Foreign-Trade Zone 161 Sedgwick County, Kansas, Application for Subzone Status Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (Aircraft Manufacturing), Wichita and Salina, Kansas, 21903-21904 [E8-8814]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 79 / Wednesday, April 23, 2008 / Notices FY 1999 and beyond be made public, including placement of the reports on the DOC Web site and announcement of the availability of the reports in the Federal Register. Pursuant to the EPAct, this notice serves as the DOC’s official announcement of the availability of the AFV report for FY 2007. DOC’s AFV report for FY 2007 is available on the internet at https://www.osec.doc.gov/oas/ ppmd/ppmd/afv.htm. The AFV report contains information pertaining to planned acquisitions and projections for FY 2008 and FY 2009. EPAct requires that seventy-five percent of all covered, light-duty vehicles acquired for Federal fleets in FY 1999 and beyond be AFVs. In FY 2007, the DOC exceeded the seventy-five percent acquisition requirement. Fred E. Fanning, Director for Administrative Services. [FR Doc. E8–8855 Filed 4–22–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–03–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign–Trade Zones Board (Docket 24–2008) mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Foreign–Trade Zone 161 Sedgwick County, Kansas, Application for Subzone StatusHawker Beechcraft Corporation (Aircraft Manufacturing), Wichita and Salina, Kansas An application has been submitted to the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, grantee of Foreign–Trade Zone (FTZ) 161, requesting special–purpose subzone status for the aircraft manufacturing facilities of Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) located in Wichita and Salina, Kansas. 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 April 17, 2008. The HBC facilities are as follows: Proposed Site 1, located at 9709 E. Central Avenue, in Wichita (910 acres, 5,700 employees); and, Proposed Site 2, located at 2625 Scanlan Avenue, in Salina (56 acres, 430 employees). The facilities are used for manufacturing various types of aircraft (HTSUS 8802.40, with a weight greater than 15,000kg) (up to 750 aircraft annually). The Wichita facilities are used for final assembly of aircraft as well as other manufacturing support activities, while the Salina facilities are used primarily for manufacturing and fabrication of VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:58 Apr 22, 2008 Jkt 214001 aircraft assemblies and subassemblies. Imported components and raw materials account for approximately 34 percent of the value of inputs used in manufacturing. Parts and components that may be imported into the proposed subzone sites for manufacturing include: oxygen (2804.40); rubber adhesives or polymers (3506.91); acrylic polymers (3906.10); flexible plastic tubing (3917.31); non–reinforced plastic tubing (3917.32); other plastic tubing (3917.39); plastic tubing with fittings (3917.33); self–adhesive tape (3919.10, 3919.90); plastic sheets (3921.13); plastic handles (3926.30); plastic articles (3926.90); vulcanized rubber plates (4008.11); vulcanized rubber forms (4008.19); reinforced rubber tubes without fittings (4009.41); reinforced rubber tubes with fittings (4009.42); vulcanized rubber gaskets (4016.93); vulcanized rubber articles (4016.99); bags and cases (4202.92); wood boxes (4420.90); rubberized textile fabric (5906.99); lifejackets and lifebelts (6307.20); laminated safety glass (7007.21); glass envelopes for lighting (7011.10); glass sheets (7019.39); glass fibers and articles (7019.90); articles of glass (7020.00); imitation jewelry (7117.90); cast fittings of iron and steel (7307.19); stainless steel flanges (7307.21); threaded elbows (7307.22); tube and pipe fittings (7307.29); threaded elbows and sleeves (7307.92); screws, nuts and bolts (7318.15); threaded articles (7318.19); spring washers (7318.21); cotter and cotter pins (7318.24); other non–threaded articles (7318.29); other springs and leaves of iron and steel (7320.90); articles of iron and steel wire (7326.20); iron and steel hangers and supports (7326.90); stranded copper wire with or without fittings (7413.00); iron, copper and steel washers and spring washers (7415.21); non–alloy aluminum pipes and tubes (7608.10); other alloy aluminum pipes and tubes (7608.20); aluminum pipe or tube fittings (7609.00); aluminum fasteners (7616.10); aluminum articles (7616.99); tungsten articles (8101.99); titanium articles (8108.90); pliers, pincers, tweezers and similar (8203.20); hand–operated spanners and wrenches and their parts (8204.11); socket