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Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D.

Wis. 1980)). Because of these court

rulings, it is very important that those

interested in this proposed action

participate by the close of the 45-day

comment period so that substantive

comments and objections are made

available to the Forest Service at a time

when it can meaningfully consider them

and respond to them in the final EIS.

To assist the Forest Service in

identifying and considering issues and

concerns on the proposed action,

comments on the draft EIS should be as

specific as possible. It is also helpful if

comments refer to specific pages or

chapter of the draft EIS. Comments may

also address the adequacy of the draft

EIS or the merits of the alternatives

formulated and discussed in the draft

EIS. Reviewers may wish to refer to the

Council on Environmental Quality

Regulations for implementing the

procedural provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act at 40 CFR

1503.3 in addressing these points.

Comments received in response to

this solicitation, including names and

addresses of those who comment, will

be considered part of the public record

on this proposed action and will be

available for public inspection.

Comments submitted anonymously will

be accepted and considered; however,

those who submit anonymous

comments will not have standing to

appeal the subsequent decision under

36 CFR Part 215 or 217. Additionally,

pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d), any person

may request the agency to withhold a

submission from the public record by

showing how the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA) permits such

confidentiality. Persons requesting such

confidentiality should be aware that,

under the FOIA, confidentiality may be

granted in only limited circumstances,

such as to protect trade secrets. The

Forest Service will inform the requester

of the agency’s decision regarding the

request for confidentiality; and, where

the request is denied, the agency will

return the submission and notify the

requester that the comments may be

resubmitted with or without name and

address within 10 days.

Dated: July 8, 1998.

Allan B. McCombie,

Acting Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 98–19002 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Designation Amendment for Michigan

to Provide Official Services in the Lima

(OH) Area

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The designation of Michigan

Grain Inspection Services, Inc.,

(Michigan), has been amended to

include part of Ohio.

DATES: Effective on August 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M.

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance

Division, STOP 3604, 1400

Independence Ave. S.W., Washington,

DC 20250–3604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart, telephone 202–720–8525.

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.

In the April 1, 1998, Federal Register

(63 FR 15827), GIPSA announced the

designation of Michigan to provide

official inspection services under the

Act, effective May 1, 1998, and ending

April 30, 2001. Subsequently, Michigan

asked GIPSA to amend their geographic

area to include part of Ohio, due to the

purchase of the formerly designated

corporation, Lima Grain Inspection

Service, Inc. (Lima). Section 7A(c)(2) of

the Act authorizes GIPSA’s

Administrator to designate an agency to

perform official services within a

specified geographic area, if such

agency is qualified under Section

7(f)(1)(A) of the Act. GIPSA evaluated

all available information regarding the

designation criteria in Section 7(f)(1)(A)

of the Act, and determined that

Michigan is qualified. GIPSA is

announcing the change in Michigan’s

assigned geographic area, and that

Michigan is the officially designated

service provider in the area of Ohio

formerly assigned to Lima. The

Michigan geographic area, in the States

of Michigan and Ohio is:

Bounded on the North by the northern

Michigan State line;

Bounded on the East by the eastern

Michigan State line south and east to

State Route 53; State Route 53 south to

State Route 46; State Route 46 west to

Sheridan Road; Sheridan Road south to

Barnes Road; Barnes Road west to State

Route 15; State Route 15 south to the

Genesee County line; the northern

Genesee County line west to the

Shiawassee County line; the northern

Shiawassee County line west to State

Route 52; State Route 52 south to State

Route 21; State Route 21 west to Clinton

County; the eastern and northern

Clinton County lines west to U.S. Route

27; U.S. Route 27 south to U.S. Route

127; U.S. Route 127 south to the

Michigan-Ohio State line. In Ohio, the

northern State line west to the Williams

County line; the eastern Williams

County line south to the Defiance

County line; the northern and eastern

Defiance County lines south to U.S.

