Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 24, Pittston, PA, 9614 [05-3805]

Download as PDF 9614 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 38 / Monday, February 28, 2005 / Notices Board’s regulations, including Section 400.28. Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of February 2005. Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Attest: Dennis Puccinelli, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 05–3812 Filed 2–25–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Docket 9–2005] Foreign-Trade Zone 40, Cleveland, OH; Request for Manufacturing Authority (Oil Burner Units) An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 40, requesting authority on behalf of the R.W. Beckett Company for the manufacture of oil burner units under FTZ procedures within proposed Site 13 of FTZ 40 in Lorain County, Ohio. The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on February 22, 2005. R.W. Beckett operates a manufacturing facility (200 employees) within proposed site 13 of FTZ 40 for the production of burner units for oil furnaces. The finished products would enter the United States duty free. Imported inputs are projected to comprise 29 percent of the value of finished products produced under FTZ procedures. The company indicates that the foreign inputs that may be admitted under FTZ procedures are the following: oil igniter; solenoid valve; burner motor (AC); transformer; and electronic timer. Duty rates on the proposed imported components currently range from 1.7 to 6.6 percent. This application requests authority for R.W. Beckett to conduct the activity under FTZ procedures, which would exempt the company from Customs duty payments on the foreign components used in export activity. On its domestic sales, the company would be able to choose the duty rate that applies to finished products for the foreign components noted above. The company would also be exempt from duty VerDate jul<14>2003 16:34 Feb 25, 2005 Jkt 205001 payments on foreign merchandise that becomes scrap/waste. The application indicates that the savings would help improve the facility’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 one of the following addresses: 1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building—Suite 4100W, 1099 14th St., NW., Washington, DC 20005; or 2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB— Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230. The closing period for their receipt is April 29, 2005. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to May 16, 2005. A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board’s Executive Secretary at the first address listed above, and at the Cleveland U.S. Export Assistance Center, Suite 700, 600 Superior Avenue, East, Cleveland, OH 44114. Dennis Puccinelli, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 05–3813 Filed 2–25–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 1375] Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 24, Pittston, PA 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, the Eastern Distribution Center, Inc., grantee of FTZ 24, submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand FTZ 24-Site 1 to include an additional parcel (29 acres, Site 1B) in Pittston Township and to include three additional sites (863 acres, Sites 3–5) in Pittston Township and PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania, within the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 11–2004; filed 3/ 17/04); Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (69 FR 13812, 3/24/04) 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 24 is approved, subject to the Act and the Board’s regulations, including Section 400.28, and further subject to the Board’s standard 2,000-acre activation limit for the overall zone project. Signed in Washington, DC, this 9th day of February, 2005. Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Attest: Dennis Puccinelli, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 05–3805 Filed 2–25–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Docket T–1–2005] Foreign-Trade Zone 61—San Juan, PR, Application for Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority, Shell Chemicals Yabucoa, Inc. (Petrochemical Complex), Yabucoa, PR An application has been submitted to the Executive Secretary of the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) by the Puerto Rico Trade and Exports Company, grantee of FTZ 61, requesting temporary/interim manufacturing (T/ IM) authority within Subzone 61I at the Shell Chemicals Yabucoa, Inc. (Shell) petrochemical plant, located in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. The application was filed on February 11, 2005. The Shell facility (192 employees, 76,000 BPD capacity) is located within Subzone 61I. Under T/IM procedures, the company has requested authority to produce sulfur, distillate fuels, liquid petroleum gas and petroleum gas (HTS 2503.00, 2710.19, 2711.14, 2711.19 and 2711.29, duty rate ranges from duty-free E:\FR\FM\28FEN1.SGM 28FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 38 (Monday, February 28, 2005)]
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[FR Doc No: 05-3805]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1375]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 24, Pittston, PA

    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, the Eastern Distribution Center, Inc., grantee of FTZ 24, 
submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand FTZ 24-
Site 1 to include an additional parcel (29 acres, Site 1B) in Pittston 
Township and to include three additional sites (863 acres, Sites 3-5) 
in Pittston Township and Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania, within the 
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 11-2004; filed 
3/17/04);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (69 FR 13812, 3/24/04) 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 24 is approved, subject to the Act 
and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and further 
subject to the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit for the 
overall zone project.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 9th day of February, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-3805 Filed 2-25-05; 8:45 am]
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