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Street and Constitution Ave., NW, 

Washington, DC 20230. 

This determination and notice are in 

accordance with section 702(a)(2) of the 

Act. 

Dated: September 8, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

APPENDIX 

SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN–QUOTA RATE OF DUTY 

Country Program(s) Gross1 Subsidy ($/lb) Net2 Subsidy ($/lb) 

27 European Union Member States3 ............ European Union Restitution Payments $ 0.00 $0.00 

Canada .......................................................... Export Assistance on Certain Types of 

Cheese 

$ 0.29 $ 0.29 

Norway ........................................................... Indirect (Milk) Subsidy $ 0.00 $ 0.00 

........................................................................ Consumer Subsidy Total $ 0.00 $ 0.00 

........................................................................ Total $ 0.00 $ 0.00 

Switzerland .................................................... Deficiency Payments $ 0.00 $ 0.00 

1 Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5). 

2 Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6). 

3The 27 member states of the European Union are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, 

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, 

Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

Revised Proposal for Changes to the 

Format of Annual Reports Submitted 

to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

Summary: On May 15, 2009, the 

Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

published a notice seeking comments on 

proposed revisions to the format of 

annual reports that are submitted by 

grantees to the FTZ Board. Based on 

comments received, the FTZ Board has 

made further revisions to the proposed 

annual report format. The most 

significant revision is a proposed shift 

from reporting on a Federal fiscal year 

basis to reporting on a calendar-year 

basis. The Board is inviting public 

comment on the latest proposal. 

Comments and questions regarding the 

original proposal are summarized and 

addressed below by general topic. The 

revised format follows the discussion of 

the comments. 

Summary of Comments Received 

Comments on Terminology 

(1) One comment requested that the 

term ‘‘inactive’’ be removed from the 

report format and replaced with the 

terms ‘‘never activated’’ or 

‘‘deactivated’’. The comment noted that 

this revision would harmonize the 

language in the report with that used by 

CBP. This change has been made. 

(2) Comments were also received on 

specific terminology in the section of 

the report for oil refinery operators. As 

a result, questions regarding indirect 

exports, tank storage capacity and 

shipments to affiliated plants have been 

modified. 

(3) One comment requested that 

clarification be added to the FTZ 

Board’s Annual Report to Congress on 

the treatment of zone-to-zone transfers. 

That comment will be considered 

separately as the proposal below is 

specific to the information submitted to 

the Board by grantees. 

(4) A comment was received 

suggesting that part 1, Question 2 be 

modified to remove the phrase 

‘‘promotion and marketing’’ and better 

reflect the full integration that should 

exist between the zone and local 

economic development plans. While it 

is noted that the zone should be 

incorporated into the overall economic 

development plan of a region, as written 

the question should provide the latitude 

that a grantee needs to include all efforts 

that have been taken regarding the zone. 

Comments on Employment Numbers 

(1) One comment requested that 

employment numbers be collected for 

both approved and activated zone space. 

Currently, the annual report requests 

information on the number of full-time 

equivalent employees within activated 

FTZ sites. There are currently a 

significant number of approved zone 

sites where no FTZ related activity if 

occurring, as grantees have sought to 

include sites in their zone project where 

future zone activity may arise. Including 

employment numbers for companies 

located within those sites in a report on 

FTZ activity would increase the 

reporting burden on grantees while not 

providing an accurate reflection of the 

employment related to FTZ activity 

within a zone. For similar reasons, the 

movement of merchandise in approved 

zone sites that have no zone activity is 

not requested. 

(2) One comment included suggested 

criteria for calculating the employment 

numbers. The suggested criteria would 

essentially have defined employees as 

those engaged in zone activity with 

foreign status merchandise within the 

active zone operation. In many 

instances, however, companies will 

comingle domestic and foreign status 

merchandise within the zone, with 

employees handling either status of 

merchandise, and the percent of foreign 

and domestic merchandise changing 

throughout the year. As a result, 

calculating the suggested employment 

criteria could be overly burdensome for 

many operations. In addition, although 

a portion of the activity may involve 

domestic status merchandise, the FTZ 

savings could be impacting the viability 

of the facility as a whole, and as such, 

the employment related to the domestic 

status merchandise is then tied to the 

use of the zone. On balance, the current 

policy of requesting employment 

numbers for the active portions of the 

zone provides a number that is useful to 

the FTZ Board while not overly 

burdensome to zone users. 