wrenches and their parts with or without handles, drives and extensions (8204.20); other hand tools (8205.59); vices, clamps and similar and their parts (8205.70); tools and their parts for boring and broaching (8207.60); other interchangeable tools (8207.90); locks (8301.40); parts of base–metal padlocks and locks (8301.60); base- metal hinges and parts (8302.10); base–metal mountings (8302.49); base–metal hooks, PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 21903 eyes and eyelets (8308.10); other base– metal stoppers, caps and lids and other packing accessories (8309.90); fuel and other pumps (8413.30); air or vacuum pumps (8414.59); window, wall or split–system air–conditioning machines and parts (8415.10); air–conditioning machines not incorporating a refrigeration unit (8415.83); parts of air– conditioning machines (8415.90); oil or fuel filters for internal combustion engines (8421.23); other electromechanical appliances with self– contained motors (8479.89); pressure– reducing valves and their parts (8481.10); valves for oleo–hydraulic and pneumatic transmissions (8481.20); iron, copper and steel check valves (8481.30); safety or relief valves (8481.40); other hand–operated appliances and parts (8481.80, 8481.90); ball bearings (8482.10); spherical roller bearings (8482.30); other ball or roller bearings and parts (8482.99); bearing housings/plain shaft bearings (8483.30); gears, gearing and other transmission elements (8483.40); flywheels, pulleys and pulley blocks (8483.50); clutch and shaft couplings (8483.60); toothed– wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements (8483.90); gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting (8484.10, 8484.90); other machine parts (8487.90); single–phase AC motors (8501.40); electric motors and generators (8501.63, ); electric motor and generator parts (8503.00); static convertors (8504.40); electrical transformers, static convertors, conductors and parts (8504.50); starter- motors and starter– generators (8511.40); lead–acid storage batteries (8507.20); voltage and voltage– current regulators and cut–out relays (8511.80); audio frequency electric amplifiers (8518.40); electric sound amplifier sets (8518.50); optical media (8523.40); antennas, antenna reflectors and parts (8529.10); burglar and fire alarms (8531.10); electrical signaling equipment (8531.80); printed circuit assembly parts (8531.90); fuses (8536.10); circuit breakers (8536.30); voltage relays (8536.41, 8536.49); other switches (8536.50); lamp–holders (8536.61); other lamp–holders, plugs and sockets (8536.69); other electrical apparatus for switching circuits or making connections (8536.90); electrical board panels and consoles (8537.10); parts for electrical apparatus (8538.90); electrical filament or discharge lamps and parts (8539.29, 8539.39); electrical machines and parts (8543.70, 8543.90); copper winding wire (8544.11); other winding wire (8544.19); coaxial cable and electric conductors (8544.20); ignition and other wiring sets (8544.30); electrical conductors (8544.49); E:\FR\FM\23APN1.SGM 23APN1 mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES 21904 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 79 / Wednesday, April 23, 2008 / Notices insulating fittings for electrical machines (8547.90); parachutes and rotochutes (8804.00); corrective or protective spectacles and goggles (9004.90); lasers (9013.20); compasses (9014.10); aeronautical navigation instruments and appliances (9014.20); surveying instruments and appliances (9015.80); calculating instruments (9017.20); breathing appliances and gas masks (9020.00); thermometers and pyrometers (9025.19); hydrometers (9025.80); speedometers, tachometers and stroboscopes (9029.20); instruments for checking voltage and current (9030.39); instruments to measure and check instruments and their parts (9031.80, 9031.90); thermostats (9032.10); hydraulic and pneumatic instruments (9032.81); automatic voltage and voltage–current regulators (9032.89); electric lamps and lighting fittings (9405.20, 9405.40); illuminated signs and name plates (9405.60); plastic parts for lamps and lighting fixtures (9405.92, 9405.99); and, ball–point pens (9608.10). The duty rates on the imported components range from duty– free to 15 percent. This application requests authority for HBC to conduct the manufacturing activity under FTZ procedures, which would exempt the company from customs duty payments on the imported components used in export production. Approximately 50 percent of production is exported. On domestic sales, the company could choose the lower duty rate (duty–free) that applies to the finished