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Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 33–96]

Foreign-Trade Zone 27—Boston,

Massachusetts; Application for

Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Massachusetts Port

Authority (Massport), grantee of

Foreign-Trade Zone 27, requesting

authority to expand its zone in Boston,

Massachusetts, within the Boston

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 April

23, 1996.

FTZ 27 was approved on April 5,

1977 (Board Order 116, 42 FR 18901,

4/11/77) and expanded on March 23,

1979 (Board Order 144, 44 FR 19502, 4/

3/79) and September 13, 1983 (Board

Order 224, 48 FR 41802, 9/19/83). The

zone currently consists of 4 sites (84.1

acres): Site 1 (5.1 acres)—within the

163-acre Boston Marine Industrial Park;

Site 2 (11 acres)—Commonwealth Pier

#5 on Northern Avenue; Site 3 (48

acres)—Commonwealth Storage Yards,

across from Site 2; and, Site 4 (20

acres)—within the Mass Tech Center (90

acres) at Logan International Airport.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand the general-purpose

zone to include the jet fuel storage and

distribution system (Proposed Site 5, 39

acres) at and adjacent to Logan

International Airport. The Airport fuel

system consists of facilities owned by

Mobil Corporation, Mobil Pipe Line

Company and Massport, including: the

Mobil Oil Corporation petroleum

terminal (92 tanks, 29 acres) and the

Mobil Pipe Line Company pipeline; the

Airport fuel storage and distribution

facilities (7 acres) including the North

Fuel Farm, the International Terminal

Tank System, fuel transmission

pipelines and hydrants; and, the

proposed Airport fuel facilities (3 acres),

transmission pipelines and hydrants

that are scheduled to become

operational in 1998. The Mobil facilities

will receive, store and distribute

products of all qualified suppliers,

including domestic oil refineries

operating under FTZ procedures.

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 1, 1996. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to July 15, 1996).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Export

Assistance Center, World Trade

Center, Suite 307, 164 Northern

Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210

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: April 23, 1996.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

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International Trade Administration

[C–791–001]

Ferrochrome From South Africa;

Preliminary Results of Countervailing

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Preliminary Results of

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: The countervailing duty order

on ferrochrome from South Africa was

revoked effective January 1, 1995,

pursuant to section 753 of the Tariff Act

of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act (the Act) (60 FR

40568). The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is conducting an

administrative review of this order to

determine the appropriate assessment

rate for entries made during the last

review period prior to the revocation of

the order (January 1, 1994, through

December 31, 1994). We preliminarily

determine the net subsidy to be de

minimis or zero for all companies for

the period January 1, 1994 through

December 31, 1994 (see ‘‘Preliminary

Results of Review’’ section). If the final

results of this review remain the same

as these preliminary results, the

Department intends to instruct the U.S.

Customs Service to liquidate, without

regard to countervailing duties,

shipments of the subject merchandise

from all companies exported on or after

January 1, 1994 and entered on or before

December 31, 1994. Because this order

has been revoked, the Department will

not issue further instructions with

respect to cash deposits of estimated

countervailing duties.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melanie Brown or Dana Mermelstein,

Office of Countervailing Compliance,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On April 9, 1981, the Department

published in the Federal Register (46

FR 21155) the countervailing duty order

on ferrochrome from South Africa. On

March 7, 1995, the Department

published a notice of ‘‘Opportunity to

Request an Administrative Review’’ (60

FR 12540 ) of this countervailing duty

order. We received a timely request for

review from Chrome Resources (Pty)

Ltd. (Chrome Resources), Consolidated

Metallurgical Industries Limited (CMI),

Feralloys Limited (Feralloys), and

Samancor Limited (Samancor), South

African manufacturers/exporters of

ferrochrome to the United States. In

accordance with section 355.22 of the

Department’s Interim Regulations, this

review covers only those producers or

exporters of the subject merchandise for

which a review was specifically

requested (see Antidumping and

Countervailing Duties: Interim

Regulations; Request for Comments, 60

FR 25130 (May 11, 1995) (Interim

Regulations). Therefore, this review

covers the following companies:

Chrome Resources, CMI, Feralloys, and

Samancor.

On November 22, 1995, we extended

the period for completion of the

preliminary and final results pursuant

to section 751(a)(3) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended. See Extension of the

Time Limit for Certain Countervailing

Duty Administrative Reviews, 60 FR

55699. As explained in the memoranda

from the Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration dated November 22,

1995, and January 11, 1996, all

deadlines were further extended to take

into account the partial shutdowns of

the Federal Government from November

15 through November 21, 1995, and
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December 15, 1995, through January 6,

1996. Therefore, the deadline for these

preliminary results is no later than April

30, 1996, and the deadline for the final

results of this review is no later than

October 28, 1996.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions of the Act. The

Department is conducting this

administrative review in accordance

with section 751(a) of the Act.

