Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 43 Under Alternative Site Framework, Battle Creek, MI, 73009-73010 [2012-29655]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 236 / Friday, December 7, 2012 / Notices requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [FR Doc. 2012–29549 Filed 12–6–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–03–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Research Service Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of intent. Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to City Center Farms, LLC of Phoenix, Arizona, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent No. 6,613,378, ‘‘SUGARBASED EDIBLE ADHESIVES’’, issued on September 2, 2003. SUMMARY: Comments must be received on or before January 7, 2013. DATES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. ADDRESSES: June Blalock of the Office of Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone: 301–504–5989. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Federal Government’s patent rights in this invention are assigned to the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public interest to so license this invention as City Center Farms, LLC of Phoenix, Arizona has submitted a complete and sufficient application for a license. The prospective exclusive license will be royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within thirty (30) days from the date of this published Notice, the Agricultural Research Service receives written evidence and argument which establishes that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Robert Griesbach, Acting Assistant Administrator. Foreign-Trade Zones Board 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: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Title: NIST, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (HMEP) Program Application Requirements. OMB Control Number: 0693–0056. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently approved collection). Number of Respondents: 12. Average Hours per Response: 112. Burden Hours: 1,344. Needs and Uses: The object of NIST Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (HMEP) Program is to enhance productivity, technological performance, and strengthen the global competitiveness of small- and mediumsized U.S.-based manufacturing firms. Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State or local government; consortia of not-for-profit institutions. Frequency: Annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain benefits. OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395–3123. Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, Fax number (202) 395–5167, or via the Internet at Jasmeet_K_Seehra@omb.eop.gov. Robert Griesbach, Acting Assistant Administrator. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2012–29550 Filed 12–6–12; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2012–29572 Filed 12–6–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–03–P BILLING CODE 3510–13–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:05 Dec 06, 2012 Jkt 229001 73009 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 [Order No. 1870] Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 43 Under Alternative Site Framework, Battle Creek, MI Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order: Whereas, the Board adopted the alternative site framework (ASF) (15 CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones; Whereas, the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 43, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B–57–2012, docketed 7–30–2012) for authority to reorganize under the ASF with a service area of Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren Counties, Michigan, in and adjacent to the Battle Creek Customs and Border Protection port of entry, FTZ 43’s existing Site 1 would be categorized as a magnet site and existing Site 8 would be categorized as a usagedriven site; Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (77 FR 46376–46377, 8–3– 2012) and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations; and, Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendation of the examiner’s report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the public interest; Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders: The application to reorganize FTZ 43 under the alternative site framework is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, including Section 400.13, to the Board’s standard 2,000-acre activation limit for the zone, to a five-year ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would terminate authority for Site 1 if not activated by November 30, 2017, and to a three-year ASF sunset provision for usage-driven sites that would terminate authority for Site 8 if no foreign-status merchandise is admitted for a bona fide customs purpose by November 30, 2015. E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1 73010 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 236 / Friday, December 7, 2012 / Notices Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of November 2012. Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Attest: Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–29655 Filed 12–6–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–520–803] Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From the United Arab Emirates; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010–2011 Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2010, through October 31, 2011. The review covers two producer/exporters of the subject merchandise—JBF RAK LLC (JBF) and FLEX Middle East FZE (FLEX). The Department preliminarily determines that sales of subject merchandise have been made below normal value by JBF and that FLEX did not make sales of subject merchandise below normal value. DATES: Effective Date: December 7, 2012 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston, or Gene Calvert, AD/ CVD Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4261 or (202) 482– 3586, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with Scope of the Order The products covered by the order are all gauges of raw, pre-treated, or primed polyethylene terephthalate film, whether extruded or co-extruded. Excluded are metallized films and other finished films that have had at least one of their surfaces modified by the application of a performance-enhancing resinous or inorganic layer more than 0.00001 inches thick. Also excluded is VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:05 Dec 06, 2012 Jkt 229001 roller transport cleaning film which has at least one of its surfaces modified by application of 0.5 micrometers of SBR latex. Tracing and drafting film is also excluded. Polyethylene terephthalate film is classifiable under subheading 3920.62.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope of the order is dispositive. Methodology The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from the United Arab Emirates’’ (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with these results and hereby adopted by this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Import Administration’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at https://www.trade.gov/ ia/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. Preliminary Results of Review As a result of our review, we preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period November 1, 2010, through October 31, 2011: Manufacturer/exporter JBF RAK LLC ......................... PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Weightedaverage margin (percent) 5.31 Manufacturer/exporter FLEX Middle East FZE ........... Weightedaverage margin (percent) 0.00 Disclosure and Public Comment The Department intends to disclose the calculations used in our analysis to parties in this review within five days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary results of this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit case briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may not be filed later than five days after the time limit for filing case briefs.1 Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this review are requested to submit with each brief: (1) A statement of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of authorities.2 Executive summaries should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes.3 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register. If a hearing is requested, the Department will notify interested parties of the hearing schedule. Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, filed electronically via IA ACCESS within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party’s name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review, including the results of our analysis of issues raised by the parties in the written comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless otherwise extended.4 Assessment Rates Upon issuing the final results of the review, the Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties 1 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1). 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2). 3 See id. 4 See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 2 See E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 236 (Friday, December 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73009-73010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29655]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1870]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 43 Under Alternative Site 
Framework, Battle Creek, MI

    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 Board adopted the alternative site framework (ASF) (15 
CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of 
zones;
    Whereas, the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 43, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-57-
2012, docketed 7-30-2012) for authority to reorganize under the ASF 
with a service area of Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, 
Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van 
Buren Counties, Michigan, in and adjacent to the Battle Creek Customs 
and Border Protection port of entry, FTZ 43's existing Site 1 would be 
categorized as a magnet site and existing Site 8 would be categorized 
as a usage-driven site;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (77 FR 46376-46377, 8-3-2012) and the application has been 
processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendation of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the 
public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to reorganize FTZ 43 under the alternative site 
framework is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including Section 400.13, to the Board's standard 2,000-
acre activation limit for the zone, to a five-year ASF sunset provision 
for magnet sites that would terminate authority for Site 1 if not 
activated by November 30, 2017, and to a three-year ASF sunset 
provision for usage-driven sites that would terminate authority for 
Site 8 if no foreign-status merchandise is admitted for a bona fide 
customs purpose by November 30, 2015.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of November 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-29655 Filed 12-6-12; 8:45 am]
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