(3) One comment also suggested that 

temporary and contract employees be 

reported on a full-time equivalent basis. 

This clarification on reporting 

employment numbers had been 

included in part 1, and has now also 

been added to Part 2. 

Comments on Value-Added 

(1) One comment suggested that the 

request for value-added activity in part 

2 be broken down by each category of 

merchandise forwarded (exports, entries 

for consumption and zone-to-zone 

transfers). The revised annual report 


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format, as proposed, requests the total 

value-added in the zone for 

manufacturing/processing operations. 

Requiring a further breakdown would 

create an additional burden on zone 

operators, while not providing a 

significant benefit in terms of data that 

would be useful for oversight purposes. 

This proposed format maintains the 

request for the total value-added for the 

zone activity. 

(2) A question has also been added to 

part 2 for oil refinery operators 

requesting the total value-added for 

those zone operations. The questions on 

value-added also include a description 

of how the number should be 

calculated. 

Comments on Scope 

(1) Two comments were received on 

the questions in part 2 that relate to the 

scope of authority approved by the FTZ 

Board. These questions are included in 

the annual report to ensure that zone 

operators with manufacturing/ 

processing activity from the FTZ Board 

are aware of and assessing how the 

current activity relates to that approved 

by the Board. However, realizing that 

further clarification is needed generally 

on issues of the scope of authority, and 

that guidance and clarification on scope 

should occur more broadly, question 8 

in part 2 for manufacturing/processing 

operators has been modified. The 

modifications should address the 

concerns raised while providing the 

FTZ Board with needed information to 

assist its monitoring of manufacturing 

and processing activity within zones. 

The questions in part 2 for oil refinery 

operators were taken from the current 

annual report guidelines for oil refinery 

subzones and were not changed in this 

revision. 

Comments on the Reporting Period 

(1) Two comments noted that 

although the current annual report 

format is based on the Federal fiscal 

year, use of the fiscal year is not 

required in the FTZ Act or Regulations. 

In addition, the comments noted that 

moving to a calendar year reporting 

cycle would be consistent with other 

government agency requirements and 

reports. One comment noted that 

synchronizing the reporting cycle with 

other required reports would ease the 

reporting burden on zone operators by 

standardizing the values and timeframes 

for the submission of reports to the 

Federal government. Based on the 

comments received, the revised 

proposal below includes a shift from the 

Federal fiscal year to the calendar year. 

Under this revised format, the reporting 

cycle for the annual report would be 

January 1 to December 31 and the report 

from the grantee to the FTZ Board 

would be due April 30. 

Comments on the Public Nature of the 

Annual Report 

(1) One comment included a request 

to have the data included in the annual 

report considered business proprietary. 

In the format proposed, the data for all 

warehouse and distribution operators 

within a zone project (in generalpurpose sites and subzones) will be 

combined and reported as a single 

number in part 1. In addition, the names 

of the warehouse and distribution 

operators are not requested, so the data 

provided would not be linked to 

specific firms. In the case of 

manufacturing/processing operators, the 

data will be requested specific to each 

approved manufacturing/processing 

operation (whether in a general-purpose 

site or a subzone). Unlike the examples 

of CBP and Census that are cited in the 

comment and involve the mandatory 

reporting of data for all shipments into 

and out of the U.S., FTZ manufacturing 

and processing operations are approved 

through a public process when found to 

be in the public interest and the activity 

occurring within them must remain 

within the public interest. The FTZ 

Board has always made a practice of 

providing its report to Congress on the 

use of the program, which includes a 

summary of zone operations, as a public 

document. In addition, members of the 

trade community and grantee 

organizations depend on the 

information provided in the annual 

report for their own efforts to assess the 

impact of the program, and restricting 

such parties’ access to the information 

would have a negative impact on those 

efforts. However, based on a recognition 

of concerns about the sensitivity of 

certain information, it will continue to 

be our practice to allow for the 

submission of rounded numbers in the 

movement of merchandise sections. 

Comments on Potential Automation of 

the Annual Report Format 

(1) A comment was also received on 

the interaction between the proposed 

annual report format and the potential 

for future electronic submission of the 

report. The FTZ staff is currently in the 

initial phases of developing a Webbased submission system for the annual 

report. As that system is further 

developed and implemented, 

information and training will be made 

available to the public. The 

implementation of an electronic system 

will incorporate any changes that are 

ultimately made to the annual report 

format. 