References to the Countervailing Duties;

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and

Request for Public Comments, 54 FR

23366 (May 31, 1989) (Proposed

Regulations), are provided solely for

further explanation of the Department’s

countervailing duty practice. Although

the Department has withdrawn the

particular rulemaking proceeding

pursuant to which the Proposed

Regulations were issued, the subject

matter of these regulations is being

considered in connection with an

ongoing rulemaking proceeding which,

among other things, is intended to

conform the Department’s regulations to

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). See 60 FR 80 (January 3, 1995).

Scope of the Review

Imported products covered by this

review are South African ferrochrome,

which is currently classifiable under

items 7202.41.00, 7202.49.10 and

7202.49.50 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (HTS). The HTS item numbers

are provided for convenience and

Customs purposes. The written

description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Programs

I. Program Previously Determined To

Confer Subsidies

Regional Industrial Development

Incentives

The Government of South Africa

offered several incentives to companies

located in geographically remote areas,

designated as industrial development

points. We determined in our previous

review of this order that, as regional

subsidies, these incentives constitute

countervailable subsidies within the

meaning of the Act. See Preliminary

Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review; Ferrochrome

from South Africa, 56 FR 12170 (March

22, 1991) (Ferrochrome Preliminary

Results); Final Results of Countervailing

Duty Administrative Review;

Ferrochrome from South Africa, 56 FR

33254 (July 19, 1991) (Ferrochrome

Final Results). No new information or

evidence of changed circumstances has

been submitted in this proceeding to

warrant reconsideration of this finding.

A. Subsidy on Housing for Key

Personnel: The Regional Industrial

Development Authorities subsidize

housing for key personnel at industrial

development points for a maximum of

20 years on new mortgage loans and the

outstanding principal of existing loans.

The government subsidizes the interest

paid at a rate of 4.25 percent, allowing

the company to pay interest at the

interest rate charged by the largest

building society minus 4.25 percent.

There is a proviso that the recipient

company must pay interest at the rate of

at least six percent; the Regional

Industrial Development Authorities pay

the interest differential monthly.

Chrome Resources and Samancor

reported having worker housing loans

with the Industrial Development

Corporation which were subsidized by

the Regional Industrial Development

Authorities.

Chrome Resources reported the

amount of the government’s payments

toward the interest accrued on the

housing loans during the review period.

Consistent with Ferrochrome

Preliminary Results, we treated this

amount as an annually recurring grant,

and calculated Chrome Resources’

benefit by dividing this amount by

Chrome Resources’ total sales during

this period.

Rather than reporting the

government’s payments on its behalf,

Samancor reported the loan

information. Thus, in accordance with

the Proposed Regulations (sections

355.49(d)(1) and 355.44(b)(5)) we

calculated the interest differential, using

as our benchmark the Official Building

Society Rate, as reported in the

questionnaire response. Because the

amount of interest actually paid during

the review period was less than the

interest which would have been paid at

the benchmark rate, we calculated the

difference, and divided this amount by

the company’s total sales during the

review period. On these bases, we

preliminarily determine the net subsidy

from this program to be 0.01 percent ad

valorem for Chrome Resources and

0.001 percent ad valorem for Samancor.

B. Labor Incentive: This incentive is

offered as an annual cash grant for seven

years to approved regional development

industries. The incentive is calculated

on the basis of the number of employees

directly involved in the manufacturing

process at the industrial development

point, and is granted as a percentage of

the average salary/wage per employee.

Chrome Resources received an incentive

under this program. In Ferrochrome

Preliminary Results, we determined that

this incentive is an annually recurring

grant (56 FR at 12171). As such, we

expense the benefit in the year of

receipt, consistent with our practice as

described the General Issues Appendix

appended to the Final Countervailing

Duty Determination; Certain Steel

Products from Austria (58 FR 37217,

37226 (July 9, 1993)) (General Issues

Appendix) and section 355.48(a) of the

Proposed Regulations. To calculate the

benefit resulting from this program, we

divided the amount of the grant

received during the review period by

the company’s total sales during the

same period. On this basis, we

preliminarily determine the net subsidy

from this program to be 0.08 percent ad

valorem for Chrome Resources.

C. Interest Concession: An interest

concession is paid quarterly as a cash

grant to approved industries at

industrial development points, for a

period of ten years, on 100 percent of

the company’s investment on land and

buildings (excluding residential

accommodations), and on 50 percent of

their investment in other assets. The

value of the grant is based on the

interest cost as reflected in the

company’s financial statements and is

calculated on the basis of a predetermined market-related interest rate.

Chrome Resources received benefits

under this program. In Ferrochrome

Preliminary Results (56 FR at 12171), we

determined that this grant is recurring.

Thus, to calculate the benefit

attributable to this program, we divided

the amount of the grant received during

the review period by the company’s

total sales during the review period. See

the General Issues Appendix (58 FR at

37226); see also Proposed Regulations

(54 FR 23384). On this basis, we

preliminarily determine the net subsidy

from this program to be 0.11 percent ad

valorem for Chrome Resources.

II. Programs Preliminarily Determined

To Be Not Used

We examined the following programs

and preliminarily find that the

producers and/or exporters of the

subject merchandise did not apply for or

receive benefits under these programs

during the period of review.

