Foreign-Trade Zone 44 - Mount Olive, New Jersey, Application for Expansion of FTZ 44 and Expansion of Scope of Manufacturing Authority, 41704-41705 [E7-14790]

Download as PDF 41704 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 146 / Tuesday, July 31, 2007 / Notices NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also, environmental objections that could be raised at the draft environmental impact statement stage but that are not raised until after completion of the final environmental impact statement may be waived or dismissed by the courts. City of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, 1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980). Because of these court rulings, it is very important that those interested in this proposed action participate by the close of the 45day comment period so that substantive comments and objections 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. Comments received, including the names and addresses of those who comment, will be considered part of the public record on this proposal and will be available for public inspection. (Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 21) Dated: July 24, 2007. Craig Bobzien, Forest Supervisor, [FR Doc. 07–3710 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–M DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign–Trade Zones Board rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES [Docket 25–2007] Foreign–Trade Zone 44 - Mount Olive, New Jersey, Application for Expansion of FTZ 44 and Expansion of Scope of Manufacturing Authority An application has been submitted to the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth & Tourism Commission, grantee of FTZ 44, VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:11 Jul 30, 2007 Jkt 211001 requesting authority to expand FTZ 44 and to expand the scope of manufacturing authority for Givaudan Fragrances Corporation (Givaudan) within FTZ 44, in the Mt. Olive, New Jersey area, adjacent to the Newark/New York CBP 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 July 20, 2007. FTZ 44 was approved on October 18, 1978 (Board Order No. 139, 43 FR 50234, 10/27/78) and expanded on May 29, 2001 (Board Order 1168, 66 FR 31611, 6/12/01). The zone project currently consists of the following sites: Site 1 (80 acres) - located within the 650–acre International Trade Center, 300 Waterloo Road in the Township of Mt. Olive (Morris County) (includes the Givaudan facility–228,000 sq. ft., of which 42,007 sq. ft. are approved on a temporary basis until April 1, 2009 (A(27f)-17–2007)); and, Site 2 (309 acres, 2 parcels) - within the Rockefeller Cranbury Industrial Park, located at Half Acre Road in Cranbury Township (Middlesex County). The applicant is requesting authority to clarify the existing boundaries of Site 1, expand Site 1 to include additional acreage, delete two acres from Site 2, and to include four additional sites in the Mt. Olive, New Jersey, area: Site 1: clarify existing FTZ boundaries (80.03 acres) and expand the site to include an additional 0.5 acres in Mt. Olive which will include a 42,007 sq. ft. warehouse building on a permanent basis (new total acreage - 80.53 acres); Site 2: delete two acres due to changed circumstances (new total acreage - 307 acres); Proposed Site 3 (177 acres) - Central Crossings Business Park, located on Bordertown– Hedding Road, Township of Bordertown (Burlington County); Proposed Site 4 (57 acres) - Old York Office Park, located on Old York Road, Township of Bordertown (Burlington County); Proposed Site 5 (40 acres) - Rockefeller Group Foreign Trade Zone Meadowlands, located on County Road, Jersey City (Hudson County); and, Proposed Site 6 (275 acres) - Norfolk Southern Rail Yard, off of County Road in Jersey City and Secaucus (Hudson County). The applicant is also requesting an expansion of the scope of manufacturing authority for Givaudan located in Site 1. Givaudan’s original manufacturing authority under zone procedures within FTZ 44 was granted for the manufacture of flavors and fragrances, which are used in cosmetics, perfumes and household products. Givaudan is now PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 requesting authority to utilize a broader range of 6–digit input classifications for finished product classification 3302.90 (fragrance compounds). Materials sourced from abroad account for approximately seventy–five percent of all materials used in production. These are as follows: cereal groats and pellets, natural gums and resins, fish–liver oils, olive oil, sunflower–seed oil and other oils, other fixed vegetable fats and oils including linseed oil, corn oil, and sesame oil, extracts and other essences of coffee, tea or mate, undenatured ethyl alcohol, residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, petroleum oils, carboxylic acids, carboxyimide– function compounds, nitrogen function compounds, dextrins and other modified starches, wood tar, industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, polymers of propylene, and polyacetals. The duy rates for these inputs and their final products range from duty–free to ten percent. Zone procedures would exempt Givaudan from customs duty payments on foreign materials used in production for export. On domestic shipments, the company would be able to defer customs duty payments on foreign materials, and to choose the duty rate that applies to the finished products instead of the rates otherwise applicable to the foreign input materials. The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures would help improve the plant’s international competitiveness. Approximately ten percent of production is exported. 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 October 1, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15–day period (to October 15, 2007). A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available for public inspection at each of the following locations: the Office of the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth & Tourism Commission, 20 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625– 0820; and, the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign–Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. E:\FR\FM\31JYN1.SGM 31JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 146 / Tuesday, July 31, 2007 / Notices For further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at 202–482–1346 or KathleenlBoyce@ita.doc.gov. Dated: July 23, 2007. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–14790 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign–Trade Zones Board [Docket 26–2007] rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES Foreign–Trade Zone 107—Des Moines, Iowa, Expansion of Subzone and Manufacturing Authority—Subzone 107A, Winnebago Industries, Inc. (Motor Home Vehicles), Charles City, Iowa An application has been submitted to the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Iowa Foreign–Trade Zone Corporation, grantee of FTZ 107, requesting to expand the subzone and scope of manufacturing authority under zone procedures for Subzone 107A, at the Winnebago Industries, Inc. (Winnebago) facilities in Charles City, Iowa. 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 July 23, 2007. Subzone 107A was approved by the Board on September 4, 1984 (Board Order 273, 44 FR 50625, 9/13/84) at Winnebago’s motor home manufacturing facility, located at 605 W. Crystal Lake Road in Forest City, Iowa. The facility (1600 employees, 240 acres, 25 buildings/2.2 million sq. ft.) is used to manufacture, test and warehouse recreational vehicles, with specific authority granted for the manufacture of motor home vehicles (HTSUS 8703.23 and 8703.24) under zone procedures (up to 10,000 units annually). The duty rate on the motor home vehicles is 2.5 percent, ad valorem. The current request involves an expansion of the scope of manufacturing authority in terms of capacity and components as well as the expansion of the subzone to include an additional site in Charles City, Iowa. Proposed Site 2 (495 employees, 55 acres, 5 buildings/ 352,000 sq. ft.) is located at 1200 Rove Avenue in Charles City, and is located approximately 65 miles southeast of the Forest City Site. The facilities will be used for the manufacture, testing and warehousing of the motor homes VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:11 Jul 30, 2007 Jkt 211001 mentioned above (up to 3,000 additional units annually). The primary foreign–sourced component used in manufacturing are chassis with engines installed - HTSUS numbers 8704.21, 8704.22, 8704.31 and 8704.32. Duty rates on the chassis range from 4 percent to 25 percent, ad valorem. Other dutiable components that may be sourced from abroad include the following: petroleum oil products; glues and adhesives; binders for foundry molds; plastic tubing, pipes and hoses; self–adhesive plastics; plastic fittings; compounded rubber products; tires; rubber floor coverings and mats; gaskets, washers and seals; safety glass; glass mirrors; wire cloth and grills; steel tubing and pipe fittings; screws, nuts, washers and bolts of iron and steel; springs and leaves for springs; articles of iron and steel wire; nails, tacks and drawing pins; copper products; aluminum products; hand tools; locks; hinges and castors; spark ignition internal combustion engines; compression ignition internal combustion engines; cast iron engine parts; pumps; fans; air and gas compressors; air conditioning machine parts; oil, fuel and air filters; check valves, taps and cocks; transmission shafts; bearings and bearing housings, gears, flywheels, clutches and pulleys; metal gaskets; electric motors; batteries; starter motors and generators; lighting and sound signaling equipment; windshield wipers and defrosters; microphones and speakers; television antennas; burglar and fire alarms; fuses, relays and switches; electrical filament or discharge lamps; ignition wiring sets; bumpers; safety belts; gear boxes; wheels; suspension components; mufflers and exhaust pipes; steering wheels; clutches; tractor parts; LCD displays; hydrometers, instruments and apparatus for checking flow and pressure of liquids; gas and smoke analysis equipment; speedometers, odometers and tachometers; voltage and voltage current regulators; and, electron–beam microscopes. These components have duty rates ranging from duty–free to 8.6 percent ad valorem. Zone procedures on the increased production would exempt Winnebago from customs duty payments on the foreign components used in export production to non- NAFTA countries. Exports account for approximately 5 percent of production. On domestic sales and sales to NAFTA countries, Winnebago could defer duty until the products are entered for consumption or exported, and choose the lower duty that applies to the finished product (2.5 percent) for the foreign components PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41705 listed above. The company would also realize certain logistical savings related to zone to zone transfers and direct delivery procedures as well as savings on materials that become scrap/waste during manufacturing. The application indicates that FTZ–related savings would help improve the Winnebago’s international competitiveness. 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 October 1, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15–day period (to October 15, 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, 210 Walnut Street, Suite 749, Des Moines, Iowa 50309. Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign–Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20230. For further information, contact Christopher Kemp at Christopherlkemp@ita.doc.gov or (202) 482–0862. Dated: July 23, 2007. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–14791 Filed 7–30–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign–Trade Zones Board [Docket 27–2007] Foreign–Trade Zone 103 - Grand Forks, North Dakota, Expansion of Manufacturing Authority -- Subzone 103A, Imation Enterprise Corp., Wahpeton, North Dakota An application has been submitted to the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the Board) by Imation Enterprise Corp. (Imation), requesting authority to expand the scope of manufacturing activity conducted under zone procedures within Subzone 103A at the Imation facilities in Wahpeton, North Dakota. 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 July 23, 2007. Subzone 103A (400 employees) was approved by the Board in 2000 for the E:\FR\FM\31JYN1.SGM 31JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41704-41705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14790]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 25-2007]


