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Fluidized Bed (CFB) boiler that will

provide the total capacity of 120 MW.

The CFB boiler will normally be fired

with Illinois Bituminous coal and/or

Illinois Bituminous coal refuse. No

additional transmission facilities will be

required. The Marion Generating Station

is located approximately eight miles

south of Marion in Williamson County,

Illinois. RUS may provide financial

assistance to SIPC for this project.

RUS has concluded that the impacts

of the proposed project would not be

significant and the proposed action is

not a major federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment. Therefore, the preparation

of an environmental impact statement is

not necessary.

FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nurul

Islam, Environmental Protection

Specialist, Rural Utilities Service,

Engineering and Environmental Staff,

Stop 1571, 1400 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20250–1571,

telephone: (202) 720–1414, e-mail:

nislam@rus.usda.gov. Information is

also available from Mr. Dick Myott,

Environmental & Planning Department

Manager, Southern Illinois Power

Cooperative, 11543 Lake of Egypt Road,

Marion, Illinois 62959, telephone (618)

964–1448, Ext. 268. His e-mail address

is: rmyott@sipower.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RUS, in

accordance with its environmental

policies and procedures, required that

SIPC prepare an Environmental

Analysis reflecting the potential impacts

of the proposed facilities. The

Environmental Analysis, which

includes input from federal, state, and

local agencies, has been reviewed and

accepted as RUS’ Environmental

Assessment (EA) for the project in

accordance with 7 CFR 1794.41. SIPC

published notices of the availability of

the EA and solicited public comments

per 7 CFR 1792.42. The 30-day

comment period on the EA for the

proposed CFB boiler project ended

April 16, 2001. The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 5, reviewed

the EA and stated that the proposed

project should not adversely affect

human health or significantly degrade

the environment. They further stated

that the use of appropriate measures for

the control of dust, noise, and erosion

during construction activities should be

sufficient to alleviate the moderate or

short-term impacts that are likely to

occur. No other comments were

received on the EA.

Based on the EA, RUS has concluded

that the proposed action will not have

a significant effect to various resources,

including important farmland,

floodplains, wetlands, cultural

resources, threatened and endangered

species and their critical habitat, air and

water quality, and noise. RUS has also

determined that there would be no

negative impacts of the proposed project

on minority communities and lowincome communities as a result of the

construction of the project.

The EA and the FONSI is available for

public review at the RUS or the

headquarters of SIPC at the addresses

provided in this notice and at the

following location:

Marion Carnegie Library, 206 South

Market Street, Marion, Illinois 62959,

Tel: (618) 993–5935.

Dated: May 1, 2001.

Blaine D. Stockton,

Assistant Administrator, Electric Program,

Rural Utilities Service.

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Michigan 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

Michigan Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 9 a.m. and

adjourn at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 17,

2001, at the Holiday Inn FairlaneDearborn, 5801 Southfield Service

Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48228. The

purpose of the meeting is to hold a press

conference to release the Committee’s

report, Civil Rights Issues Facing Arab

Americans in Michigan. Also, the

Committee will discuss current events

and plan future activities.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Constance M. Davis, Director of the

Midwestern Regional Office, 312–353–

8311 (TDD 312–353–8362). Hearingimpaired 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, May 1, 2001.

Edward A. Hailes, Jr.,

General Counsel.

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania Advisory Committee to

the Commission will convene at 12 p.m.

and adjourn at 5 p.m. on Wednesday,

May 23, 2001, at Philadelphia

Convention Center, Conference Room B,

12th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania 19107. The purpose of the

meeting is to have the Committee

review and vote on its report, ‘‘Barriers

to Minority and Women Owned

Businesses in Pennsylvania,’’ and plan

future activities.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact KiTaek 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, May 1, 2001.

Edward A. Hailes, Jr.,

General Counsel.

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the South Carolina 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 South

Carolina Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 1 p.m. and

adjourn at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 31,

2001, at the Adam’s Mark Columbia,

1200 Hampton Street, Columbia, South

Carolina 29201. The purpose of the

meeting is to meet with invited

representatives of the South Carolina

Department of Education who will

update the Committee on the progress

and/or problems regarding the

implementation of the South Carolina

Education Accountability Act of 1998.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

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to the Committee, should contact Bobby

D. Doctor, Director of the Southern

Regional Office, 404–562–7000 (TDD

404–562–7004). 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, May 1, 2001.