A. Export Incentive Program

B. General Export Incentive Scheme

C. Industrial Development Corporation

Export Loans

D. Preferential Rail Rates

E. Beneficiation Allowance/Electricity

Rebate

F. Government Loan Guarantees

Preliminary Results of Review

For the period January 1, 1994

through December 31, 1994, we
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preliminarily determine the net

subsidies to be as follows:

Manufacturer/exporter Rate

(percent)

Chrome Resources (Pty) Ltd. ....... 00.20

Consolidated Metallurgical Industries Limited ............................... 00.00

Feralloys Limited ........................... 00.00

Samancor Limited ......................... 00.001

In accordance with the Act, any rate

less than 0.5 percent ad valorem in an

administrative review is de minimis.

The URAA replaced the general rule

in favor of a country-wide rate with a

general rule in favor of individual rates

for investigated and reviewed

companies. The procedures for

countervailing duty cases are now

essentially the same as those in

antidumping cases, except as provided

for in section 777(e)(2)(B) of the Act.

Requests for administrative reviews

must now specify the companies to be

reviewed. See 19 CFR § 355.22(a). The

requested review will normally cover

only those companies specifically

named. Pursuant to 19 CFR § 355.22(g),

for all companies for which a review

was not requested, duties must be

assessed at the cash deposit rate

previously ordered. Accordingly, for the

period January 1 through December 31,

1994, the assessment rates applicable to

all non-reviewed companies covered by

this order are the cash deposit rates in

effect at the time of entry.

If the final results of this review

remain the same as these preliminary

results, the Department intends to

instruct the U.S. Customs Service to

liquidate, without regard to

countervailing duties, shipments of the

subject merchandise from Chrome

Resources (Pty) Ltd., Consolidated

Metallurgical Industries Limited,

Feralloys Limited, and Samancor

Limited exported on or after January 1,

1994 and entered on or before December

31, 1994.

This countervailing duty order was

subject to section 753 of the Act. See

Countervailing Duty Order; Opportunity

to Request a Section 753 Injury

Investigation, 60 FR 27,963 (May 26,

1995). Because no domestic interested

parties exercised their right under

section 753(a) of the Act to request an

injury investigation, the International

Trade Commission made a negative

injury determination with respect to this

order, pursuant to section 753(b)(4) of

the Act. As a result, the Department

revoked this countervailing duty order,

effective January 1, 1995, pursuant to

section 753(b)(3)(B) of the Act.

Revocation of Countervailing Duty

Orders, 60 FR 40568 (August 9, 1995).

Accordingly, the Department will not

issue further instructions with respect to

cash deposits of estimated

countervailing duties.

Public Comment

Parties to the proceeding may request

disclosure of the calculation

methodology and interested parties may

request a hearing not later than 10 days

after the date of publication of this

notice. Interested parties may submit

written arguments in case briefs on

these preliminary results within 30 days

of the date of publication. Rebuttal

briefs, limited to arguments raised in

case briefs, may be submitted seven

days after the time limit for filing the

case brief. Parties who submit argument

in this proceeding are requested to

submit with the argument (1) a

statement of the issue and (2) a brief

summary of the argument. Any hearing,

if requested, will be held seven days

after the scheduled date for submission

of rebuttal briefs. Copies of case briefs

and rebuttal briefs must be served on

interested parties in accordance with

section 355.38 of the Department’s

Interim Regulations.

Representatives of parties to the

proceeding may request disclosure of

proprietary information under

administrative protective order no later

than 10 days after the representative’s

client or employer becomes a party to

the proceeding, but in no event later

than the date the case briefs, under 19

CFR § 355.38, are due. The Department

will publish the final results of this

administrative review including the

results of its analysis of issues raised in

any case or rebuttal brief or at a hearing.

This administrative review and notice

are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)).

Dated: April 25, 1996.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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Live Swine From Canada; Extension of

Time Limit for Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time

Limit for Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limit for preliminary and final results of

the tenth administrative review of the

countervailing duty order on live swine

from Canada. This extension is made

pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (hereinafter, ‘‘the Act’’).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie Moore or Brian Albright,

Office of Countervailing Compliance,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone:

(202) 482-2786.

Postponement

Under the Act, the Department may

extend the deadline for completion of

an administrative review if it

determines that it is not practicable to

complete the review within the

statutory time limit of 365 days. The

Department finds that it is not

practicable to complete the tenth

administrative review of live swine from

Canada within this time limit. See

Decision Memorandum on Live Swine

from Canada—Extension of Deadlines

for the 10th Review dated April 1, 1996.

In accordance with section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department

will extend the time for completion of

the preliminary results of this review

from a 245-day period to no later than

a 365-day period and for completion of

the final results of this review from a

120-day period to no later than a 180-

day period.

Dated: April 25, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistance Secretary for Compliance.

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Patent and Trademark Office

Fastener Insignia Processing

ACTION: Proposed Collection; Comment

Request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on the

proposed information collection as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). The collection of

this information is required in the

performance of the Patent and

Trademark Office’s (Office) statutory

and regulatory functions under section