Foreign-Trade Zone 222-Montgomery, AL; Request for Manufacturing Authority; Arvin Meritor, Inc. (Automotive Parts), 75228-75229 [E6-21325]
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Dated: December 8, 2006.
Gary L. Benes,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 06–9688 Filed 12–13–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
USDA Forest Service Open Space
Conservation Strategy and
Implementation Plan
Forest Service, USDA.
Request for public input;
extension of comment period.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Forest Service has
extended the deadline for receiving
input into the development of the USDA
Forest Service Open Space Conservation
Strategy and Implementation Plan from
December 13, 2006, to December 29,
2006. The Strategy and Implementation
Plan will help shape the agency’s
strategic role in a national effort to
conserve open space. The Forest Service
is interested in addressing the effects of
the loss of open space on private forests;
on the National Forests and Grasslands
and surrounding landscape; and on
forests in cities, suburbs, and towns.
Input for the Strategy and
Implementation Plan should focus on
programs, research, partnerships, and/or
policy recommendations that could be
developed to conserve open space. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
more background on the loss of open
space and the Strategy and
Implementation Plan.
DATES: The Forest Service will review
public input received no later than
December 29, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Claire Harper, USDA Forest Service,
Cooperative Forestry, Mail Stop Code
1123, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–1123; via
electronic mail to openspace@fs.fed.us;
or via facsimile to (202) 205–1271. The
agency cannot confirm receipt of
comments. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided,
are placed in the record and are
available for public inspection. The
public may inspect comments during
regular business hours at the office of
the Cooperative Forestry Staff, 4th Floor
SE., Yates Building, 201 14th Street,
SW., Washington, DC. Visitors are
encouraged to call ahead to (202) 205–
1389 to facilitate entry into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general information about the Open
Space Conservation Strategy and
Implementation Plan and the loss of
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open space, contact Claire Harper,
USDA Forest Service, Cooperative
Forestry, by telephone at (202) 205–
1389 or by electronic mail at
openspace@fs.fed.us. For a summary of
the Forest Service’s current research,
programs, and resources available to
facilitate open space conservation,
please review the Forest Service’s
publication entitled ‘‘Cooperating
Across Boundaries: Partnerships to
Conserve Open Space in Rural
America.’’ Electronic copies of this
publication are available at https://
www.fs.fed.us/projects/four-threats/
documents/
cooperatingacrossboundaries.pdf, and
hardcopies are available by contacting
Claire Harper at openspace@fs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In 2003, Forest Service Chief Dale
Bosworth identified the loss of open
space as one of four great threats facing
our nation’s forests and grasslands. Loss
of open space is an issue that affects the
sustainability of both the National
Forests and Grasslands and private
forests. Open space—including public
and private land, wilderness and
working land—provides a multitude of
public benefits and ecosystem services
we all need and enjoy. Three
interrelated trends of conversion,
fragmentation, and parcelization are
jeopardizing the long term health and
function of forests, limiting management
options, and reducing opportunities for
public enjoyment and use. To address
the loss of open space threat, the Forest
Service is building a national strategy to
identify how the agency plans to focus
its efforts on the issue. This strategy will
provide actions and policy
recommendations to conserve open
space, with an emphasis on
partnerships and collaborative
approaches.
II. Open Space Conservation Strategy
and Implementation Plan
The Forest Service recognizes that it
is not the only contributor to open space
conservation; it is only one among
many. The Forest Service also
acknowledges that the agency’s role in
open space conservation is not to
regulate development or land use, but is
to provide expertise, resources,
information, and programs. To help
prioritize and focus the agency’s efforts,
the Forest Service plans to develop and
refine an Open Space Conservation
Strategy and Implementation Plan to
address the loss of open space.
Input for the Strategy and
Implementation Plan should focus on
programs, research, partnerships and/or
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policy recommendations that could be
developed to conserve open space.
Specifically, input regarding the
following three questions is most useful:
1. How can the Forest Service protect
land from conversion to other uses;
2. How can the Forest Service assist
private landowners and communities in
maintaining and managing their land as
sustainable forests and grasslands; and
3. How can the Forest Service mitigate
the impacts of existing and new
developments.
By receiving input from people with
diverse interests and perspectives, the
agency hopes to attain an array of
viewpoints and ideas regarding the
Open Space Conservation Strategy and
Implementation Plan. Feedback from a
range of interested individuals will
assist the agency in developing a wellinformed, focused, and effective strategy
to address the loss of open space threat.
