Foreign-Trade Zone 20-Suffolk, VA; Application for Subzone Status; STIHL Incorporated (Outdoor Power Products Manufacturing and Distribution), Virginia Beach, VA, 60677-60678 [E8-24327]
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Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), and the regulations of the Board
(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed
on October 6, 2008.
FTZ 26 was approved on January 17,
1977 (Board Order 115, 42 FR 4186, 1/
24/77); reorganized on April 18, 1988
(Board Order 381, 53 FR 15254, 4/28/
88); and, expanded on April 29, 1996
(Board Order 820, 61 FR 21156, 5/9/96),
on March 19, 1999 (Board Order 1033,
64 FR 16421, 4/5/99), on June 21, 2000
(Board Order 1105, 65 FR 39865, 6/28/
00), and on July 8, 2005 (Board Order
1401, 70 FR 41201, 7/18/05).
The general-purpose zone project
currently consists of twelve sites (5,391
acres total) in the Atlanta area: Site 1
(285 acres, 2 parcels)—adjacent to the
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
Airport and jet fuel storage and
distribution facilities in Clayton and
Fulton Counties; Site 2 (2,472 acres)—
Peachtree City Industrial Park, Highway
74 South, Peachtree City; Site 3 (85
acres)—Canton-Cherokee County
Business and Industrial Park, Brown
Industrial Boulevard, Canton; Site 4
(1,152 acres)—within the 2,124-acre
Muscogee Technology Park, located at
the intersection of Georgia Highway 22
and State Route 80, Columbus; Site 5 (49
acres)—Corporate Ridge/Columbus East
Industrial Park, located at the
intersection of Schatulga Road and
Cargo Drive, Columbus; Site 6 (394
acres)—within the 411-acre Green
Valley Industrial Park, located at the
intersection of Green Valley Road and
State Route 16, Griffin; Site 7 (64
acres)—Hudson Industrial Park, located
at the intersections of Hudson Industrial
Drive, Green Valley Road and Futral
Road, Griffin; Site 8 (190 acres)—I–75
Industrial Park, located at the
intersection of Wallace Road and
Jackson Road, Griffin; Site 9 (321
acres)—Hamilton Mill Business Center,
located at the intersection of Hamilton
Mill Road and Interstate 985, Buford;
Site 10 (212 acres)—ProLogis Park
Greenwood, located just west of
Interstate 75 at the Georgia State
Highway 155 diamond interchange,
McDonough; Temporary Site 1 (7
acres)—Southpoint Business Park
(Building B), 2500 Southpoint Drive,
Forest City (expires 7/31/09); and,
Temporary Site 2 (160 acres)—within
the West Point Economic Development,
located at the intersection of Interstate
85 and Webb Road, West Point (expires
7/31/09).
The applicant is now requesting
authority for a reorganization and
expansion of the zone, which includes
both additions and deletions with an
overall increase of 1,716 acres in total
zone space as described below:
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—Modify Existing Site 2 (Peachtree City
Industrial park) by deleting 1,036
acres (new total acreage 1,436 acres);
—Delete Site 8 (I–75 Industrial Park) in
its entirety due to changed
circumstances;
—Proposed Site 11 (1,544 acres)—West
Point Economic Development, located
at the intersection of Interstate 85 and
Webb Road, West Point (Troup
County) (this site will include
Temporary Site 2 on a permanent
basis);
—Proposed Site 12 (241 acres)—within
the 1,800-acre Callaway South
Industrial Park, located at Pegasus
Parkway and South Loop Extension
off of Interstate 85, West Point;
—Proposed Site 13 (184 acres)—within
the 541-acre Sofkee Industrial Park,
5898 Hawkinsville Road, Macon (Bibb
County);
—Proposed Site 14 (230 acres)—Airport
East Industrial Park, 8222
Hawkinsville Road, Macon;
—Proposed Site 15 (207 acres)—within
the 715-acre Twiggs County Industrial
Park, located at Interstate 16 and State
Route 96, Jeffersonville (Twiggs
County);
—Proposed Site 16 (308 acres)—
Meridian 75 Logistics Center, located
at Interstate 75 and Rumble Road,
Forsyth (Monroe County);
—Proposed Site 17 (193 acres)—
Majestic Airport Center III, located at
Interstate 85 and Jonesboro Road
(Highway 138), Union City (Fulton
County); and,
—Proposed Site 18 (195 acres)—South
Fulton Parkway Corporate Center,
located at South Fulton Parkway and
Derrick Road, Union City.
The sites will provide warehousing and
distribution services to area businesses.
No specific manufacturing authority is
being requested at this time. Such
requests would be made to the Board on
a case-by-case basis.
In accordance with the Board’s
regulations, Camille Evans 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 below. The closing period for
their receipt is December 15, 2008.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing
period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period to December
29, 2008.