Foreign-Trade Zone 44 - Mount Olive, New Jersey, Application for 
Expansion of FTZ 44 and Expansion of Scope of Manufacturing Authority

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth & Tourism 
Commission, grantee of FTZ 44, requesting authority to expand FTZ 44 
and to expand the scope of manufacturing authority for Givaudan 
Fragrances Corporation (Givaudan) within FTZ 44, in the Mt. Olive, New 
Jersey area, adjacent to the Newark/New York CBP 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 July 20, 2007.
    FTZ 44 was approved on October 18, 1978 (Board Order No. 139, 43 FR 
50234, 10/27/78) and expanded on May 29, 2001 (Board Order 1168, 66 FR 
31611, 6/12/01). The zone project currently consists of the following 
sites: Site 1 (80 acres) - located within the 650-acre International 
Trade Center, 300 Waterloo Road in the Township of Mt. Olive (Morris 
County) (includes the Givaudan facility-228,000 sq. ft., of which 
42,007 sq. ft. are approved on a temporary basis until April 1, 2009 
(A(27f)-17-2007)); and, Site 2 (309 acres, 2 parcels) - within the 
Rockefeller Cranbury Industrial Park, located at Half Acre Road in 
Cranbury Township (Middlesex County).
    The applicant is requesting authority to clarify the existing 
boundaries of Site 1, expand Site 1 to include additional acreage, 
delete two acres from Site 2, and to include four additional sites in 
the Mt. Olive, New Jersey, area: Site 1: clarify existing FTZ 
boundaries (80.03 acres) and expand the site to include an additional 
0.5 acres in Mt. Olive which will include a 42,007 sq. ft. warehouse 
building on a permanent basis (new total acreage - 80.53 acres); Site 
2: delete two acres due to changed circumstances (new total acreage - 
307 acres); Proposed Site 3 (177 acres) - Central Crossings Business 
Park, located on Bordertown-Hedding Road, Township of Bordertown 
(Burlington County); Proposed Site 4 (57 acres) - Old York Office Park, 
located on Old York Road, Township of Bordertown (Burlington County); 
Proposed Site 5 (40 acres) - Rockefeller Group Foreign Trade Zone 
Meadowlands, located on County Road, Jersey City (Hudson County); and, 
Proposed Site 6 (275 acres) - Norfolk Southern Rail Yard, off of County 
Road in Jersey City and Secaucus (Hudson County).
    The applicant is also requesting an expansion of the scope of 
manufacturing authority for Givaudan located in Site 1. Givaudan's 
original manufacturing authority under zone procedures within FTZ 44 
was granted for the manufacture of flavors and fragrances, which are 
used in cosmetics, perfumes and household products. Givaudan is now 
requesting authority to utilize a broader range of 6-digit input 
classifications for finished product classification 3302.90 (fragrance 
compounds). Materials sourced from abroad account for approximately 
seventy-five percent of all materials used in production. These are as 
follows: cereal groats and pellets, natural gums and resins, fish-liver 
oils, olive oil, sunflower-seed oil and other oils, other fixed 
vegetable fats and oils including linseed oil, corn oil, and sesame 
oil, extracts and other essences of coffee, tea or mate, undenatured 
ethyl alcohol, residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, 
petroleum oils, carboxylic acids, carboxyimide-function compounds, 
nitrogen function compounds, dextrins and other modified starches, wood 
tar, industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, polymers of propylene, and 
polyacetals. The duy rates for these inputs and their final products 
range from duty-free to ten percent.
    Zone procedures would exempt Givaudan from customs duty payments on 
foreign materials used in production for export. On domestic shipments, 
the company would be able to defer customs duty payments on foreign 
materials, and to choose the duty rate that applies to the finished 
products instead of the rates otherwise applicable to the foreign input 
materials. The application indicates that the savings from zone 
procedures would help improve the plant's international 
competitiveness. Approximately ten percent of production is exported.
    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 October 1, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to October 15, 2007).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations: the 
Office of the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth & Tourism 
Commission, 20 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625-0820; and, the 
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

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    For further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at 202-482-1346 or 
Kathleen--Boyce@ita.doc.gov.

    Dated: July 23, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-14790 Filed 7-30-07; 8:45 am]
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