Foreign-Trade Zone 38-Spartanburg County, SC; Request for Manufacturing Authority: Kittel Supplier USA, Inc. (Automotive Door Trim Components), 45219-45220 [E7-15813]

Download as PDF jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 155 / Monday, August 13, 2007 / Notices following proposal for collection of information under the emergency provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Title: Broadband Subscription and Usage Survey (Supplement to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey). Agency Form Number: None. Type of Request: Emergency submission. Burden Hours: 458. Average Time Per Response: 30 seconds. Number of Respondents: 55,000. Needs and Uses: NTIA proposes to add four questions to the Census Bureau’s October 2007 Current Population Survey (CPS) in order to gather reliable data on broadband (also known as high-speed Internet) use by U.S. households. President Bush has established a national goal of universal, affordable broadband access for all Americans by 2007. To that end, the Administration is working with Congress, the Federal Communications Commission, and other parties to develop and advance economic and regulatory policies that foster broadband deployment. Current, systematic, and comprehensive data on broadband subscription and use by U.S. households is critical to allow policymakers not only to gauge progress made to date, and to identify problem areas with a specificity that permits carefully targeted and cost-effective responses. The Census Bureau is widely regarded as a superior collector of data based on its centuries of experience and its scientific methods. Collection of NTIA’s requested broadband subscription and usage data, moreover, will occur in conjunction with Census’ scheduled October Current Population Survey (CPS), thereby significantly reducing the potential burdens on the Bureau and the households surveyed. Questions on broadband and Internet usage were included in six previous Census household surveys. The need for comprehensive broadband data has become more pressing in recent months and has necessitated this request for expedited review. Following the April 2007 release of an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ranking of broadband deployment worldwide, Congress held a series of hearings on the issue. The OECD has noted that the data that they are using to benchmark the United States is from 2003 as they have no other current VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:19 Aug 10, 2007 Jkt 211001 45219 official data from the United States. Congress has shown a particular interest in improving available statistics on U.S. broadband deployment and use. One proposed bill introduced in May directs the Census Bureau to modify its survey instruments to collect information similar to the data that NTIA proposes to collect here. Modifying the October CPS to include NTIA’s requested broadband data will allow the Commerce Department and NTIA to respond to congressional concerns, congressional directives, and to work with the OECD on its broadband methodologies with more recent data. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395–3123. Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent by August 31, 2007 to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, e-mail Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov or Fax number (202) 395–5167. 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 significant public benefit and is in the public interest; Whereas, the Port of South Louisiana, grantee of Foreign–Trade Zone 124, has made application to the Board for authority to establish a special–purpose subzone at the barite grinding and milling facilities of M–I L.L.C., located in Amelia, Louisiana (FTZ Docket 14– 2007, filed 4/16/07); Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (72 FR 20323, 4/24/07); and, Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner’s report, and finds the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the application would be in the public interest; Now, therefore,, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status for activity related to barite grinding and milling at the facilities of M–I L.L.C., located in Amelia, Louisiana (Subzone 124K), as described in the application and Federal Register notice, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, including Section 400.28. Dated: August 8, 2007. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E7–15788 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of August 2007. BILLING CODE 3510–60–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign–Trade Zones Board David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary of Commercefor Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign–Trade Zones Board. Attest: Andrew McGilvray. Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–15808 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S [Order No. 1518] Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, M–I L.L.C. (Barite Grinding and Milling), Amelia, Louisiana DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Docket 32–2007] 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 qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign–trade zones in or PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Foreign-Trade Zone 38—Spartanburg County, SC; Request for Manufacturing Authority: Kittel Supplier USA, Inc. (Automotive Door Trim Components) An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 38, pursuant to Section 400.28(a)(2) of the Board’s regulations (15 CFR Part 400), requesting authority on behalf of Kittel E:\FR\FM\13AUN1.SGM 13AUN1 jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES 45220 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 155 / Monday, August 13, 2007 / Notices Supplier USA, Inc. (KSU), to assemble automotive door trim components under FTZ procedures within FTZ 38. It was formally filed on August 3, 2007. The KSU facility (25 employees) is located at 201 Commerce Court within the Highway 290 Commerce Park (Site 3) in Duncan, South Carolina. Under FTZ procedures, KSU would assemble up to 2.2 million automotive door trim components (HTSUS 8708.29) annually for the U.S. market and export. Foreign components that would be used in the assembly activity (up to 100% of total purchases) include: Aluminum frames, B pillars, C and D pillars, waist race bolts, division bars, fasteners, powder coatings of carbon black and barium sulfate, and rubber seals (duty rates: Free—2.5%). FTZ procedures would exempt KSU 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. automobile assembly plants with subzone status, no duties would be paid on the foreign components within the door trim components until the finished vehicles are subsequently entered for consumption, at which time the finished automobile duty rate (2.5%) could be applied to the foreign components. For the finished door trim components withdrawn directly by KSU for customs entry, the finished automotive part rate (2.5%) could be applied to the foreign inputs noted above. The application indicates that the company would also realize duty deferral and certain logistical/supply chain savings. Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board’s Executive Secretary at the following address: Office of the Executive Secretary, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230–0002. The closing period for receipt of comments is October 12, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to October 29, 2007. A copy of the application will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board’s Executive Secretary at the address listed above. For further information, contact Pierre Duy, examiner, at: pierre_duy@ita.doc.gov, or (202) 482–1378. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:19 Aug 10, 2007 Jkt 211001 Dated: August 3, 2007. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–15813 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign–Trade Zones Board BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Order No. 1519 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, M–I L.L.C. (Barite Grinding and Milling), Galveston, Texas Foreign–Trade Zones Board [Order No. 1517] Approval for Expansion of Authority for Subzone 183B, Samsung Austin Semiconductor L.L.C. (Semiconductors), Austin, Texas 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 Zone of Central Texas, Inc., grantee of FTZ 183, has requested authority on behalf of Samsung Austin Semiconductor L.L.C. (Samsung), to expand the scope of manufacturing activity conducted under zone procedures within Subzone 183B at the Samsung facilities in Austin, Texas (FTZ Docket 8–2007, filed 2/28/ 2007); Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (72 FR 13081–13082, 3/20/ 2007); 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 approval of the application is in the public interest; Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders: The application to expand the scope of manufacturing authority under zone procedures within Subzone 183B, is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, including § 400.28. Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of August 2007. David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary of Commercefor Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign–Trade Zones Board. Attest: Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–15809 Filed 8–10–07 8:45 am] 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 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 significant public benefit and is in the public interest; Whereas, the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves, grantee of Foreign– Trade Zone 36, has made application to the Board for authority to establish a special–purpose subzone at the barite grinding and milling facilities of M–I L.L.C., located in Galveston, Texas (FTZ Docket 15–2007, filed 4/16/07); Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (72 FR 20323–20324, 4/24/07); and, Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner’s report, and finds the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the application would be in the public interest; Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status for activity related to barite grinding and milling at the facilities of M–I L.L.C., located in Galveston, Texas (Subzone 36B), 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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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 155 (Monday, August 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45219-45220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15813]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 32-2007]