A copy of the application and
accompanying exhibits will be available
for public inspection at each of the
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following locations: U.S. Department of
Commerce, Export Assistance Center, 75
Fifth Street, NW., Suite 1055, Atlanta,
GA 30308; and, Office of the Executive
Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room
2111, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
For further information, contact
Camille Evans at
Camille_Evans@ita.doc.gov or (202)
482–2350.
Dated: October 8, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–24326 Filed 10–10–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 56–2008]
Foreign-Trade Zone 20—Suffolk, VA;
Application for Subzone Status; STIHL
Incorporated (Outdoor Power Products
Manufacturing and Distribution),
Virginia Beach, VA
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the Virginia Port Authority,
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 20,
requesting special-purpose subzone
status for the outdoor power products
manufacturing and distribution facilities
of STIHL Incorporated (STIHL) located
in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 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 October 3, 2008.
The STIHL facilities are located at 536
Viking Drive, 2525 International
Parkway, 601 Central Drive, 825 London
Bridge Road, and 528 Viking Drive, in
Virginia Beach (87 acres, 9 buildings,
2,000 employees). The facilities are used
for the manufacture and distribution
activities of various types of gaspowered and electric outdoor products
and their parts (blowers, trimmers,
sprayers, cutters, cultivators and
chainsaws; HTSUS numbers 8414.59,
8467.29, 8424.81, 8467.89, 8432.29,
8467.22, and 8467.81). At full capacity
the STIHL facility can produce up to 4
million units annually. Imported
components and raw materials account
for approximately 25 percent of the
finished products’ value. Parts and
components that may be imported into
the proposed subzone for manufacturing
include: petroleum oils (2710.11);
bituminous oils (2710.19); carbides
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(2849.90); glues and adhesives
(3506.91); pickling preparations
(3810.90); organic solvents and thinners
(3814.00); polyethylene (3901.20);
propylene copolymers (3902.30);
polyamides (3908.10); polyurethanes
(3909.50); silicones (3910.00);
petroleum resins (3911.90);
monofilament plastics (3916.90); plastic
tubes, pipes and hoses (3917.21,
3917.22, 3917.23, 3917.29, 3917.31,
3917.32, 3917.33, 3917.39, 3917.40);
self-adhesive or non self-adhesive
plates, sheets, film, foil, tape and strip
(3919.10, 3919.90, 3920.10, 3920.62,
3920.92, 3921.11, 3921.90); plastic
boxes, cases, crates, stoppers, lids, caps
and other closures (3923.10, 3923.21,
3923.29, 3923.30, 3923.40, 3923.50,
3923.90, 3926.90); rubber tubes, pipes
and hoses (4009.11, 4009.12, 4009.21,
4009.22, 4009.31, 4009.32, 4009.41,
4009.42); erasers (4016.92); vulcanized
rubber gaskets, washers, seals and other
articles (4016.93, 4016.99); plaiting
materials (4601.29); synthetic twine,
cordage, ropes and cables (5607.50); felt
filters (5911.90); harnesses (6307.90);
iron or steel tubes, flanges and pipe
fittings (7307.21, 7307.91, 7307.92,
7307.99); iron and steel self-tapping
screws, bolts, nuts, screws, screw hooks,
rivets, cotters, cotter pins and washers
(7318.14, 7318.15, 7318.16, 7318.19,
7318.21, 7318.24, 7318.29); leaf springs,
leaves and helical springs (7320.10,
7320.20, 7320.90); iron or steel wire and
other articles (7326.20, 7326.90); copper
tube and pipe (7411.29); copper alloy
tube and pipe (7412.20); copperstranded wire and cable (7413.00);
copper nails, tacks, drawing pins and
staples (7415.21, 7415.29, 7415.33,
7415.39); aluminum foil (7607.20);
aluminum tubes and pipes (7608.20);
aluminum stranded wire, cable and
plaited bands (7614.10, 7614.90);
aluminum nails, tacks, staples and other
articles (7616.10, 7616.99); zinc articles
(7907.00); tungsten powders (8101.10);
hand tools (8205.40, 8205.59); iron, steel
or other base metal flexible tubing
(8307.10, 8307.90); internal combustion
engine parts (8409.91); fuel, lubricating
or cooling pumps and their parts
(8413.30, 8413.91); air or vacuum
pumps and their parts (8414.59,
8414.90); oil or fuel filters (8421.21,
8421.23); fire extinguishers, spray guns,
steam or sand blasting machines and
their parts (8424.81, 8424.90); pressurereducing valves, check valves, oleohydraulic valves, safety or relief valves
and their parts (8481.10, 8481.20,
8481.30, 8481.40, 8481.80, 8481.90);
ball bearings, roller bearings and their
parts (8482.10, 8482.20, 8482.30,
8482.40, 8482.50, 8482.80, 8482.91,
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8482.99); transmission shafts and
cranks, bearing housings, torque
converters, flywheels and pulleys,
clutches and shaft couplings, toothed
wheels and chain sprockets (8483.10,