Dated: December 7, 2006.
Robin L. Thompson,
Associate Deputy Chief, State and Private
Forestry.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 46–2006]
Foreign-Trade Zone 222—Montgomery,
AL; Request for Manufacturing
Authority; Arvin Meritor, Inc.
(Automotive Parts)
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the Montgomery Area
Chamber of Commerce, grantee of FTZ
222, requesting authority on behalf of
Arvin Meritor, Inc. (Arvin Meritor) to
manufacture automotive parts under
FTZ procedures within FTZ 222. The
application was filed on December 5,
2006.
Arvin Meritor operates a facility (150
employees, annual capacity for up to 1.5
million door modules) within Site 1 of
FTZ 222 located at 139 Folmar Parkway,
within the Interstate Industrial Park.
The proposed manufacturing activity
would involve the use of foreignsourced components (initially
representing 42% of total materials) to
produce door modules for the Hyundai
Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC
plant (SZ 222A). Components include
latch assemblies, adaptors and retainers,
guide rails, handle brackets, module
panels, pulleys, drums and drum parts,
clamp assemblies, support brackets,
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carrier plates, screws, spacers, washers,
grommets, rivets and stoppers.
FTZ procedures would exempt Arvin
Meritor from Customs duty payments on
the foreign components used in
production for export to non-NAFTA
countries. On domestic shipments
transferred in-bond to U.S. automotive
assembly plants with subzone status, no
duties would be paid on the foreignorigin components used in automobile
and light truck production until the
finished vehicles are formally entered
for consumption, at which time the
finished automobile duty rate (2.5%)
would be applied to the foreign-origin
components. For the individual door
modules withdrawn directly by Arvin
Meritor for Customs entry, the finished
automotive part rate (2.5%) could be
applied to the foreign origin
components (duty-free to 8.5%). The
company indicates that it would also
realize savings under FTZ procedures
for the following reasons: duty deferral,
duty exemption on scrap/waste, and
logistical/paperwork efficiencies.
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 February 12, 2007.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing
period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period to February
27, 2007.
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,
U.S. Department of Commerce Export
Assistance Center, 950 22nd Street
North, Suite 707, Birmingham, Alabama
35203; and, Office of the Executive
Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
Room 2814B, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20230–0002; Tel:
(202) 482–2862.
Dated: December 5, 2006.
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–122–840]
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Review:
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire
Rod from Canada
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 6, 2006, the
Department of Commerce published a
notice of initiation of a changed
circumstances review of the
antidumping duty order on carbon and
certain alloy steel wire rod products
from Canada. We have preliminarily
concluded that 1) Ivaco Rolling Mills
2004 L.P. is the successor–in-interest to
Ivaco Rolling Mills L.P.; and 2) Sivaco
Ontario, a division of Sivaco Wire
Group 2004 L.P., is the successor–ininterest to Ivaco Inc. As a result, Ivaco
Rolling Mills 2004 L.P., and Sivaco
Ontario, a division of Sivaco Wire
Group 2004 L.P., (collectively ‘‘Ivaco’’)
should receive the same antidumping
duty treatment with respect to carbon
and certain alloy steel wire rod from
Canada as Ivaco Rolling Mills L.P. and
Ivaco Inc.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 14, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Audrey Twyman or Brandon Farlander,
at (202) 482–3534 or (202) 482–0182,
respectively; AD/CVD Operations,
Office 1, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street & Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
In its January 12, 2006 response to
Section A of the Department’s original
questionnaire, Ivaco notified the
Department that the assets of Ivaco, Inc.
and all of its divisions (e.g., Sivaco
Ontario, and Sivaco Quebec) had been
purchased on December 1, 2004. As a
result, the Department self–initiated a
changed circumstances review of the
antidumping duty order on carbon and
certain alloy steel wire rod from Canada.
See Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and Notice
of Initiation of Changed Circumstances
Review: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel
Wire Rod from Canada, 71 FR 64921
(November 6, 2006). On June 1, 2006,
and October 27, 2006, the Department
issued Ivaco supplemental
questionnaires requesting further details
on Ivaco’s successor–in-interest claims.
