Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Pfizer Inc (Pharmaceutical Products), Kalamazoo, Michigan, 54611-54612 [E6-15480]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 180 / Monday, September 18, 2006 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign–Trade Zones Board [Docket 39–2006] cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Foreign–Trade Zone 29 – Louisville, Kentucky, Application for Subzone Status, NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc., Plant (Forklift Trucks), Berea, Kentucky An application has been submitted to the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Louisville and Jefferson County Riverport Authority, grantee of FTZ 29, requesting special–purpose subzone status for the forklift truck manufacturing facility of NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG), located in Berea, Kentucky. 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 September 8, 2006. The NMHG plant (52 acres/508,000 sq. ft.) is located at 2200 Menelaus Road, in Berea (Madison County), Kentucky, about 40 miles south of Lexington. The facility (1,000 employees) is used to produce forklift trucks (Class IV and Class V) powered by gasoline, propane, or diesel engines, and forklift truck components. The manufacturing process at the facility involves machining, cutting, sawing, shearing, milling, welding, bending, and assembly of up to 25,000 units annually. Components purchased from abroad (representing up to 20% of finished forklift truck value) used in manufacturing include: engines, parts of engines, control panels, control centers, switchgear assemblies, distribution boards, printed circuits, torque converters, parts of transmissions, gears, bearing housings, parts of forklift trucks, electric motors, hydraulic pumps, crankshafts, camshafts, transmission shafts, relays, flywheels, pulleys, tubes/ pipes, ignition parts, harnesses, catalytic converters, filters, heat exchangers, hydraulic cylinders and related fluid power components, parts of valves and check appliances, fuel injection pumps, electromagnetic couplings/clutches/ brakes, wire, electric conductors/ converters, steering components, caps/ lids, parts of pumps/compressors, starters, bearings, floor coverings, electrical connectors and related assemblies, wiring harnesses, fasteners, couplings/u–joints, chains, gaskets, generators, carbon brushes, transformers, rotors, stators, power supplies, converters, spark plugs, ignition coils and distributors, starter motors, relays, switches, horns, VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:48 Sep 15, 2006 Jkt 208001 capacitors, resistors, fuses, controllers, circuit breakers and protectors, conductors, lamps/lighting equipment, wheel hubs, and parts of seats (duty rate range: free – 9.0%). FTZ procedures would exempt NMHG from Customs duty payments on the foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales and exports to NAFTA markets, the company would be able to choose the duty rate that applies to forklift trucks and forklift truck components (duty free) for the foreign–sourced inputs noted above. The forklift truck duty rate would apply to the foreign inputs if the finished forklift truck components are shipped via zone–to-zone transfer to U.S. forklift truck assembly plants with subzone status. Duties would be deferred or reduced on foreign production equipment admitted to the proposed subzone until such time as it becomes operational. The application indicates that subzone status 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 the address below. The closing period for their receipt is November 17, 2006. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to December 4, 2006. 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, 1600 World Trade Center, 333 W. Vine Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507; and, Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign–Trade Zones Board, Room 1115, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20230–0002; Tel: (202) 482–2862. Dated: September 8, 2006. Pierre V. Duy, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–15479 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54611 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign–Trade Zones Board [Order No. 1478] Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Pfizer Inc (Pharmaceutical Products), Kalamazoo, Michigan 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 Foreign–Trade Zones Act provides 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,’’ and authorizes the Foreign– Trade Zones Board to grant to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign–trade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 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, and when the activity results in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest; WHEREAS, the City of Battle Creek, grantee of Foreign–Trade Zone 43, has made application to the Board for authority to establish a special–purpose subzone at the pharmaceutical products manufacturing and warehousing facilities of Pfizer Inc, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan (FTZ Docket 1– 2006, filed 1/3/06); WHEREAS, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (71 FR 2018, 1/12/06); and, WHEREAS, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner’s report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the application is in the public interest; NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status for activity related to pharmaceutical products manufacturing at the facilities of Pfizer Inc, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan (Subzone 43E), as described in the application and Federal Register notice, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, including Section 400.28. E:\FR\FM\18SEN1.SGM 18SEN1 54612 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 180 / Monday, September 18, 2006 / Notices Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of September 2006. David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman Foreign– Trade Zones Board. Attest: Andrew McGilvray, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–15480 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign–Trade Zones Board [Docket 38–2006] cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Foreign–Trade Zone 214 – Lenoir County, North Carolina, Application for Subzone Status, NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc., Plant (Forklift Trucks), Greenville, North Carolina An application has been submitted to the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the North Carolina Global TransPark Authority, grantee of FTZ 214, requesting special–purpose subzone status for the forklift truck manufacturing facility of NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG), located in Greenville, North Carolina. 