The revised proposed annual report 

format is as follows: 

Part 1: Zone Project Summary for 

January 1–December 31 

1. Was foreign-status merchandise 

stored within the zone under zone 

procedures during the year? 

If the answer is no, complete 

questions 2–3 below: 

2. Describe the promotion and 

marketing efforts that are being 

undertaken to provide local companies 

with information on using the zone. 

3. Has the zone ever been used for the 

admission and storage of zone status 

merchandise? If yes, indicate when. 

If the answer is yes, complete 

questions 4–12 of part 1 below for all 

warehouse and distribution operations 

within the general-purpose zone and 

any subzones. In addition, complete a 

separate part 2 (Manufacturing/ 

Processing GPZ and Subzone 

Operations) for each general-purpose or 

subzone operation involved in 

manufacturing/processing. 

4. Provide a summary of the 

warehouse and distribution activity that 

occurred within the zone project. 

Specifically discuss any developments 

or trends in shipments or activity and 

any value added activity that occurred 

within active zone space. 

5. Discuss how the zone project 

contributes to the local economy and 

local economic development efforts, 

including the FTZ impact on local 

employment, port activity, industrial 

development, international trade and 

investment. If applicable, describe in 

what ways the zone has been used 

locally by the logistics industry and 

other companies to address supply 

chain issues. 

6. The general-purpose zone 

servedlll zone users during the 

calendar year. 

The number employed by zone users 

within activated general-purpose zone 

areas waslllpersons. 

Employment figures should include 

both direct and contract persons. For 

part time workers, please report a full 

time equivalent (e.g., 60 contract 

employees working for 6 months would 

equal a full time equivalent of 30 

workers). 

7. Activity Summary 

Provide a list of general-purpose zone 

sites and indicate the number of acres 

that are activated at each site. Also 

indicate if the site is subject to a time 

or sunset limit. 

Provide a list of approved subzones 

and indicate the activation status of 

each subzone. If the subzone is active, 

provide the employment (includes 

direct and contract, reported on a full 


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time equivalent basis)) for the subzone. 

If the subzone has never been active, 

indicate if it has lapsed. 

8. Movement of Merchandise 

This section should include the 

movement of merchandise for all 

general-purpose and subzone operations 

that did not require FTZ Board 

manufacturing/processing authority. 

(There is a separate section below where 

manufacturing/processing operations 

that occurred within the generalpurpose zone or any subzone will be 

reported individually.) 

Zone reports should reflect only 

activity within activated portions of 

zones/subzones. Foreign and domestic 

merchandise handled within activated 

FTZ areas should be reported. 

MERCHANDISE IN THE ZONE AT BEGINNING AND END OF CALENDAR YEAR

Beginning 

value End value 

Domestic Status .................................................................................................................................................... $ $ 

Foreign Status .......................................................................................................................................................

Total ............................................................................................................................................................... $ $ 

Merchandise Received Value 

Domestic Status ............................................................................................................................................. $ 

Foreign Status ................................................................................................................................................

From Other U.S. FTZ’s: 

Domestic Status .............................................................................................................................................

Foreign Status ................................................................................................................................................

Total ........................................................................................................................................................ $ 

Merchandise Forwarded Value 

To The U.S. Market ....................................................................................................................................... $ 

To Foreign Countries (Exports) .....................................................................................................................

To Other U.S. FTZ’s ......................................................................................................................................

Total ........................................................................................................................................................ $ 

Merchandise Destroyed ........................................................................................................................................ $ 

Explanation of Discrepancies: 

a. Does Beginning Inventory + Total 

Merchandise Received ¥ Total 

Merchandise Forwarded ¥ 

Merchandise Destroyed = Ending 

Inventory? If not, explain. 

b. Is the level of Merchandise 

Received this year significantly different 

from the previous year? If yes, explain. 

c. Is the Ending Inventory from the 

previous year equal to the Beginning 

Inventory for this year? 

9. Main Categories of Foreign Status 

Merchandise Received (Top Five) 

Category Value Main countries of origin 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll $llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

Total ............................................................................. $llllllllll 

10. Foreign Status Merchandise 

Received: 

Nonprivileged Foreign $. 

Privileged Foreign $lllll. 

11. Customs duties collected on 

merchandise entered from the zone 

during the calendar year amounted to 

$lllll. 

12. (Optional) Attachment field: You 

may attach any photographs of the zone 

or any information you feel may be 

useful. 