8483.30, 8483.40, 8483.50, 8483.60,
8483.90); gaskets (8484.10, 8484.20,
8484.90); non-electrical machinery parts
(8487.90); electric motors and generators
(8501.10, 8501.20, 8501.31, 8501.32,
8501.33, 8501.34, 8501.40, 8501.51,
8501.52, 8501.53, 8501.61, 8501.62,
8501.63, 8501.64); electric generating
sets (8502.20); parts for electric motors,
generators and generator sets (8503.00);
primary cells, batteries and their parts
(8506.80); lead-acid storage batteries
and their parts (8507.10, 8507.20,
8507.30, 8507.40, 8507.80, 8507.90);
spark plugs (8511.10); ignition
magnetos, magneto-dynamos and
magnetic flywheels (8511.20);
distributors and ignition coils (8511.30);
generators and their parts (8511.50,
8511.90); portable electric lamps
(8513.10); electrical switches, relays,
fuses, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders,
circuit breakers and junction boxes and
their parts (8535.90, 8536.10, 8536.20,
8536.30, 8536.41, 8536.49, 8536.50,
8536.69, 8536.90, 8538.90); electric
filament or discharge lamps and their
parts (8539.22, 8539.29, 8539.31);
cathode ray tubes and their parts
(8540.89); coaxial cable and coaxial
electric conductors with or without
connectors (8544.20, 8544.42, 8544.49,
8544.60); non-propelled trailers and
semi-trailers and their parts (8716.80,
8716.90); pneumatic hand tools
(8467.11); and, vacuum cleaners and
their parts (8508.11). The duty rates on
the imported components range from
duty-free to 12.5 percent.
This application requests authority for
STIHL to conduct the manufacturing
activity under FTZ procedures, which
could exempt the company from
customs duty payments on the imported
components used in export production.
Approximately 40 percent of production
is exported. On domestic sales, the
company could defer duty payment and
choose the lower duty rate (duty-free to
4.7 percent) that applies to the finished
products for the imported components
used in manufacturing. STIHL may also
realize savings related to direct delivery
and weekly customs entry procedures.
The company would also realize savings
on the elimination of duties on
materials that become scrap/waste
during manufacturing. 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
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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 December 15, 2008.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing
period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to December
29, 2008).
A copy of the application and
accompanying exhibits will be available
at each of the following addresses:
Virginia Port Authority, 600 World
Trade Center, Norfolk, VA 23510; and,
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230. For further information
contact Christopher Kemp at
christopher_kemp@ita.doc.gov or (202)
482–0862.
Dated: October 6, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 56-2008]
Foreign-Trade Zone 20--Suffolk, VA; Application for Subzone
Status; STIHL Incorporated (Outdoor Power Products Manufacturing and
Distribution), Virginia Beach, VA
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Virginia Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone (FTZ) 20, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the
outdoor power products manufacturing and distribution facilities of
STIHL Incorporated (STIHL) located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 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 October 3, 2008.
The STIHL facilities are located at 536 Viking Drive, 2525
International Parkway, 601 Central Drive, 825 London Bridge Road, and
528 Viking Drive, in Virginia Beach (87 acres, 9 buildings, 2,000
employees). The facilities are used for the manufacture and
distribution activities of various types of gas-powered and electric
outdoor products and their parts (blowers, trimmers, sprayers, cutters,
cultivators and chainsaws; HTSUS numbers 8414.59, 8467.29, 8424.81,
8467.89, 8432.29, 8467.22, and 8467.81). At full capacity the STIHL
facility can produce up to 4 million units annually. Imported
components and raw materials account for approximately 25 percent of
the finished products' value. Parts and components that may be imported
into the proposed subzone for manufacturing include: petroleum oils
(2710.11); bituminous oils (2710.19); carbides
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(2849.90); glues and adhesives (3506.91); pickling preparations
(3810.90); organic solvents and thinners (3814.00); polyethylene
(3901.20); propylene copolymers (3902.30); polyamides (3908.10);
polyurethanes (3909.50); silicones (3910.00); petroleum resins
(3911.90); monofilament plastics (3916.90); plastic tubes, pipes and
hoses (3917.21, 3917.22, 3917.23, 3917.29, 3917.31, 3917.32, 3917.33,
3917.39, 3917.40); self-adhesive or non self-adhesive plates, sheets,
film, foil, tape and strip (3919.10, 3919.90, 3920.10, 3920.62,
3920.92, 3921.11, 3921.90); plastic boxes, cases, crates, stoppers,
