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and the application has been processed

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s

regulations; and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report, and finds that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and

that the proposal is in the public

interest;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby

orders:

The application to expand FTZ 15 is

approved, subject to the Act and the

Board’s regulations, including Section

400.28, and subject to the standard

2,000-acre activation limit.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 31st day of

May 1996.

Paul L. Joffe,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14747 Filed 6–10–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Docket 49–96)

Foreign-Trade Zone 181—AkronCanton, OH; Application for Subzone

Status Ashland Inc. (Oil Refinery

Complex) Stark and Allen Counties,

OH

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Akron-Canton Regional

Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 181,

requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the oil refinery complex of

Ashland Inc., located at sites in Stark

and Allen Counties, Ohio. 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 June 4, 1996.

The refinery complex (227 employees)

consists of 2 sites and connecting

pipelines in northern Ohio: Site 1 (160

acres)—main refinery complex (73,000

BPD capacity) located at 2408

Gambrinus SW, Stark County, 2 miles

southwest of Canton; Site 2 (112

acres)—Ashland Pipe Line Co. crude oil

terminal (12 tanks with 1 million barrel

capacity) located at 575 Buckeye Road,

Allen County, south of the city of Lima.

The refinery, terminal and pipelines

operate as an integrated refinery

complex.

The refinery complex is used to

produce fuels and petrochemical

feedstocks. Fuels produced include

gasoline, jet fuel, distillates, diesel fuel,

fuel oil and kerosene. Petrochemical

feedstocks and refinery by-products

include propane, propylene, sulfur and

asphalt. About 35 percent of the crude

oil (96 percent of inputs), and some

feedstocks and motor fuel blendstocks

used in producing fuel products are

sourced abroad.

Zone procedures would exempt the

operations involved from Customs duty

payments on the foreign products used

in its exports. On domestic sales, the

company would be able to choose the

finished product duty rate

(nonprivileged foreign status—NPF) on

certain petrochemical feedstocks and

refinery by-products (duty-free) instead

of the duty rates that would otherwise

apply to the foreign-sourced inputs (e.g.,

crude oil, natural gas condensate). The

duty rates on inputs ranges from 5.25¢/

barrel to 10.5¢/barrel. Foreign

merchandise would also be exempt from

state and local ad valorem taxes. 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 August 12, 1996.

Rebuttal comments in response to

material submitted during the foregoing

period may be submitted during the

subsequent 15-day period (to August 26,

1996).

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, Bank One Center,

Suite 700, 600 Superior Ave., East,

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230

Dated: June 4, 1996.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14745 Filed 6–10–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Docket 46–96]

Foreign-Trade Zone 165—Midland, TX;

Application for Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the City of Midland, Texas,

grantee of FTZ 165, requesting authority

to expand its zone to include a site in

Fort Stockton (Pecos County), Texas,

some 90 miles south of Midland

International Airport (a U.S. Customs

user-fee airport). 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 29,

1996.

FTZ 165 was approved on June 29,

1990 (Board Order 477, 55 FR 28263; 7/

10/90). The zone currently consists of

two sites: Site 1 (112 acres—2 parcels)

within the Midland International

Airport complex; and, Site 2 (39

acres)—Midland Industrial Park, 5 miles

east of the airport.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand the general-purpose

zone to include a site at the Pecos

County Industrial Park (300 acres)

located northwest of U.S. Highway 205,

within the Fort Stockton/Pecos County

Airport facility. The site is owned and

operated by the County of Pecos, which

will serve as FTZ administrator.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations (as revised, 56 FR 50790–

50808, 10–8–91), a member of the FTZ

Staff has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment (original and 3

copies) is invited from interested parties

(see FTZ Board address below). The

closing date for their receipt is August

12, 1996. Rebuttal comments in

response to material submitted during

the foregoing period may be submitted

during the subsequent 15-day period (to

August 26, 1996).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

Office of the Director of Airports,

Midland International Airport, 9506

Laforce Boulevard, Midland, TX

79711

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

3716, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20230
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Dated: May 30, 1996.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14743 Filed 6–10–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Docket 47–96]

Foreign-Trade Zone 168—Dallas/Fort

Worth, TX, Area; Application for

Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Dallas/Fort Worth

Maquila Trade Development

Corporation, grantee of FTZ 168,

requesting authority to expand its zone

to include a site in Carrollton, Texas,

within the Dallas/Fort Worth 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 30,

1996.