Part 2: Manufacturing/Processing GPZ 

and Subzone Operators for January 1– 

December 31 

A separate part 2, questions 2–18 

should be included for each 

manufacturing/processing operation 

that occurred within the generalpurpose zone or any subzone. This 

reporting of manufacturing/processing 

applies to any activity requiring FTZ 

Board approval under the Board’s 

regulations (15 CFR part 400). (Note that 

any oil refinery operations should use 

the oil refinery-specific part 2 that 

follows this section.) 

Zone reports should reflect only 

activity within activated portions of 

zones/subzones. Foreign and domestic 

merchandise handled within activated 

FTZ areas should be reported. 

1. The grantee shall provide a list of 

each FTZ Board approved 

manufacturing/processing operation 

within the general-purpose zone or 

subzones, and indicate whether or not 

activity was conducted under zone 

procedures at each operation during the 

calendar year. Note that separate 

information for questions 2–18 below is 

required for each active manufacturing/ 

processing operation. 

2. Site/Subzone Number. 

3. Company Name. 

4. Activated Acres. 

5. Briefly describe the activity at the 

subzone/GPZ operation that is occurring 

under zone procedures. Have there been 

any changes to the activity or facilities 

within the past year? 

6. Employment within the FTZ 

operation (includes direct and contract, 

reported on a full time equivalent basis). 

7. Provide the current year’s level of 

production lllll and the level of 

production approved by the FTZ Board 

lllll. 

8. Is the current activity consistent 

with the plan that was presented to and 

approved by the FTZ Board? Explain 

how the activity is consistent. 

9. Provide an estimate for the valueadded activity that takes place under 

zone procedures (labor, profit, overhead, 

etc.). One way to estimate value-added 

is: Value of Sales from Plant minus 

Value of merchandise Received at Plant. 

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the Movement of Merchandise figures 

below. 

10. Explain the extent to which FTZ 

status has helped your facility compete 

with plants abroad (this includes 

competition with other company 

facilities located abroad to expand or 

maintain product lines in the U.S.). 

11. Provide the percent of total 

production that is directly or indirectly 

exported lll%. The indirect exports 

to be reported are shipments that are 

entered for consumption prior to 

subsequent re-exportation or shipments 

to a customer or related facility that are 

later exported (whenever known). You 

may rely on estimates for indirect 

exports but it is important that each 

operator do its best to account for all 

export activity that is supported by their 

FTZ operation. 

12. If the manufacturing activity is 

subject to restriction, list the 

restriction(s) and describe the method of 

compliance. 

13. Movement of Merchandise 

MERCHANDISE IN THE ZONE AT BEGINNING AND END OF CALENDAR YEAR

Beginning 

value End value 

Domestic Status .................................................................................................................................................... $ $ 

Foreign Status .......................................................................................................................................................

Total ............................................................................................................................................................... $ $ 

Merchandise Received Value 

Domestic Status ............................................................................................................................................. $ 

Foreign Status ................................................................................................................................................

From Other U.S. FTZ’s: 

Domestic Status .............................................................................................................................................

Foreign Status ................................................................................................................................................

Total ........................................................................................................................................................ $ 

Merchandise Forwarded Value 

To The U.S. Market ....................................................................................................................................... $ 

To Foreign Countries (Exports) .....................................................................................................................

To Other U.S. FTZ’s ......................................................................................................................................

Total ........................................................................................................................................................ $ 

Merchandise Destroyed ........................................................................................................................................ $ 

Explanation of Discrepancies: 

a. Does Beginning Inventory + Total 

Merchandise Received ¥ Total 

Merchandise Forwarded ¥ 

Merchandise Destroyed = Ending 

Inventory? If not, explain. 

b. Is the level of Merchandise 

Received this year significantly different 

from the previous year? If yes, explain. 

c. Is the Ending Inventory from the 

previous year equal to the Beginning 

Inventory for this year? 

14. Main Categories of Foreign Status 

Merchandise Received (Top Five) 

Category Value Main countries of origin 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll $llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

Total ............................................................................. $llllllllll 

15. Main Categories of Merchandise 

Forwarded (Top Five) 

Category Value 

$lllllllll lllllllll 

lllllllll lllllllll 

lllllllll lllllllll 

lllllllll lllllllll 

lllllllll lllllllll 

Total ................... $lllllllll 

16. Foreign Status Merchandise 

Received: 

Nonprivileged Foreign $ . 