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 September 8, 2006. The NMHG plant (83 acres/500,000 sq. ft.) is located at 5200 Greenville Boulevard, N.E., in Greenville (Pitt County), North Carolina. The facility (1,300 employees) is used to produce forklift trucks (Class I, II, and III) powered by electric motors. The manufacturing process at the facility involves machining, cutting, sawing, shearing, milling, welding, bending, and assembly of up to 28,000 units annually. Components purchased from abroad (up to 30% of finished forklift truck value) used in manufacturing include: engines, parts of engines, control panels, control centers, switchgear assemblies, distribution boards, printed circuits, torque converters, parts of transmissions, gears, bearing housings, electric motors, hydraulic pumps, crankshafts, camshafts, transmission shafts, parts of forklift trucks, relays, flywheels, pulleys, tubes/pipes, ignition parts, harnesses, catalytic converters, filters, heat exchangers, hydraulic cylinders and related fluid power components, parts of valves and check appliances, fuel injection pumps, electromagnetic couplings/clutches/ VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:07 Sep 15, 2006 Jkt 208001 brakes, wire, electric conductors/ converters, steering components, caps/ lids, parts of pumps/compressors, starters, bearings, floor coverings, electrical connectors and related assemblies, wiring harnesses, fasteners, couplings/u–joints, chains, gaskets, generators, carbon brushes, transformers, rotors, stators, power supplies, converters, spark plugs, ignition coils and distributors, starter motors, relays, switches, horns, capacitors, resistors, fuses, controllers, circuit breakers and protectors, conductors, lamps/lighting equipment, wheel hubs, and parts of seats (duty rate range: free – 9.0%). FTZ procedures would exempt NMHG from Customs duty payments on the foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales and exports to NAFTA markets, the company would be able to choose the duty rate that applies to forklift trucks (duty free) for the foreign–sourced inputs noted above. Duties would be deferred or reduced on foreign production equipment admitted to the proposed subzone until such time as it becomes operational. The application indicates that subzone status 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 the address below. The closing period for their receipt is November 17, 2006;. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to December 4, 2006. 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, Suite 110, 10900 World Trade Boulevard, Raleigh, North Carolina 27617; and, Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign–Trade Zones Board, Room 1115, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20230–0002; Tel: (202) 482–2862. Dated: September 8, 2006. Pierre V. Duy, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–15481 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security License Exception TMP: Special Requirements Extension of a currently approved collection: Request for Comments. ACTION: 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 proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Written comments must be submitted on or before November 17, 2006. DATES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230, (or via the Internet at DHynek@doc.gov.). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Larry Hall, BIS ICB Liaison, Department of Commerce, Room 6622, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ADDRESSES: I. Abstract License Exception TMP of the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR 740.8) authorizes temporary (not more than one year) exports and reexports of some commodities and software in some situations in which a license otherwise would be required. Information not covered by any other approved collection is obtained from the public in two situations covered by this collection. The first situation is when the exporter or reexporter wishes to keep the commodities or software abroad for more than one year. In such instances, the exporter or reexporter must submit an application for an extension (up to six months) or to convert the transaction to a permanent export or reexport. The second situation occurs when members of the news media wish to use TMP as authorization to take items that otherwise would require a license to destinations in Country Groups D:1 or E:2 or Sudan (See 15 CFR part 740, Supp. No. 1 for E:\FR\FM\18SEN1.SGM 18SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 180 (Monday, September 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54611-54612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15480]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1478]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Pfizer Inc (Pharmaceutical 
Products), Kalamazoo, Michigan

    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 Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides 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,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant 
to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade 
zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 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, and when the activity results 
in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
    WHEREAS, the City of Battle Creek, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
43, has made application to the Board for authority to establish a 
special-purpose subzone at the pharmaceutical products manufacturing 
and warehousing facilities of Pfizer Inc, located in Kalamazoo, 
Michigan (FTZ Docket 1-2006, filed 1/3/06);
    WHEREAS, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (71 FR 2018, 1/12/06); and,
    WHEREAS, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the 
application is in the public interest;
    NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to pharmaceutical products manufacturing at 
the facilities of Pfizer Inc, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan (Subzone 
43E), as described in the application and Federal Register notice, and 
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 
400.28.

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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 7\th\ day of September 2006.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-15480 Filed 9-15-06; 8:45 am]
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