Foreign-Trade Subzone 38A; Application for Expansion of Manufacturing Authority (Production Capacity); BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC; (Motor Vehicles), 36079-36080 [2011-15462]
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uniformity in State dairy laws and
regulations relating to manufacturing
grade milk.
In consultation with representatives
from NADRO, State regulatory agencies,
FDA, and dairy industry trade
associations, the Department prepared
the Recommended Requirements to
promote uniformity in State dairy laws
and regulations for manufacturing grade
milk. To accommodate changes that
have occurred in the dairy industry,
NADRO and various State officials have
from time to time requested USDA to
update the Recommended
Requirements.
During its July 2009 annual meeting,
NADRO passed a resolution requesting
USDA to raise the maximum allowable
somatic cell count for producer herd
goat from 1,000,000 cells per milliliter
to 1,500,000 cells per milliliter to
provide consistency with the current
requirements in place for Grade A
producer herd goat milk. Due to
inherent differences between cows and
goats, goat milk with a somatic cell
count of 1,500,000 million cells per
milliliter can be produced from a
healthy, non-mastitic udder and
therefore, is quality milk. The need for
a separate standard for goat milk was
recognized by the National Conference
on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS)
and was raised to 1,500,000 million
cells per milliliter at their 2009
conference. This change will align the
Recommended Requirements with the
Grade A requirements for goat’s milk.
AMS reviewed this resolution and
developed a draft that identified the
changes associated with this request.
This draft was provided to State
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responsibilities among the various
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Public Comment
A Notice of Proposal to Change the
document, ‘‘Milk for Manufacturing
Purposes and Its Production and
Processing; Recommended
Requirements for Adoption by State
Regulatory Agencies,’’ was published in
the Federal Register on October 5, 2010
(75 FR 61418). The Notice of Proposal
to Change the document provided for a
60-day comment period that ended
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December 5, 2010. Two comments were
received. One from the membership of
the Other Species Milk Committee of
the National Conference on Interstate
Milk Shipments (NCIMS) in support of
the proposed amendment and one from
an anonymous source in opposition of
the amendment which provided no
scientific justification to support their
opposition.
Accordingly, the changes proposed in
the Milk for Manufacturing Purposes
and its Production and Processing;
Recommended Requirements for
Adoption by State Regulatory Agencies
are incorporated in the revised
Recommended Requirements.
The Recommended Requirements are
available either from the above address
or by accessing the information on the
Internet at the following address: https://
www.ams.usda.gov/dairy/
manufmlk.pdf.
Dated: June 15, 2011.
Ellen King,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Office
of Civil Rights.
Title: Reporting Process for Complaint
of Employment Discrimination based on
Sexual Orientation against the
Department of Commerce.
OMB Control Number: 0690–0024.
Form Number(s): CD–545.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 10.
Number of Respondents: 20.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes.
Needs and Use: Pursuant to Executive
Order 11478 and Department of
Commerce Administrative Order (DAO)
215–11, an employee or applicant for
employment with the Department of
Commerce who alleges that he or she
has been subjected to discriminatory
treatment based on sexual orientation by
the Department of Commerce or one of
its sub-agencies, must submit a signed
statement that is sufficiently precise to
identify the actions or practices that
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form the basis of the complaint.
Through use of this standardized form,
the Office of Civil Rights proposes to
collect the information required by the
Executive Order and DAO in a uniform
manner that will increase the efficiency
of complaint processing and trend
analyses of complaint activity.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas Fraser
(202) 395–5887.
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 6616, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
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Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
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Officer, fax number (202) 395–7258 or
via e-mail at Nicholas A
Fraser@omb.eop.gov
Dated: June 16, 2011.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–15431 Filed 6–20–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 43–2011]
Foreign-Trade Subzone 38A;
Application for Expansion of
Manufacturing Authority (Production
Capacity); BMW Manufacturing Co.,
LLC; (Motor Vehicles)
A request has been submitted to the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board)
by the South Carolina State Ports
Authority, grantee of FTZ 38, on behalf
of BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC,
(BMWMC), operator of Subzone 38A,
BMWMC plant, Greer, South Carolina,
requesting authority to expand
BMWMC’s existing scope of FTZ
manufacturing authority to include
additional production capacity. The
application was submitted pursuant to
the provisions of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–
81u), and section 400.28(a)(2) of the
Board’s regulations (15 CFR part 400). It
was formally filed on June 15, 2011.
Subzone 38A was approved by the
Board in 1994 with authority granted for
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the manufacture of up to 219,000 light
duty passenger vehicles at the BMWMC
plant (6,500 employees/1,068 acres)
located at 1400 Highway 101 South in
Greer (Spartanburg County), South
Carolina (Board Order 697, 59 FR 35096,
7–8–94). Activity at the facility includes
machining, painting, assembly,
finishing and testing/quality control.
Components sourced from abroad
(representing about 50% of the finished
vehicles’ material value) used in the
manufacturing activity include: Engines,
transmissions (and related parts), axles,
plastic and rubber parts, mirrors, glass,
wiring harnesses, fasteners, springs,
electronic components (modules,
switches, instruments), regulators,
ignition parts, suspension modules and
related parts, shock absorbers, seats, and
bearings (duty rate range: free—9.9%).
The applicant now requests that the
production capacity under its existing
scope of FTZ manufacturing authority
be expanded to include up to an
additional production of 131,000
vehicles per year, which would bring its
total authorized output to 350,000
vehicles per year. The expanded
operations will involve similar finished
products and utilization of both foreignsourced and domestic materials and
components as under BMWMC’s
existing scope of FTZ authority.