Privileged Foreign $. 

17. Customs duties collected on 

merchandise entered into U.S. Customs 

territory from the operation during the 

calendar year amounted to $lllll. 

18. (Optional) Attachment field: You 

may attach any photographs of the 

operation or any information you feel 

may be useful. 

Part 2 for Oil Refinery Operators for 

January 1–December 31 

Zone reports should reflect only 

activity within activated portions of 

zones/subzones. Foreign and domestic 

merchandise handled within activated 

FTZ areas should be reported. 

1. The grantee shall provide a list of 

each FTZ Board approved oil refinery 

operation within the general-purpose 

zone or subzones, and indicate whether 

or not activity was conducted under 

zone procedures at the subzone or GPZ 

site during the calendar year. Note that 

separate information for questions 2–36 

below is required for each active oil 

refinery operator. 

2. Site/Subzone Number. 

3. Company Name. 

4. Activated Acres. 

5. Activation Date. 

6. Total number of tanks/storage 

capacity in barrels. 

7. Employment—direct and indirect 

(including contract employees), 

reported on a full time equivalent basis. 

8. List primary non-crude receipts on 

an average daily basis. 

9. What percent of the primary noncrude receipts are sourced from abroad? 

10. List primary non-NPF attributed 

products (fuels, lubricants, etc.). 

11. The primary non-NPF attributed 

products account for lll% of total 

output. 

12. Provide a description of types of 

customers for non-NPF products 

shipped from the refinery. In describing 

customers, do not provide customer 

names or specific customer information. 

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about general types or categories of 

customers by industry and/or by use. 

13. Identify exports by product and 

volume. 

14. List primary products produced 

from NPF attributed feedstocks. 

15. NPF attributed products account 

for lll% of total output. 

16. Provide a description of types of 

customers for petrochemical products. 

17. Indicate approximate percentage 

of total shipments from the refinery that 

are to affiliated plants. 

18. Provide the percent of total 

production that is directly or indirectly 

exported lll%. The indirect exports 

to be reported are shipments that are 

entered for consumption prior to 

subsequent re-exportation or shipments 

to a customer or related facility that are 

later exported (whenever known). You 

may rely on estimates for indirect 

exports but it is important that each 

operator do its best to account for all 

export activity that is supported by their 

FTZ operation. 

19. Current rated crude distillation 

capacity (BPD). 

20. Volume of total crude oil receipts 

on an average daily basis (BPD). 

21. Volume of foreign crude oil 

receipts on an average daily basis (BPD). 

22. Estimated percentage of foreign 

crude receipts under 25 degrees API. 

23. Provide the number and date of 

the most recent Board Order. 

24. What capacity (BPD or BPD 

equivalent) was approved by the Board 

in the above order? 

Grants of authority are approved for a 

given level of activity. In the case of oil 

refineries, the levels of activity are 

stated in terms of current rated crude 

distillation capacity. A plant may 

increase its capacity, but the level of 

approved zone activity for the plant 

remains at the level approved under the 

refinery’s current Board Order. 

Significant increases in activity above 

Board-approved levels require an 

expanded authorization. 

25. Is the refinery operating within 

the approved scope of authority? 

Explain. 

26. Indicate how zone savings assist 

the company in its international 

competitiveness efforts (e.g., reduce 

operating costs, improve margins, help 

make exports more competitive, 

maintain or increase refinery capacity 

through processing unit upgrades or 

additions at U.S. refinery versus foreign 

refinery in a global industry). 

In describing how FTZ status has 

affected the refinery, please give 

examples and anecdotal information 

that you feel relevant. We recognize that 

FTZ status may be only a contributing 

factor. 

27. Current estimate of annual zone 

duty savings. 

28. Provide an estimate for the valueadded activity that takes place under 

zone procedures (labor, profit, overhead, 

etc.). One way to estimate value-added 

is: Value of Sales from Plant minus 

Value of merchandise Received at Plant. 

Value-added should not be included in 

the Movement of Merchandise figures 

below. 

29. Describe public-type benefits 

(both direct and indirect) to the local 

and national economy. Please give 

specific examples. As it applies to your 

plant, you may describe with any or all 

of the following: 

a. Affected domestic production 

employment and refinery capacity. 

b. Helped to offset environmental 

compliance costs. 

c. Helped to preserve U.S. refining 

capacity. 

d. Contributed to increased 

investment in U.S. refining. 