Edward A. Hailes, Jr.,

General Counsel.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 20–2001]

Foreign-Trade Zone 35—Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, Area Application For

Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board

(the Board) by the Philadelphia Regional

Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade

Zone 35, requesting authority to expand

its zone to include the Philadelphia

International Airport fuel system and

related facilities within the Philadelphia

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 May

1, 2001.

FTZ 35 was approved on March 24,

1978 (Board Order 128, 43 FR 14531, 4/

6/78) and expanded on August 21, 1980

(Board Order 162, 45 FR 58388, 9/3/80)

and on December 29, 1993 (Board Order

678, 59 FR 1372, 1/10/94). The zone

project currently consists of seven sites

in the Philadelphia area: Site 1 (176,541

sq. ft.)—located at Pier 78 South,

Philadelphia; Site 2 (24 acres)—located

at Pier 98 South Annex, Philadelphia;

Site 3 (341,000 sq. ft.)—consisting of

Piers 38 and 40, Philadelphia; Site 4 (35

acres)—Penn Terminals Complex, One

Saville Avenue, Eddystone; Site 5 (19

acres)—warehouse complex located at

3033 S. 63rd Street, Philadelphia; Site 6

(32 acres)—Publicker Site, located at

2937 Christopher Columbus Boulevard,

Philadelphia; and, Site 7 (2 acres)—

American Foodservice Corporation’s

cold storage facility, located at 400 Drew

Court, King of Prussia.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand the general-purpose

zone to include the jet fuel storage and

distribution system (approx. 7 acres) at

the Philadelphia International Airport

in Philadelphia and Tinicum Township,

Pennsylvania. The site consists of jet

fuel storage tanks (130,000 barrels),

pipelines, and other facilities and

structures for loading and unloading

fuel. The facility is owned by the City

of Philadelphia. The jet fuel system

activity is currently handled by Aircraft

Service International, Inc.

No specific manufacturing requests

are being made at this time. Such

requests would be made to the Board on

a case-by-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 July 6, 2001. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to July 23, 2001).

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,

The Curtis Center, Suite 580 West, 6th

& Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA

19106; Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 4008,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th &

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: May 1, 2001.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Executive Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 19–2001]

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone—

Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Application and Public Hearing

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board

(the Board) by the North Central

Pennsylvania Regional Planning and

Development Commission (a

Pennsylvania not-for-profit corporation),

to establish a general-purpose foreigntrade zone in Washington Township,

Jefferson County, Pennsylvania,

adjacent to the Pittsburgh Customs 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 April

27, 2001. The applicant is authorized to

make the proposal under Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statute, Title 66, Chapter

31 of Act 116 of 1978.

The proposed zone would be the

second general-purpose zone in the

Pittsburgh Customs port of entry area.

The existing zone is FTZ 33 in

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Grantee:

Regional Industrial Development

Corporation of Southwestern

Pennsylvania, Board Order 124, 42 FR

59398, 11/17/77).

The proposed new zone (337 acres)

would be located at the DuBois-Jefferson

County Airport complex, Route 830,

Washington Township, Falls Creek. The

proposed zone project is part of the

applicant’s economic development

efforts which cover a six county region

(Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson,

McKean and Potter). The proposed zone

site is owned by the Clearfield-Jefferson

Counties Regional Airport Authority

and is also part of the Keystone

Opportunity Zone, a local and state tax

exemption program.

The application indicates a need for

foreign-trade zone services in the north

central Pennsylvania region. Several

firms have indicated using zone

procedures for such items as powdered

metal parts, wood products, electronic

card connectors, and glass food

containers. Specific manufacturing

approvals are not being sought at this

time. Requests would be made to the

Board on a case-by-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 June 5, 2001, at 1 p.m.,

Jefferson County Court House, Main

Court Room, Brookville, Pennsylvania

15825.

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 July 6, 2001. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to July 23, 2001).