product for the imported components used in manufacturing. HBC may also realize savings related to direct delivery and weekly customs entry procedures. The company will also realize savings on the elimination of duties on materials that become scrap/waste during manufacturing. Additionally, customs duties could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment. The application indicates that the FTZ– related savings would improve the plant’s international competitiveness. In accordance with the Board’s regulations, Christopher Kemp of the FTZ staff is 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 listed below. The closing period for their receipt is June 23, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to July 7, 2008). VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:58 Apr 22, 2008 Jkt 214001 A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available at each of the following addresses: U. S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 150 North Main Street, Suite 200, Wichita, Kansas; and, Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign–Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., 20230. For further information contact Christopher Kemp at christopherlkemp@ita.doc.gov or (202) 482–0862. Dated: April 17, 2008. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–8814 Filed 4–22–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to Committee members, the Committee suggests that presenters forward the public presentation materials to Yvette Springer. For more information contact Ms. Springer on (202) 482–2813. Dated: April 15, 2008. Yvette Springer, Committee Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. E8–8741 Filed 4–22–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–851] DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Open Meeting The Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee (TRANSTAC) will meet on May 8, 2008, 9:30 a.m., in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th Street between Pennsylvania & Constitution Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration with respect to technical questions that affect the level of export controls applicable to transportation and related equipment or technology. Agenda 1. Welcome and Introductions. 2. Review Status of Working Groups. 3. Proposals from the Public. 4. Regulations and Status of Commerce Control List Review. 5. Missile Technology Review. 6. Wassenaar Update—Status of May 08 Proposals. 7. TRANSTAC Business. 8. Closing Comments. The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at Yspringer@bis.doc.gov no later than May 1, 2008. The meeting will be open to the public and a limited number of seats will be available. Reservations are not accepted. To the extent time permits, members of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. Written statements may be submitted at any PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Certain Preserved Mushrooms From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On January 28, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain preserved mushrooms from the People’s Republic of China (‘‘the PRC’’) for Ayecue International SLU and its affiliated producer, Ayecue (Liaocheng) Foodstuff Co., Ltd. (collectively, ‘‘Ayecue’’). See Certain Preserved Mushrooms From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 73 FR 4822 (January 28, 2008) (‘‘Preliminary Results’’). We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. EFFECTIVE DATE: April 23, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Martin, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3936. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Case History The Preliminary Results for this administrative review were published on January 28, 2008. Since the Preliminary Results, the following events have occurred: Verification The Department did not conduct verification in this new shipper review. E:\FR\FM\23APN1.SGM 23APN1

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[FR Doc No: E8-8814]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 24-2008)


Foreign-Trade Zone 161 Sedgwick County, Kansas, Application for 
Subzone StatusHawker Beechcraft Corporation (Aircraft Manufacturing), 
Wichita and Salina, Kansas

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, 
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 161, requesting special-purpose 
subzone status for the aircraft manufacturing facilities of Hawker 
Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) located in Wichita and Salina, Kansas. 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 April 17, 2008.