FTZ 168 was approved on November

1, 1990 (Board Order 491, 55 FR 46974,

11/8/90) and reorganized in 1992 and

1994. The zone currently consists of

three sites in the Fort Worth, Texas,

area:

Site 1 (24 acres)—industrial area at

Alta Mesa and Will Rogers Boulevards,

Fort Worth;

Site 2 (263 acres)—Centreport

Industrial Development, south of DFW

International Airport, Fort Worth;

Site 3 (195 acres)—Fossil Creek

Business Park, I–35W and I–820, Fort

Worth.

Applications are currently pending

for a site (proposed Site 4—91 acres)

located at the Regency Business Park

along Post & Paddock Road, Grand

Prairie, Texas (Doc. 77–95, 60 FR 61528,

11/30/95), and a site (proposed Site 5—

630 acres) within the 1,200-acre

Mercantile Center, located at I–35 and

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas

(Doc. 27–96, 61 FR 17875, 4/23/96).

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand the zone to include

a site at the Frankford Trade Center (168

acres) located adjacent to I–35E and

Frankford Road, Carrollton, Texas. The

site is owned by Hunt Realty

Investments, Inc., and zone services will

be provided by the FTZ Operating

Company of Texas.

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 August 12, 1996. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to August 26, 1996).

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 District

Office 2050 N. Stemmons Fwy., Suite

170 Dallas, Texas 75258

Office of the Executive Secretary

Foreign-Trade Zones Board U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room 3716

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230

Dated: May 30, 1996.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14744 Filed 6–10–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Order No. 826]

Removal of Time Limit for

Manufacturing Authority, Western

Publishing Company, Inc. (Children’s

Books) Within Foreign-Trade Zone 41,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Area

Pursuant to its authority under the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u),

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) adopts the following Order:

Whereas, an application from the

Foreign-Trade Zone of Wisconsin, Ltd.,

grantee of FTZ 41, filed with the

Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the

Board) on November 20, 1995,

requesting removal of the time limit

contained in Board Order 639 (58 FR

30144, 5/26/93), which authorized, on

behalf of Western Publishing Company,

Inc., the manufacture of children’s

touch-sound books under zone

procedures within FTZ 41, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin, area (FTZ Docket 76–95, 60

FR 61528);

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment was given in the Federal

Register and the application has been

processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and

the Board’s regulations; and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report, and finds that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and

Board’s regulations would be satisfied

and that the proposal would be in the

public interest, approves the requested

removal of the time limit;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby

authorizes the removal of the time limit

from FTZ Board Order 639, subject to

the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s

regulations, including Section 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of

June 1996.

Paul L. Joffe,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Commerce for

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Attest:

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14740 Filed 6–10–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

International Trade Administration

[A–122–804; C–122–805]

New Steel Rail, Except Light Rail, From

Canada: Initiation and Preliminary

Results of Changed Circumstances

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing

Duty Administrative Reviews, and

Intent To Revoke Orders in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of initiation and

preliminary results of changed

circumstances antidumping duty and

countervailing duty administrative

reviews, and intent to revoke orders in

part.

SUMMARY: In response to a request from

Gerdau MRM Steel, Inc. (Gerdau), an

interested party in these proceedings in

accordance with sections 353.2(k) and

355.2(i) of our regulations, and an

exporter of nominal 60 ASCE (ASTM

A1–92) steel rail, the Department of

Commerce (the Department) is initiating

changed circumstances antidumping

duty and countervailing duty

administrative reviews and issuing an

intent to revoke in part the antidumping

duty and countervailing duty orders on

new steel rail, except light rail, from

Canada, the scope of which currently

include new steel rail at least 60 pounds

per yard or heavier. Gerdau requested

that the Department revoke the orders in

part as to imports of nominal-60-

pounds-per-yard new steel rail from

Canada (60 ASCE/ASTM A1–92).

Bethlehem Steel Corp. and CF&I Steel,

L.P., petitioners in these cases, have

submitted letters indicating they have

no objection to the initiation of these

changed circumstances reviews and no

interest in maintaining the antidumping