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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, the Dothan-Houston County

Foreign Trade Zone, Inc. (the Grantee),

an Alabama non-profit corporation, has

made application to the Board (FTZ

Docket 31–97, 62 FR 19545, 4–22–97),

requesting the establishment of a

foreign-trade zone at sites in the Dothan

(Houston/Dale Counties), Alabama area,

adjacent to the Panama City, Florida

Customs port of entry;

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment has been given in the Federal

Register; and,

Whereas, 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

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. 233, at the

sites described in the application,

subject to the Act and the Board’s

regulations, including Section 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of

June 1998.

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

William M. Daley,

Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and

Executive Officer.

Attest:

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17688 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 33–98]

Foreign-Trade Zone 38 ‘‘ Spartanburg,

SC, Application for Subzone Status;

Borg-Warner Automotive Powertrain

Systems Corporation (Automotive

Transfer Cases); Seneca, 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 38, requesting

special-purpose subzone status for the

automotive transfer case manufacturing

plant of Borg-Warner Automotive

Powertrain Systems Corporation (BWA),

located in Seneca, South Carolina. The

application was submitted pursuant to

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), and the regulations of the Board

(15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed

on June 23, 1998.

The BWA plant (78 acres, 211,000

sq.ft.), is located at 15545 Wells

Highway in Seneca (Oconee County),

South Carolina, about 40 miles

southwest of Greenville. The facility

(175 employees) is used to produce

transfer cases for all-wheel drive

passenger vehicles manufactured at the

Mercedes-Benz motor vehicle assembly

plant in Alabama, as well as for export.

The application indicates that foreignsourced parts and materials comprise

some 27 percent of the finished transfer

cases’ value, including: chain, fasteners,

steel belts/cable/wire, crown corks and

seals, parts of engines, ball/roller

bearings, oil seals, rubber gaskets/

washers/seals, electromagnetic

couplings and clutches, gear boxes, and

automatic regulating and controlling

instruments (duty rates: free-9.4%).

FTZ procedures would exempt BWA

from Customs duty payments on the

foreign items used in production for

export. On domestic shipments

transferred in-bond to the MercedesBenz plant (Subzone 98A, Board Order

803, 61 FR 8237, 3–4–96), no duties

would be paid on foreign-origin

components of the transfer cases until

Mercedes enters the finished motor

vehicles for domestic consumption, at

which time, Mercedes could choose to

apply the finished auto duty rate (2.5%),

rather than the rate on the individual

parts. Mercedes would pay no duties on

its exports. For finished transfer cases

withdrawn for Customs entry, BWA

would be able to choose the automotive

transfer case duty rate (2.6%) for the

foreign-origin items noted above. The

application indicates that the savings

from FTZ procedures would help

improve the plant’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 on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and three copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is August 31, 1998. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to September 15, 1998.)

A copy of the application and the

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce Export

Assistance Center, Park Central Office

Park, Building 1, Suite 109, 555 N.

Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville, SC

29607.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: June 23, 1998.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17687 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 062498C]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council will hold a closed

meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July

22–23, 1998, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at

the Wilmington Hilton, I–95 and

Naamans Road, Claymont, DE;

telephone: 302–792–2700.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher Moore, Ph.D., Acting

Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic

Fishery Management Council;

telephone: 302–674–2331, ext. 16.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this closed meeting is to

interview candidates and select an

Executive Director for the Mid-Atlantic

Fishery Management Council.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this
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Council for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal action during this meeting.

Action will be restricted to those issues

specifically identified in the agenda

listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: June 26, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–17669 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 062498B]

New England Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

scheduling a meeting of its Scientific

and Statistical Committee (SSC) to

discuss and evaluate issues related to

sea scallop management in the exclusive

economic zone (EEZ).

Recommendations from this group will

be brought to the full Council for formal

consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July

15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Holiday Inn, One Newbury Street,

Peabody, MA 01960; telephone: (978)

535–4600.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

J. Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council;

(781) 231–0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC

meeting is being convened to evaluate

the scientific information used to

develop management measures under

consideration for inclusion in

Amendment 7 to the Atlantic Sea

Scallop Fishery Management Plan. In

addition, the SSC will evaluate the

biological and statistical data used by

the Council’s Overfishing Definition

Review Panel to define overfishing of

the Atlantic sea scallop resource.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

group for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal action during this meeting.

Action will be restricted to those issues

specifically listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul

J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5

days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: June 26, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–17672 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Technical Information Service

NTIS Advisory Board Meeting

AGENCY: National Technical Information

Service, Technology Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Partially Closed

Meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that the

National Technical Information Service

Advisory Board (the ‘‘Board’’) will meet

on Wednesday, July 22, 1998, from 8:30

a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and from 1:30 p.m.

to 4:00 p.m. The session from 8:30 a.m.

to 12:30 p.m., will be closed to the

Public.

The Board was established under the

authority of 15 U.S.C. 3704b(c), and was

Chartered on September 15, 1989. The

Board is composed of five members

appointed by the Secretary of Commerce

who are eminent in such fields as

information resources management,

information technology, and library and

information services. The purpose of the

meeting is to review and make

recommendations regarding general

policies and operations of NTIS,

including policies in connection with

fees and charges for its services. The

agenda will include a progress report on

NTIS activities, an update on the

progress of FedWorld, and a discussion

of NTIS’ long range plans. The closed

session discussion is scheduled to begin

at 8:30 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m. on

July 22, 1998. The session will be closed

because premature disclosure of the

information to be discussed would be

likely to significantly frustrate

implementation of NTIS’ business

plans.

DATES: The meeting will convene on

July 22, 1998, at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn

at 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

Room 2029 Sills Building, National

Technical Information Service, 5285

Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia

22161.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will

be open to public participation from

1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on July 22, 1998.

Approximately thirty minutes will be

set aside on July 22, 1998, for comments

or questions from the public. Seats will

be available for the public and for the

media on a first-come, first-served basis.

Any member of the public may submit

written comments concerning the

Board’s affairs at any time. Copies of the

minutes of the open session meeting

will be available within thirty days of

the meeting from the address given

below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Lucas, NTIS Advisory Board

Secretary, National Technical

Information Service, 5285 Port Royal

Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161

Telephone: (703) 605–6400; Fax (703)

487–4093.

Dated: July 2, 1998.

Donald W. Corrigan,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 98–17693 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Meetings of the Naval Research

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Closed meetings.

SUMMARY: The Naval Research Advisory

Committee will meet to discuss basic

and advanced research and technology.

All sessions of the meetings will be

devoted to briefings, discussions and

technical examination of information

related to technology opportunities and

interoperability implications associated

with information transfer and

interaction among systems as well as

between systems, especially among and

between NATO and coalition forces;

emerging technologies and technology-