    The HBC facilities are as follows: Proposed Site 1, located at 9709 
E. Central Avenue, in Wichita (910 acres, 5,700 employees); and, 
Proposed Site 2, located at 2625 Scanlan Avenue, in Salina (56 acres, 
430 employees). The facilities are used for manufacturing various types 
of aircraft (HTSUS 8802.40, with a weight greater than 15,000kg) (up to 
750 aircraft annually). The Wichita facilities are used for final 
assembly of aircraft as well as other manufacturing support activities, 
while the Salina facilities are used primarily for manufacturing and 
fabrication of aircraft assemblies and subassemblies. Imported 
components and raw materials account for approximately 34 percent of 
the value of inputs used in manufacturing. Parts and components that 
may be imported into the proposed subzone sites for manufacturing 
include: oxygen (2804.40); rubber adhesives or polymers (3506.91); 
acrylic polymers (3906.10); flexible plastic tubing (3917.31); non-
reinforced plastic tubing (3917.32); other plastic tubing (3917.39); 
plastic tubing with fittings (3917.33); self-adhesive tape (3919.10, 
3919.90); plastic sheets (3921.13); plastic handles (3926.30); plastic 
articles (3926.90); vulcanized rubber plates (4008.11); vulcanized 
rubber forms (4008.19); reinforced rubber tubes without fittings 
(4009.41); reinforced rubber tubes with fittings (4009.42); vulcanized 
rubber gaskets (4016.93); vulcanized rubber articles (4016.99); bags 
and cases (4202.92); wood boxes (4420.90); rubberized textile fabric 
(5906.99); lifejackets and lifebelts (6307.20); laminated safety glass 
(7007.21); glass envelopes for lighting (7011.10); glass sheets 
(7019.39); glass fibers and articles (7019.90); articles of glass 
(7020.00); imitation jewelry (7117.90); cast fittings of iron and steel 
(7307.19); stainless steel flanges (7307.21); threaded elbows 
(7307.22); tube and pipe fittings (7307.29); threaded elbows and 
sleeves (7307.92); screws, nuts and bolts (7318.15); threaded articles 
(7318.19); spring washers (7318.21); cotter and cotter pins (7318.24); 
other non-threaded articles (7318.29); other springs and leaves of iron 
and steel (7320.90); articles of iron and steel wire (7326.20); iron 
and steel hangers and supports (7326.90); stranded copper wire with or 
without fittings (7413.00); iron, copper and steel washers and spring 
washers (7415.21); non-alloy aluminum pipes and tubes (7608.10); other 
alloy aluminum pipes and tubes (7608.20); aluminum pipe or tube 
fittings (7609.00); aluminum fasteners (7616.10); aluminum articles 
(7616.99); tungsten articles (8101.99); titanium articles (8108.90); 
pliers, pincers, tweezers and similar (8203.20); hand-operated spanners 
and wrenches and their parts (8204.11); socket wrenches and their parts 
with or without handles, drives and extensions (8204.20); other hand 
tools (8205.59); vices, clamps and similar and their parts (8205.70); 
tools and their parts for boring and broaching (8207.60); other 
interchangeable tools (8207.90); locks (8301.40); parts of base-metal 
padlocks and locks (8301.60); base- metal hinges and parts (8302.10); 
base-metal mountings (8302.49); base-metal hooks, eyes and eyelets 
(8308.10); other base-metal stoppers, caps and lids and other packing 
accessories (8309.90); fuel and other pumps (8413.30); air or vacuum 
pumps (8414.59); window, wall or split-system air-conditioning machines 
and parts (8415.10); air-conditioning machines not incorporating a 
refrigeration unit (8415.83); parts of air-conditioning machines 
(8415.90); oil or fuel filters for internal combustion engines 
(8421.23); other electromechanical appliances with self-contained 
motors (8479.89); pressure-reducing valves and their parts (8481.10); 
valves for oleo-hydraulic and pneumatic transmissions (8481.20); iron, 
copper and steel check valves (8481.30); safety or relief valves 
(8481.40); other hand-operated appliances and parts (8481.80, 8481.90); 
ball bearings (8482.10); spherical roller bearings (8482.30); other 
ball or roller bearings and parts (8482.99); bearing housings/plain 
shaft bearings (8483.30); gears, gearing and other transmission 
elements (8483.40); flywheels, pulleys and pulley blocks (8483.50); 
clutch and shaft couplings (8483.60); toothed-wheels, chain sprockets 
and other transmission elements (8483.90); gaskets and similar joints 