Expanded FTZ procedures could
continue to exempt BMWMC from
customs duty payments on the foreignorigin components used in production
for export (between 60 and 70% of
shipments). On its domestic shipments,
the company would be able to elect the
duty rate that applies to finished
passenger motor vehicles (2.5%) for the
foreign-origin inputs noted above.
Subzone status would further allow
BMWMC to realize logistical benefits
through the use of weekly customs entry
procedures. Customs duties also could
possibly be deferred or reduced on
foreign status production equipment.
BMWMC would also be exempt from
duty payments on foreign inputs that
become scrap during the production
process.
In accordance with the Board’s
regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ Staff
is designated examiner to evaluate and
analyze the facts and information
presented in the application and case
record and to report findings and
recommendations 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
following address: Office of the
Executive Secretary, Room 2111, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
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DC 20230–0002. The closing period for
receipt of comments is August 22, 2011.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing
period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period to
September 6, 2011.
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 and in the
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s
Web site, which is accessible via
https://www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Pierre
Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov or (202)
482–1378.
Dated: June 15, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 42–2011]
Foreign-Trade Zone 37—Orange
County, NY; Application for
Reorganization (Expansion of Service
Area) Under the Alternative Site
Framework
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board
(the Board) by the County of Orange,
New York, grantee of FTZ 37, requesting
authority to reorganize its zone to
expand its service area under the
alternative site framework (ASF)
adopted by the Board (74 FR 1170, 01/
12/09 (correction 74 FR 3987, 01/22/09);
75 FR 71069–71070, 11/22/10). The ASF
is an option for grantees for the
establishment or reorganization of
general-purpose zones and can permit
significantly greater flexibility in the
designation of new ‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ
sites for operators/users located within
a grantee’s ‘‘service area’’ in the context
of the Board’s standard 2,000-acre
activation limit for a general-purpose
zone project. 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 June 15,
2011.
FTZ 37 was approved by the Board on
May 4, 1978 (Board Order 130, 43 FR
20526, 05/12/78) and expanded on July
9, 1999 (Board Order 1044, 64 FR 38887,
07/20/99). FTZ 37 was reorganized
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under the ASF on May 13, 2010 (Board
Order 1680, 75 FR 29727, 5/27/10).
The zone project currently has a
service area that includes Orange
County. The applicant is requesting
authority to expand the service area of
the zone to include Duchess County, as
described in the application. If
approved, the grantee would be able to
serve sites throughout the expanded
service area based on companies’ needs
for FTZ designation. The proposed
expanded service area is adjacent to the
New York/Newark Customs and Border
Protection port of entry.
In accordance with the Board’s
regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the FTZ
staff is designated examiner to evaluate
and analyze the facts and information
presented in the application and case
record and to report findings and
recommendations 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 August 22, 2011.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing
period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to September
6, 2011).
A copy of the application will be
available for public inspection at the
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading
Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site,
which is accessible via https://
www.trade.gov/ftz. For further
information, contact Kathleen Boyce at
Kathleen.Boyce@trade.gov or (202) 482–
1346.
Dated: June 15, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Foreign-Trade
Zone Application
International Trade
Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 43-2011]
Foreign-Trade Subzone 38A; Application for Expansion of
Manufacturing Authority (Production Capacity); BMW Manufacturing Co.,
LLC; (Motor Vehicles)
A request has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 38,
on behalf of BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, (BMWMC), operator of Subzone
38A, BMWMC plant, Greer, South Carolina, requesting authority to expand
BMWMC's existing scope of FTZ manufacturing authority to include
additional production capacity. The application was submitted pursuant
to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C.
81a-81u), and section 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR
part 400). It was formally filed on June 15, 2011.
Subzone 38A was approved by the Board in 1994 with authority
granted for
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the manufacture of up to 219,000 light duty passenger vehicles at the
BMWMC plant (6,500 employees/1,068 acres) located at 1400 Highway 101
South in Greer (Spartanburg County), South Carolina (Board Order 697,
59 FR 35096, 7-8-94). Activity at the facility includes machining,
painting, assembly, finishing and testing/quality control. Components
sourced from abroad (representing about 50% of the finished vehicles'
material value) used in the manufacturing activity include: Engines,
transmissions (and related parts), axles, plastic and rubber parts,
mirrors, glass, wiring harnesses, fasteners, springs, electronic
components (modules, switches, instruments), regulators, ignition
parts, suspension modules and related parts, shock absorbers, seats,
and bearings (duty rate range: free--9.9%).
The applicant now requests that the production capacity under its
existing scope of FTZ manufacturing authority be expanded to include up
to an additional production of 131,000 vehicles per year, which would
bring its total authorized output to 350,000 vehicles per year. The
expanded operations will involve similar finished products and
utilization of both foreign-sourced and domestic materials and
components as under BMWMC's existing scope of FTZ authority.
Expanded FTZ procedures could continue to exempt BMWMC from customs
duty payments on the foreign-origin components used in production for
export (between 60 and 70% of shipments). On its domestic shipments,
the company would be able to elect the duty rate that applies to
finished passenger motor vehicles (2.5%) for the foreign-origin inputs
noted above. Subzone status would further allow BMWMC to realize
logistical benefits through the use of weekly customs entry procedures.
Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign
status production equipment. BMWMC would also be exempt from duty
payments on foreign inputs that become scrap during the production
process.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ
Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and
information presented in the application and case record and to report
findings and recommendations 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 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 August 22, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to September 6, 2011.
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 and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the
Board's Web site, which is accessible via https://www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Pierre Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov
or (202) 482-1378.
Dated: June 15, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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