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Phillip Cogan,

Special Assistant for External Relations.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 34–98]

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone—Santa

Maria, California Area Application and

Public Hearing

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board

(the Board) by the Santa Maria Public

Airport District, to establish a generalpurpose foreign-trade zone in the Santa

Maria, California area, adjacent to the

Port San Luis, California, port of entry.

The application was submitted pursuant

to the provisions of the FTZ Act, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the

regulations of the Board (15 CFR Part

400). It was formally filed on June 30,

1998. The applicant is authorized to

make the proposal under Section 6302

of the California Code.

The proposed new zone would

consist of 2 sites (2,787 acres) in Santa

Barbara County: Site 1 (2,728 acres)—

within and adjacent to the Santa Maria

Public Airport, 3217 Terminal Drive,

Santa Maria; and, Site 2 (59 acres)—

within the Vandenberg Air Force Base

complex, approximately 20 miles

southwest of the Santa Maria Airport.

Site 1 is primarily owned by the

applicant. Site 2 is owned by the

Department of the Air Force but has

been leased by Astrotech Space

Operations, Inc., for a period of 20

years. Vandenberg Air Force Base has

been designated the primary launch site

for commercial space activity from the

West Coast and pre-launch payload

assembly activities would be conducted

at proposed Site 2.

The application indicates a need for

foreign-trade zone services in the Santa

Maria area. Several firms have indicated

an interest in using zone procedures for

warehousing, airport related activities

and the preparation of space flight

hardware for launches into outer space.

Specific manufacturing approvals are

not being sought at this time. 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.

As part of the investigation, the

Commerce examiner will hold a public

hearing on August 5, 1998, 11:00 a.m.,

at the Santa Maria Hilton, 3455 Skyway

Drive, Santa Maria, California 93455.

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 September 8, 1998. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to September 21, 1998).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

during this time for public inspection at

the following locations:

Office of the Santa Maria Public Airport

District, 3217 Terminal Drive, Santa

Maria, CA 93455.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: June 30, 1998.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13.

Bureau: International Trade

Administration.

Title: The Special American Business

Internship Training (SABIT) Program

Applications and Questionnaires.

Agency Form Number: N/A.

OMB Number: 0625–0225.

Type of Request: Regular Submission.

Burden: 2,137 hours.

Number of Respondents: 1,300.

Avg. Hours Per Response: Range from

15 minutes to 6 hours.

Needs and Uses: The Special

American Business Internship Training

(SABIT) programs of the Department of

Commerce’s International Trade

Administration (ITA), is a key element

in the U.S. Government’s efforts to

support the economic transition of the

Newly Independent States (NIS) of the

former Soviet Union. SABIT places

business executives and scientists from

the Independent States in U.S. firms for

one-to-six month internships to gain

firsthand experiences working in a

market economy. This unique private

sector-U.S. Government partnership was

created in order to tap the U.S. private

sector’s expertise in assisting the NIS’s

transition to a market economy while

boosting U.S.-NIS long-term trade.

Under the ‘‘regular’’ (grants) SABIT

program, qualified U.S. firms will

receive funds through a cooperative

agreement with ITA to help defray the

cost of hosting interns. The information

collected by the Application is needed

by the SABIT staff to recruit and screen

respondents and provide U.S. firms

with a pool of eligible candidates from

which to select interns. Intern

applications are required to determine

the suitability of candidates for SABIT

internships. Feedback surveys and endof-internship reports are needed to

enable SABIT to track the success of the

program as regards trade between the

U.S. and NIS, as well as to improve the

content and administration of the

programs.

The closing date for applications and

supplemental materials is

approximately 120 days after date of

publication in the Federal Register.

Pursuant to section 632(a) of the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the

‘‘Act’’) funding for the program will be

provided by the Agency for

International Development (A.I.D.).

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit, individuals or households.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain a benefit, voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Victoria BaecherWassmer, (202) 395–5871.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

(202) 482–3272, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution, NW, Washington, DC

20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Victoria Baecher-Wassmer, OMB Desk

Officer, Room 10202, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: July 1, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Clearance Officer, Office of

Management and Organization.

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