a

margin based upon the best information

available (BIA) in accordance with

section 776(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended (the Act). Specifically,

when a company refuses to cooperate

with the Department or otherwise

significantly impedes the proceedings,

we assign as BIA the higher of: (a) The

highest rate found for any firm for the

same class or kind of merchandise in

the same country of origin in the lessthan-fair value (LTFV) investigation or a

prior administrative review, or (b) the

highest rate found in this review for any

firm for the same class or kind of

merchandise in the same country of

origin. For purposes of the instant

review, the margin applied is the

highest rate found for any firm in the

second administrative review, i.e.,

CEMEX’s margin, as amended pursuant

to court-ordered remand proceedings,

109.43 percent. See CEMEX, S.A. v.

United States, Slip Op. 96-–179 (CIT

Oct. 24, 1996), appeal pending, Appeal

No. 97–1151 (Fed. Cir.) The ‘‘All

Others’’ rate for this order is 61.35

percent.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nithya Nagarajan or Kristen Smith,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington,

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

The Department is conducting this

review in accordance with section

751(a) of the Act. Unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the statute and

the Department’s regulations are in

reference to the provisions as they

existed on December 31, 1994.

Background

On May 14, 1996, the Department

published in the Federal Register (59

FR 2884) the preliminary results of its

administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on gray

portland cement and clinker from

Mexico (55 FR 35371). The Department

has now completed this review in

accordance with section 751(a).