Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Cellusuede Products, Inc. (Flock Fiber), Rockford, IL, 46089-46090 [E9-21616]

Download as PDF jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 172 / Tuesday, September 8, 2009 / Notices 13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783 (2002)), which has been extended by successive Presidential Notices, the most recent being that of August 13, 2009 (74 FR 41,325 (August 14, 2009)), continues the EAR and, to the extent permitted by law, the provisions of the EAA, in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706 (2000)). The Department of Commerce, insofar as appropriate, is following the provisions of Section 6 by reviewing its foreign policy-based export controls, requesting public comments on such controls, and preparing a report to be submitted to Congress. In January 2009, the Secretary of Commerce, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State, extended for one year all foreign policy-based export controls then in effect. BIS is now soliciting public comment on the effects of extending or modifying the existing foreign policybased export controls for another year. Among the criteria considered in determining whether to continue or revise U.S. foreign policy-based export controls are the following: 1. The likelihood that such controls will achieve the intended foreign policy purpose, in light of other factors, including the availability from other countries of the goods, software or technology proposed for such controls; 2. Whether the foreign policy objective of such controls can be achieved through negotiations or other alternative means; 3. The compatibility of the controls with the foreign policy objectives of the United States and with overall United States policy toward the country subject to the controls; 4. Whether the reaction of other countries to the extension of such controls is not likely to render the controls ineffective in achieving the intended foreign policy objective or be counterproductive to United States foreign policy interests; 5. The comparative benefits to U.S. foreign policy objectives versus the effect of the controls on the export performance of the United States, the competitive position of the United States in the international economy, the international reputation of the United States as a supplier of goods and technology; and 6. The ability of the United States to enforce the controls effectively. BIS is particularly interested in receiving comments on the economic impact of proliferation controls. BIS is also interested in industry information relating to the following: 1. Information on the effect of foreign policy-based export controls on sales of VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:32 Sep 04, 2009 Jkt 217001 U.S. products to third countries (i.e., those countries not targeted by sanctions), including the views of foreign purchasers or prospective customers regarding U.S. foreign policybased export controls. 2. Information on controls maintained by U.S. trade partners. For example, to what extent do U.S. trade partners have similar controls on goods and technology on a worldwide basis or to specific destinations? 3. Information on licensing policies or practices by our foreign trade partners that are similar to U.S. foreign policybased export controls, including license review criteria, use of conditions, requirements for pre- and post-shipment verifications (preferably supported by examples of approvals, denials and foreign regulations). 4. Suggestions for revisions to foreign policy-based export controls that would bring them more into line with multilateral practice. 5. Comments or suggestions as to actions that would make multilateral controls more effective. 6. Information that illustrates the effect of foreign policy-based export controls on trade or acquisitions by intended targets of the controls. 7. Data or other information on the effect of foreign policy-based export controls on overall trade at the level of individual industrial sectors. 8. Suggestions as to how to measure the effect of foreign policy-based export controls on trade. 9. Information on the use of foreign policy-based export controls on targeted countries, entities, or individuals. BIS is also interested in comments relating generally to the extension or revision of existing foreign policy-based export controls. Parties submitting comments are asked to be as specific as possible. All comments received before the close of the comment period will be considered by BIS in reviewing the controls and developing the report to Congress. All comments must be in writing (either e-mail or on paper). All comments will be a matter of public record and will be available for public inspection and copying. These comments will be displayed on BIS’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Web site at www.bis.doc.gov/ foia. Dated: September 2, 2009. Matthew S. Borman, Acting Assistant Secretary for Export Administration. [FR Doc. E9–21591 Filed 9–4–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–33–P PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 46089 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 1644] Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Cellusuede Products, Inc. (Flock Fiber), Rockford, IL 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 to 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 a significant public benefit and is in the public interest; Whereas, the Greater Rockford Airport Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 176, has made application to the Board for authority to establish a special-purpose subzone at the flock fiber manufacturing and distribution facility of Cellusuede Products, Inc., located in Rockford, Illinois, (FTZ Docket 48–2008, filed 9–3–2008); Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (73 FR 52816–52817, 9–11–08) and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations; and, 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 would be satisfied, and that the proposal would be in the public interest if subject to the restriction listed below; Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status for activity related to the manufacturing and distribution of flock fiber at the facility of Cellusuede Products, Inc., located in Rockford, Illinois (Subzone 1‘76F), as described in the application and Federal Register notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, including Section 400.28, and further subject to the following restriction: Privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) shall be elected on foreign status nylon, E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1 46090 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 172 / Tuesday, September 8, 2009 / Notices jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES polyester and polypropylene fibers and tow (HTSUS 5501.10, 5501.20, 5501.40, 5503.20, 5503.40). West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–3225. The mailbox address for providing email comments is PR1.0648– Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of XQ10 @noaa.gov. NMFS is not responsible for e-mail comments sent to August 2009. addresses other than the one provided Ronald K. Lorentzen, here. Comments sent via e-mail, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for including all attachments, must not Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, exceed a 10–megabyte file size. Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Instructions: All comments received Attest: lllllllllllllll are a part of the public record and will Andrew McGilvray, generally be posted to https:// Executive Secretary. www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ [FR Doc. E9–21616 Filed 9–4–09; 8:45 am] incidental.htm without change. All BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Personal Identifying Information (for example, name, address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE may be publicly accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business National Oceanic and Atmospheric Information or otherwise sensitive or Administration protected information. RIN 0648–XQ10 A copy of the application containing a list of the references used in this Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals document may be obtained by writing to During Specified Activities; Blasting the address specified above, telephoning and Dredging Operations by the U.S. the contact listed below (see FOR Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), or Marine Corps in the U.S. Marine Corps visiting the internet at: https:// Slipway at the Blount Island Facility, www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ Duval County, FL incidental.htm. Documents cited in this notice may be viewed, by appointment, AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries during regular business hours, at the Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and aforementioned address. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental Howard Goldstein or Jolie Harrison, harassment authorization; request for Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, comments. 301–713–2289, ext. 172. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: NMFS has received an application from the U.S. Army Corps of Background Engineers (ACOE) and U.S. Marine Sections 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA Corps (USMC) for an Incidental (16 U.S.C. 1361 (a)(5)(D)) directs the Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take Secretary of Commerce to allow, upon small numbers of marine mammals, by request, the incidental, but not harassment, incidental to blasting and intentional, taking of marine mammals dredging operations in the USMC for periods not more than one year by slipway at the Blount Island facility U.S. citizens who engage in a specified (MCSF-BI Slipway) in Duval County, activity (other than commercial fishing) FL. NMFS has reviewed the application, within a specified geographical region if including all supporting documents, certain findings are made and if the and determined that it is adequate and taking is limited to harassment, a notice complete. Pursuant to the Marine of a proposed authorization is provided Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS to the public for review. is requesting comments on its proposal An authorization to take small to issue an IHA to ACOE and USMC to numbers of marine mammals by incidentally harass, by Level B harassment shall be granted if NMFS harassment only, marine mammals finds that the taking will have a during the specified activities within negligible impact on the species or the specified geographic region. stock(s), will not have an unmitigable DATES: Comments and information must adverse impact on the availability of the be received no later than October 8, species or stock(s) for subsistence uses 2009. (where relevant), and if the permissible methods of taking and requirements ADDRESSES: Comments on the pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring application should be addressed to and reporting of such takings are set Michael Payne, Chief, Permits, forth to achieve the least practicable Conservation and Education Division, adverse impact. NMFS has defined Office of Protected Resources, National ‘‘negligible impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East- VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:32 Sep 04, 2009 Jkt 217001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 as ’’ * * * an impact resulting from the specified activity that cannot be reasonably expected to, and is not reasonably likely to, adversely affect the species or stock through effects on annual rates of recruitment or survival.’’ Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA established an expedited process by which citizens of the United States can apply for an authorization to incidentally take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment. Except with respect to certain activities not pertinent here, the MMPA defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (I) has the potential to injure a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild [Level A harassment]; or (ii) has the potential to disturb a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild by causing disruption of behavioral patterns, including, but not limited to, migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering [Level B harassment]. Section 101(a)(5)(D) establishes a 45– day time limit for NMFS review of an application followed by a publication in the Federal Register and other relevant media proposed authorizations for the incidental harassment of marine mammals. The publication of the proposed authorization initiates a 30– day public comment period. Within 45 days of the close of the comment period, NMFS must either issue or deny issuance of the authorization. Summary of Request On January 16, 2009, NMFS received a letter from the ACOE and USMC, requesting an IHA. The requested IHA would authorize the take, by Level B (behavioral) harassment, of small numbers of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) incidental to blasting and dredging operations in the MCSF-BI Slipway. Proposed activities will include the removal of concrete sill/cemented rock by blasting and advanced maintenance dredging. The ACOE proposed to use blasting to fracture (‘‘pre-treat’’) an existing concrete sill and cemented rock in the slipway, then completely remove the pre-treated sill and cemented rock by dredging, and dredge the entire slipway from its current depth of -37 ft mean low low water (MLLW) to -47 ft MLLW. The dredging will likely be completed using a mechanical dredge (i.e., clamshell or backhoe), cutterhead dredge, and blasting. The dredging will remove approximately 750,000 cubic yards of material from the slipway. Material removed from the dredging will be placed in Dayson Island Dredge Material Management Area located at Little Marsh Island. Concrete from the sill will be removed to an offsite E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46089-46090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21616]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1644]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Cellusuede Products, Inc. 
(Flock Fiber), Rockford, IL

    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 
to 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 a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
    Whereas, the Greater Rockford Airport Authority, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 176, has made application to the Board for authority 
to establish a special-purpose subzone at the flock fiber manufacturing 
and distribution facility of Cellusuede Products, Inc., located in 
Rockford, Illinois, (FTZ Docket 48-2008, filed 9-3-2008);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (73 FR 52816-52817, 9-11-08) and the application has 
been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; 
and,
    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 would be satisfied, and that the proposal would be 
in the public interest if subject to the restriction listed below;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to the manufacturing and distribution of 
flock fiber at the facility of Cellusuede Products, Inc., located in 
Rockford, Illinois (Subzone 1`76F), as described in the application and 
Federal Register notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including Section 400.28, and further subject to the 
following restriction:

    Privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) shall be elected on 
foreign status nylon,

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polyester and polypropylene fibers and tow (HTSUS 5501.10, 5501.20, 
5501.40, 5503.20, 5503.40).


    Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of August 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:----------------------------------------------------------------

Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-21616 Filed 9-4-09; 8:45 am]
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