In describing industry impact, 

information may be presented to the 

FTZ Board on a company-wide or 

industry-wide basis (rather than from 

individual refineries). In this manner 

the accumulated impact of all of a 

company’s facilities or the use of zone 

procedures in the industry as a whole 

may be discussed rather than on an 

individual basis. 

30. If the operation is subject to 

restriction, please describe method of 

compliance. 

31. Movement of Merchandise 

MERCHANDISE IN THE ZONE AT BEGINNING AND END OF CALENDAR YEAR

Beginning 

value End value 

Domestic Status .................................................................................................................................................... $ $ 

Foreign Status .......................................................................................................................................................

Total ............................................................................................................................................................... $ $ 

Merchandise Received: Value 

Domestic Status ............................................................................................................................................. $ $ 

Foreign Status ................................................................................................................................................

From Other U.S. FTZ’s: 

Domestic Status .............................................................................................................................................

Foreign Status ................................................................................................................................................

Total ........................................................................................................................................................ $ $ 

Merchandise Forwarded: Value 

To The U.S. Market ....................................................................................................................................... $ 

To Foreign Countries (Exports) .....................................................................................................................

To Other U.S. FTZ’s ......................................................................................................................................

Total ........................................................................................................................................................ $ $ 

Merchandise Destroyed ........................................................................................................................................ $ 

Explanation of Discrepancies: 

a. Does Beginning Inventory + Total 

Merchandise Received ¥ Total 

Merchandise Forwarded ¥ 

Merchandise Destroyed = Ending 

Inventory? If not, explain. 

b. Is the level of Merchandise 

Received this year significantly different 

from the previous year? If yes, explain. 

c. Is the Ending Inventory from the 

previous year equal to the Beginning 

Inventory for this year? 

32. Main Categories of Foreign Status 

Merchandise Received (Top Five) 

Category Value Main countries of origin 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll $llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 


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Category Value Main countries of origin 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

lllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllll 

Total ............................................................................ $llllllllll 

33. Main Categories of Merchandise 

Forwarded (Top Five) 

Category Value 

lllllllll $lllllllll 

lllllllll lllllllll 

lllllllll lllllllll 

lllllllll lllllllll 

lllllllll lllllllll 

Total ................... $lllllllll 

34. Foreign Status Merchandise 

Received: 

Nonprivileged Foreign $. 

Privileged Foreign $. 

35. Customs duties collected on 

merchandise entered into U.S. Customs 

territory from the operation during the 

year amounted to 

$llllllllll. 

36. (Optional) Attachment field: You 

may attach any photographs of the 

operation or any information you feel 

may be useful. 

Public comment on this proposal is 

invited from interested parties. We ask 

that parties fax a copy of their 

comments, addressed to the Board’s 

Executive Secretary, to (202) 482–0002 

or e-mail comments to ftz@ita.doc.gov. 

We also ask that parties submit the 

original of their comments to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

following address: U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Room 2111, 1401 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. The closing period for the 

receipt of public comments is October 

16, 2009. Any questions about this 

proposal should be directed to Elizabeth 

Whiteman at 

Elizabeth_Whiteman@ita.doc.gov or 

(202) 482–0473. 

Dated: September 3, 2009. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–00XX] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Hubzone 

Program 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding a new OMB 

information clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

a new information collection 

requirement regarding HUBZone 

Program revisions. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the Regulatory Secretariat 

(VPR), General Services Administration, 

Room 4041, 1800 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–XXXX, HUBZone 

Program, in all correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Rhonda Cundiff, Program Analyst, 

Contract Policy Division, GSA, (202) 

219–1813, or via e-mail to 

rhonda.cundiff@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

This information collection facilitates 

implementation of a HUBZone Program 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

revision as a result of revisions to the 

Small Business Administration 

regulations. The revision to the FAR 

requires the HUBZone offeror to provide 

the Contracting Officer a copy of the 

notice required by 13 CFR 126.601 if 

material changes occur before contract 

award that could affect its HUBZone 

eligibility. This notification to the 

contracting officer ensures that the 

offeror is still eligible for the award of 

a HUBZone contract. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Number of Respondents: 8,000. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Hours Per Response: .25. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,000. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F 

Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000– 

XXXX, HUBZone Program, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: September 8, 2009. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Acquisition Policy Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for Stationing and Training of 

Increased Aviation Assets Within U.S. 

Army Alaska 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of an FEIS for 

the implementation of the decision to 


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