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The company’s responses were received
by the Department on July 6, 2006, and
November 20, 2006.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to this order
is certain hot–rolled products of carbon
steel and alloy steel, in coils, of
approximately round cross section, 5.00
mm or more, but less than 19.00 mm, in
solid cross-sectional diameter.
Specifically excluded are steel
products possessing the above–noted
physical characteristics and meeting the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) definitions for
(a) stainless steel; (b) tool steel; (c) high
nickel steel; (d) ball bearing steel; and
(e) concrete reinforcing bars and rods.
Also excluded are (f) free machining
steel products (i.e., products that
contain by weight one or more of the
following elements: 0.03 percent or
more of lead, 0.05 percent or more of
bismuth, 0.08 percent or more of sulfur,
more than 0.04 percent of phosphorus,
more than 0.05 percent of selenium, or
more than 0.01 percent of tellurium).
Also excluded from the scope are
1080 grade tire cord quality wire rod
and 1080 grade tire bead quality wire
rod. Grade 1080 tire cord quality rod is
defined as: (i) grade 1080 tire cord
quality wire rod measuring 5.0 mm or
more but not more than 6.0 mm in
cross-sectional diameter; (ii) with an
average partial decarburization of no
more than 70 microns in depth
(maximum individual 200 microns); (iii)
having no non–deformable inclusions
greater than 20 microns and no
deformable inclusions greater than 35
microns; (iv) having a carbon
segregation per heat average of 3.0 or
better using European Method NFA 04–
114; (v) having a surface quality with no
surface defects of a length greater than
0.15 mm; (vi) capable of being drawn to
a diameter of 0.30 mm or less with 3 or
fewer breaks per ton, and (vii)
containing by weight the following
elements in the proportions shown: (1)
0.78 percent or more of carbon, (2) less
than 0.01 percent of aluminum, (3)
0.040 percent or less, in the aggregate,
of phosphorus and sulfur, (4) 0.006
percent or less of nitrogen, and (5) not
more than 0.15 percent, in the aggregate,
of copper, nickel and chromium.
Grade 1080 tire bead quality rod is
defined as: (i) grade 1080 tire bead
quality wire rod measuring 5.5 mm or
more but not more than 7.0 mm in
cross-sectional diameter; (ii) with an
average partial decarburization of no
more than 70 microns in depth
(maximum individual 200 microns); (iii)
having no non–deformable inclusions
greater than 20 microns and no
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 46-2006]
Foreign-Trade Zone 222--Montgomery, AL; Request for Manufacturing
Authority; Arvin Meritor, Inc. (Automotive Parts)
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, grantee of FTZ
222, requesting authority on behalf of Arvin Meritor, Inc. (Arvin
Meritor) to manufacture automotive parts under FTZ procedures within
FTZ 222. The application was filed on December 5, 2006.
Arvin Meritor operates a facility (150 employees, annual capacity
for up to 1.5 million door modules) within Site 1 of FTZ 222 located at
139 Folmar Parkway, within the Interstate Industrial Park. The proposed
manufacturing activity would involve the use of foreign-sourced
components (initially representing 42% of total materials) to produce
door modules for the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC plant (SZ
222A). Components include latch assemblies, adaptors and retainers,
guide rails, handle brackets, module panels, pulleys, drums and drum
parts, clamp assemblies, support brackets,
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carrier plates, screws, spacers, washers, grommets, rivets and
stoppers.
FTZ procedures would exempt Arvin Meritor from Customs duty
payments on the foreign components used in production for export to
non-NAFTA countries. On domestic shipments transferred in-bond to U.S.
automotive assembly plants with subzone status, no duties would be paid
on the foreign-origin components used in automobile and light truck
production until the finished vehicles are formally entered for
consumption, at which time the finished automobile duty rate (2.5%)
would be applied to the foreign-origin components. For the individual
door modules withdrawn directly by Arvin Meritor for Customs entry, the
finished automotive part rate (2.5%) could be applied to the foreign
origin components (duty-free to 8.5%). The company indicates that it
would also realize savings under FTZ procedures for the following
reasons: duty deferral, duty exemption on scrap/waste, and logistical/
paperwork efficiencies.
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
February 12, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to February 27, 2007.
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, U.S. Department
of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 950 22nd Street North, Suite 707,
Birmingham, Alabama 35203; and, Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2814B, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230-0002; Tel: (202)
482-2862.
Dated: December 5, 2006.
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
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