of metal sheeting (8484.10, 8484.90); other machine parts (8487.90); 
single-phase AC motors (8501.40); electric motors and generators 
(8501.63, ); electric motor and generator parts (8503.00); static 
convertors (8504.40); electrical transformers, static convertors, 
conductors and parts (8504.50); starter- motors and starter-generators 
(8511.40); lead-acid storage batteries (8507.20); voltage and voltage-
current regulators and cut-out relays (8511.80); audio frequency 
electric amplifiers (8518.40); electric sound amplifier sets (8518.50); 
optical media (8523.40); antennas, antenna reflectors and parts 
(8529.10); burglar and fire alarms (8531.10); electrical signaling 
equipment (8531.80); printed circuit assembly parts (8531.90); fuses 
(8536.10); circuit breakers (8536.30); voltage relays (8536.41, 
8536.49); other switches (8536.50); lamp-holders (8536.61); other lamp-
holders, plugs and sockets (8536.69); other electrical apparatus for 
switching circuits or making connections (8536.90); electrical board 
panels and consoles (8537.10); parts for electrical apparatus 
(8538.90); electrical filament or discharge lamps and parts (8539.29, 
8539.39); electrical machines and parts (8543.70, 8543.90); copper 
winding wire (8544.11); other winding wire (8544.19); coaxial cable and 
electric conductors (8544.20); ignition and other wiring sets 
(8544.30); electrical conductors (8544.49);

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insulating fittings for electrical machines (8547.90); parachutes and 
rotochutes (8804.00); corrective or protective spectacles and goggles 
(9004.90); lasers (9013.20); compasses (9014.10); aeronautical 
navigation instruments and appliances (9014.20); surveying instruments 
and appliances (9015.80); calculating instruments (9017.20); breathing 
appliances and gas masks (9020.00); thermometers and pyrometers 
(9025.19); hydrometers (9025.80); speedometers, tachometers and 
stroboscopes (9029.20); instruments for checking voltage and current 
(9030.39); instruments to measure and check instruments and their parts 
(9031.80, 9031.90); thermostats (9032.10); hydraulic and pneumatic 
instruments (9032.81); automatic voltage and voltage-current regulators 
(9032.89); electric lamps and lighting fittings (9405.20, 9405.40); 
illuminated signs and name plates (9405.60); plastic parts for lamps 
and lighting fixtures (9405.92, 9405.99); and, ball-point pens 
(9608.10). The duty rates on the imported components range from duty-
free to 15 percent.
    This application requests authority for HBC to conduct the 
manufacturing activity under FTZ procedures, which would exempt the 
company from customs duty payments on the imported components used in 
export production. Approximately 50 percent of production is exported. 
On domestic sales, the company could choose the lower duty rate (duty-
free) that applies to the finished product for the imported components 
used in manufacturing. HBC may also realize savings related to direct 
delivery and weekly customs entry procedures. The company will also 
realize savings on the elimination of duties on materials that become 
scrap/waste during manufacturing. Additionally, customs duties could 
possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment. 
The application indicates that the FTZ-related savings would improve 
the plant's international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp of the 
FTZ staff is 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 listed below. The closing period for their 
receipt is June 23, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material 
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the 
subsequent 15-day period (to July 7, 2008).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available at each of the following addresses: U. S. Department of 
Commerce Export Assistance Center, 150 North Main Street, Suite 200, 
Wichita, Kansas; and, Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., 20230. For further information contact 
Christopher Kemp at christopher_kemp@ita.doc.gov or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: April 17, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-8814 Filed 4-22-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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