Route 24; U.S. Route 24 northeast to

State Route 108; State Route 108 south

to Putnam County; the northern and

eastern Putnam County lines; the

eastern Allen County line; the northern

Hardin County line east to U.S. Route

68; U.S. Route 68 south to U.S. Route

47;

Bounded on the South by U.S. Route

47 west-southwest to Interstate 75

(excluding all of Sidney, Ohio);

Interstate 75 south to the Shelby County

line; the southern and western Shelby

County lines; the southern Mercer

County line; and

Bounded on the West by the OhioIndiana State line from the southern

Mercer County line to the northern

Williams County line; in Michigan, by

the southern Michigan State line west to

the Branch County line; the western

Branch County line north to the

Kalamazoo County line; the southern

Kalamazoo and Van Buren County lines

west to the Michigan State line; the

western Michigan State line north to the

northern Michigan State line.

Michigan’s assigned geographic area

does not include the following grain

elevators inside Michigan’s area which

have been and will continue to be

serviced by the following official

agencies:

1. Detroit Grain Inspection Service,

Inc.: St. Johns Coop., St. Johns, Clinton

County, Michigan.

2. Northeast Indiana Grain Inspection:

E.M. P. Grain, Payne, Paulding County,

Ohio.

Effective August 1, 1998, Michigan’s

present geographic area is amended to

include part of Ohio. Michigan’s

designation to provide official

inspection services terminates April 30,

2001. Official services may be obtained

by contacting Michigan at 616–781–

2711.

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

as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.).
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Dated: July 2, 1998.

Neil E. Porter,

Director, Compliance Division.

[FR Doc. 98–18961 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Amended Notice of Public Meeting of

the Delaware 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

Delaware Advisory Committee to the

Commission which was to have

convened on July 23, 1998 has been

rescheduled for July 28, 1998. This

notice was originally published in the

Federal Register on July 2, 1998, vol.

63, no. 124, FR 36212. This notice is

change of day only.

Persons desiring additional

information should contact 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 ten (10) 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, July 10, 1998.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 98–18944 Filed 7–13–98; 11:42 am]

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Amended Notice of Public Meeting of

the Maryland 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

Maryland Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 9:30 a.m.

and adjourn at 4:30 p.m. on July 23,

1998, at the Holiday Inn Inner Harbor,

301 West Lombard Street, Baltimore,

Maryland 21201. This notice originally

published in the Federal Register on

June 29, 1998, vol. 63, no. 124, FR

35188. This notice is change of address

and day only.

Persons desiring additional

information should contact 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 ten (10) 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, July 10, 1998.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 98–18945 Filed 7–13–98; 11:42 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 37–98]

Foreign-Trade Zone 202, Los Angeles,

CA; Proposed Foreign-Trade Subzone,

Tosco Refining Company (Oil Refinery

Complex); Los Angeles, CA Area

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

Tosco Refining Company, located in the

Los Angeles, California, area. 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 July 8, 1998.

The refinery complex (727 acres) is

located at 4 sites in the Los Angeles,

area (Los Angeles County), California:

Site 1 (118,750 BPD capacity, 425

acres)—main refinery complex, located

at 1660 West Anaheim Street, some 25

miles south of downtown Los Angeles;

Site 2 (96 tanks, 3.3 mil. barrel capacity,

235 acres)—storage facility used for

crude oil and intermediate feedstocks,

located at 1520 East Sepulveda Blvd., 5

miles northeast of the refinery; Site 3 (26

tanks, 840,000 barrel capacity, 17

acres)—located within FTZ 202, Site 1,

Los Angeles Harbor Marine Terminal at

Berths 148, 149, 150, 151, 1 mile

southeast of the refinery; Site 4 (24

tanks, 2.1 million barrel capacity, 50

acres)—Torrance Tank Farm used for

crude oil and finished product storage,

located at 2650 West Lomita Blvd.,

approx. 4 miles northwest of the

refinery.

The refinery (575 employees) 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 10 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 September 14, 1998.

Rebuttal comments in response to

material submitted during the foregoing

period may be submitted during the

subsequent 15-day period to September

29, 1998.

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: July 9, 1998.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18880 Filed 7–15–98; 8:45 am]

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