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meeting. However, to facilitate

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materials to the Committee members,

the Committee suggests that public

presentation materials or comments be

forwarded at least one week before the

meeting to the address listed below: Ms.

Lee Ann Carpenter, TAC Unit/OAS/EA

Room 3886C, Bureau of Export

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.

The Assistant Secretary for

Administration, with the concurrence of

the delegate of the General Counsel,

formally determined on October 10,

1995, pursuant to section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended, that the series of meetings or

portions of meetings of these

Committees and of any Subcommittees

thereof, dealing with the classified

materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(1)

shall be exempt from the provisions

relating to public meetings found in

section 10(a)(1) and (a)(3), of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act. The remaining

series of meetings or portions thereof

will be open to the public.

A copy of the Notice of Determination

to close meetings or portions of

meetings of these Committees is

available for public inspection and

copying in the Central Reference and

Records Inspection Facility, Room 6020,

U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, D.C. For further

information or copies of the minutes

call Lee Ann Carpenter, 202–482–2583.

Dated: January 19, 1996.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit.

[FR Doc. 96–1244 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–M

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[ORDER NO. 798]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (Distribution

Facility); Grove City, Ohio

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the

following Order:

Whereas, by an Act of Congress

approved June 18, 1934, an Act ‘‘To

provide for the establishment * * * of

foreign-trade 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 Board’s regulations (15

CFR Part 400) provide for the

establishment of special-purpose

subzones when existing zone facilities

cannot serve the specific use involved;

Whereas, an application from the

Rickenbacker Port Authority, grantee of

Foreign-Trade Zone 138, for authority to

establish special-purpose subzone status

for the distribution facility of Pier 1

Imports, Inc., located in Grove City,

Ohio, was filed by the Board on

February 8, 1995, and notice inviting

public comment was given in the

Federal Register (FTZ Docket 4–95, 60

FR 9005, 2/16/95); and,

Whereas, the Board has found that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and

that approval of the application is in the

public interest;

Now, Therefore, the Board hereby

authorizes the establishment of a

subzone (Subzone 138B) at the Pier 1

Imports, Inc., facility in Grove City,

Ohio, at the location described in the

application, subject to the FTZ Act and

the Board’s regulations, including

§ 400.28. As indicated in the

application, no processing or

manufacturing will be conducted under

zone procedures, including any such

activity involving foreign textile

products.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of

January 1996.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman ForeignTrade Zones Board.

Attest:

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1241 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[ORDER NO. 797]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status,

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (Distribution

Facility); Mansfield, Texas

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the

following Order:

Whereas, by an Act of Congress

approved June 18, 1934, an Act ‘‘To

provide for the establishment . . . of

foreign-trade 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 Board’s regulations (15

CFR Part 400) provide for the

establishment of special-purpose

subzones when existing zone facilities

cannot serve the specific use involved;

Whereas, an application from Dallas/

Fort Worth International Airport Board,

grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 39, for

authority to establish special-purpose

subzone status for the distribution

facility of Pier 1 Imports, Inc., located in

Mansfield, Texas, was filed by the Board

on February 7, 1995, and notice inviting

public comment was given in the

Federal Register (FTZ Docket 3–95, 60

FR 9004, 2/16/95); and,

Whereas, the Board has found that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and

that approval of the application is in the

public interest;

Now, Therefore, the Board hereby

authorizes the establishment of a

subzone (Subzone 39D) at the Pier 1

Imports, Inc., facility in Mansfield,

Texas, at the location described in the

application, subject to the FTZ Act and

the Board’s regulations, including

§ 400.28. As indicated in the

application, no processing or

manufacturing will be conducted under

zone procedures, including any such

activity involving foreign textile

products.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of

January 1996.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman ForeignTrade Zones Board.

Attest:

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1240 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Docket 4–96]

Foreign-Trade Zone 124, Gramercy,

Louisiana; Proposed Foreign-Trade

Subzone—Shell Oil Company (Oil

Refinery/Petrochemical Complex); St.

Charles Parish, Louisiana

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the South Louisiana Port

Commission, grantee of FTZ 124,

requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the oil refinery and

petrochemical complex of Shell Oil

Company, located in St. Charles Parish,

Louisiana. The application was

submitted pursuant to the provisions of