Foreign-Trade Zone 38--Spartanburg County, SC; Request for 
Manufacturing Authority: Kittel Supplier USA, Inc. (Automotive Door 
Trim Components)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 38, 
pursuant to Section 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 
Part 400), requesting authority on behalf of Kittel

[[Page 45220]]

Supplier USA, Inc. (KSU), to assemble automotive door trim components 
under FTZ procedures within FTZ 38. It was formally filed on August 3, 
2007.
    The KSU facility (25 employees) is located at 201 Commerce Court 
within the Highway 290 Commerce Park (Site 3) in Duncan, South 
Carolina. Under FTZ procedures, KSU would assemble up to 2.2 million 
automotive door trim components (HTSUS 8708.29) annually for the U.S. 
market and export. Foreign components that would be used in the 
assembly activity (up to 100% of total purchases) include: Aluminum 
frames, B pillars, C and D pillars, waist race bolts, division bars, 
fasteners, powder coatings of carbon black and barium sulfate, and 
rubber seals (duty rates: Free--2.5%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt KSU 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. automobile 
assembly plants with subzone status, no duties would be paid on the 
foreign components within the door trim components until the finished 
vehicles are subsequently entered for consumption, at which time the 
finished automobile duty rate (2.5%) could be applied to the foreign 
components. For the finished door trim components withdrawn directly by 
KSU for customs entry, the finished automotive part rate (2.5%) could 
be applied to the foreign inputs noted above. The application indicates 
that the company would also realize duty deferral and certain 
logistical/supply chain savings.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the following address: Office of the Executive Secretary, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002. The closing period for receipt of comments 
is October 12, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material 
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the 
subsequent 15-day period to October 29, 2007.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at 
the address listed above. For further information, contact Pierre Duy, 
examiner, at: pierre_duy@ita.doc.gov, or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: August 3, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-15813 Filed 8-10-07; 8:45 am]
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