lids, caps and other closures (3923.10, 3923.21, 3923.29, 3923.30,
3923.40, 3923.50, 3923.90, 3926.90); rubber tubes, pipes and hoses
(4009.11, 4009.12, 4009.21, 4009.22, 4009.31, 4009.32, 4009.41,
4009.42); erasers (4016.92); vulcanized rubber gaskets, washers, seals
and other articles (4016.93, 4016.99); plaiting materials (4601.29);
synthetic twine, cordage, ropes and cables (5607.50); felt filters
(5911.90); harnesses (6307.90); iron or steel tubes, flanges and pipe
fittings (7307.21, 7307.91, 7307.92, 7307.99); iron and steel self-
tapping screws, bolts, nuts, screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters,
cotter pins and washers (7318.14, 7318.15, 7318.16, 7318.19, 7318.21,
7318.24, 7318.29); leaf springs, leaves and helical springs (7320.10,
7320.20, 7320.90); iron or steel wire and other articles (7326.20,
7326.90); copper tube and pipe (7411.29); copper alloy tube and pipe
(7412.20); copper-stranded wire and cable (7413.00); copper nails,
tacks, drawing pins and staples (7415.21, 7415.29, 7415.33, 7415.39);
aluminum foil (7607.20); aluminum tubes and pipes (7608.20); aluminum
stranded wire, cable and plaited bands (7614.10, 7614.90); aluminum
nails, tacks, staples and other articles (7616.10, 7616.99); zinc
articles (7907.00); tungsten powders (8101.10); hand tools (8205.40,
8205.59); iron, steel or other base metal flexible tubing (8307.10,
8307.90); internal combustion engine parts (8409.91); fuel, lubricating
or cooling pumps and their parts (8413.30, 8413.91); air or vacuum
pumps and their parts (8414.59, 8414.90); oil or fuel filters (8421.21,
8421.23); fire extinguishers, spray guns, steam or sand blasting
machines and their parts (8424.81, 8424.90); pressure-reducing valves,
check valves, oleo-hydraulic valves, safety or relief valves and their
parts (8481.10, 8481.20, 8481.30, 8481.40, 8481.80, 8481.90); ball
bearings, roller bearings and their parts (8482.10, 8482.20, 8482.30,
8482.40, 8482.50, 8482.80, 8482.91, 8482.99); transmission shafts and
cranks, bearing housings, torque converters, flywheels and pulleys,
clutches and shaft couplings, toothed wheels and chain sprockets
(8483.10, 8483.30, 8483.40, 8483.50, 8483.60, 8483.90); gaskets
(8484.10, 8484.20, 8484.90); non-electrical machinery parts (8487.90);
electric motors and generators (8501.10, 8501.20, 8501.31, 8501.32,
8501.33, 8501.34, 8501.40, 8501.51, 8501.52, 8501.53, 8501.61, 8501.62,
8501.63, 8501.64); electric generating sets (8502.20); parts for
electric motors, generators and generator sets (8503.00); primary
cells, batteries and their parts (8506.80); lead-acid storage batteries
and their parts (8507.10, 8507.20, 8507.30, 8507.40, 8507.80, 8507.90);
spark plugs (8511.10); ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos and magnetic
flywheels (8511.20); distributors and ignition coils (8511.30);
generators and their parts (8511.50, 8511.90); portable electric lamps
(8513.10); electrical switches, relays, fuses, plugs, sockets, lamp-
holders, circuit breakers and junction boxes and their parts (8535.90,
8536.10, 8536.20, 8536.30, 8536.41, 8536.49, 8536.50, 8536.69, 8536.90,
8538.90); electric filament or discharge lamps and their parts
(8539.22, 8539.29, 8539.31); cathode ray tubes and their parts
(8540.89); coaxial cable and coaxial electric conductors with or
without connectors (8544.20, 8544.42, 8544.49, 8544.60); non-propelled
trailers and semi-trailers and their parts (8716.80, 8716.90);
pneumatic hand tools (8467.11); and, vacuum cleaners and their parts
(8508.11). The duty rates on the imported components range from duty-
free to 12.5 percent.
This application requests authority for STIHL to conduct the
manufacturing activity under FTZ procedures, which could exempt the
company from customs duty payments on the imported components used in
export production. Approximately 40 percent of production is exported.
On domestic sales, the company could defer duty payment and choose the
lower duty rate (duty-free to 4.7 percent) that applies to the finished
products for the imported components used in manufacturing. STIHL may
also realize savings related to direct delivery and weekly customs
entry procedures. The company would also realize savings on the
elimination of duties on materials that become scrap/waste during
manufacturing. 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 December 15, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to December 29, 2008).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available at each of the following addresses: Virginia Port Authority,
600 World Trade Center, Norfolk, VA 23510; and, Office of the Executive
Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. For
further information contact Christopher Kemp at christopher_
kemp@ita.doc.gov or (202) 482-0862.
Dated: October 6, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-24327 Filed 10-10-08; 8:45 am]
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