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are made available to the Forest Service

at a time when it can meaningfully

consider them and respond to them in

the final environmental impact

statement.

To assist the Forest Service in

identifying and considering issues and

concerns on the proposed action,

comments on the draft environmental

impact statement should be as specific

as possible. It is also helpful if

comments refer to specific pages or

chapters of the draft statement.

Comments may also address the

adequacy of the draft environmental

impact statement or the merits of the

alternatives formulated and discussed in

the statement. 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.

The Forest Service believes, at this

early stage, it is important to give

reviewers notice of several court rulings

related to public participation in the

environmental review process. To be the

most helpful, comments on the draft

environmental impact statement should

be as specific as possible and may

address the adequacy of the statement or

the merits of the alternatives discussed

(see Council of Environmental Quality

Regulations for implementing the

procedural provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act at 40 CFR

1503.3).

In addition, Federal court decisions

have established that reviewers of draft

environmental impact statements must

structure their participation in the

environmental review of the proposal so

that it is meaningful and alerts an

agency to the reviewers’ position and

contentions. Vermont Yankee Nuclear

Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 US 519, 553

(1978), Environmental objections that

could have been raised at the draft stage

may be waived if not raised until after

completion of the final environmental

impact statement. City of Angoon v.

Hodel, 9th Circuit, 1986) and Wisconsin

Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490 F.

Supp.1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980). The

reason for this is to ensure that

substantive comments and objections

are made available to the Forest Service

at a time when it can meaningfully

consider them in the final

environmental impact statement.

To assist the Forest Service in

identifying and considering issues and

concerns on the proposed action,

comments on the draft environmental

impact statement should be as specific

as possible. It is also helpful if

comments refer to specific pages or

chapters of the draft statement.

Comments may also address the

adequacy of the draft environmental

impact statement or the merits of the

alternatives formulated and discussed in

the statement. 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.

Dated: February 7, 2001.

Karyl Georgio,

Acting Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 01–3591 Filed 2–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket No. 67–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 115—Beaumont,

TX; Application for Expansion;

Amendment of Application—Sun Pipe

Line Facility

Notice is hereby given that the

application by the Foreign-Trade Zone

of Southeast Texas, Inc., grantee of

Foreign-Trade Zone 115, requesting

authority to expand its zone to include

a petroleum terminal in Nederland

(Jefferson County), Texas, (65 FR 77560,

12/12/00), has been amended to include

nine petroleum product storage tanks

within the tank farm area of the

proposed expansion site. The nine tanks

are currently part of Subzone 116B, Site

4 (Fina). This proposal would remove

them from Subzone 116B and include

them within Zone 115.

The application remains otherwise

unchanged.

The comment period is reopened

until February 21, 2001.

Dated: February 7, 2001.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3639 Filed 2–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 8–2001]

Foreign-Trade Zone 122—Corpus

Christi, TX Application for Subzone

Status International Resistive

Company Plant (Resistors), Corpus

Christi, Texas

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Port of Corpus Christi

Authority, grantee of FTZ 122,

requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the electronic resistor

manufacturing plant of International

Resistive Company (IRC) (a subsidiary

of TT Group PLC, of the United

Kingdom), located in Corpus Christi,

Texas. 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 February 6, 2001.

The IRC plant (8 acres/129,000 sq. ft./

320 employees) is located 4222 South

Staples Street, Corpus Christi, Texas.

The facility is used to produce

electronic resistors (HTSUS#

8533.29.0000, 8533.40.8000) for export

and the domestic market. The

production process involves design,

assembly, testing, and warehousing.

Components purchased from abroad

(representing 50 to 65% of overall

value) include: silicone adhesive,

resistor leads, and copper conductors

(duty rate range: 1–10%).

FTZ procedures would exempt IRC

from Customs duty payments on the

foreign components used in export

production (1% of shipments). On its

domestic sales, the company would be

able to choose the duty rate that applies

to finished resistors (duty free) for the

foreign inputs noted above. No local

inventory tax exemption is included as

a proposed benefit. The application

indicates that subzone status would

help improve the plant’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 on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and three copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is April 16, 2001. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to April 30, 2001).

A copy of the application and the

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

Office of the Port Director, U.S.

Customs Service-Corpus Christi, Room

305, 400 Mann Street, Corpus Christi,

TX 78401.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room 4008,

14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230–0002.