Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 113 / Monday, June 12, 2000 / Notices 36887

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 24–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 9—Honolulu, HI

Request for Removal of Board Order

Restriction, Pacific Allied Products,

Ltd. (Plastic Food/Beverage

Containers)

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Department of Business,

Economic Development & Tourism of

the State of Hawaii, grantee of FTZ 9,

requesting authority, on behalf of Pacific

Allied Products, Ltd. (PAP), to extend

its authority to manufacture plastic

food/beverage containers under FTZ

procedures, subject to restriction. It was

formally filed on June 2, 2000.

Board Order 735 (60 FR 26715, 5/18/

95) authorized the manufacture of

plastic food/beverage containers under

zone procedures within FTZ 9 solely for

the Hawaiian and export markets for a

period ending July 1, 2000. The State of

Hawaii is now requesting that the

manufacturing authority for PAP be

extended on a permanent basis. Foreignsourced components used in PAP’s

manufacturing include polyethylene

terephthalate and high density

polyethylene.

FTZ procedures exempt PAP from

Customs duty payments on the foreign

components used in export production.

On its Hawaiian sales, the company is

able to choose the duty rate that applies

to the plastic containers (3%) for the

foreign components noted above (duty

rates 1.2¢/kg. + 7.5% and 8.9%,

respectively). The request indicates that

the savings from FTZ procedures will

continue to help improve the facility’s

international competitiveness. In

accordance with the Board’s regulations,

a member of the FTZ Staff has been

designated examiner to investigate the

application and report to the Board.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and three copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is August 11, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period to August 28, 2000.

A copy of the application will be

available for public inspection at the

following location:

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room 4008,

14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: June 2, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14798 Filed 6–9–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign–Trade Zones Board

[Docket 25–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 158 Jackson, MS—

Application for Subzone Status: Alliant

Aerospace Composite Structures

Company Plant (Space Launch Vehicle

Composite Structures), Iuka,

Mississippi

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Vicksburg/Jackson

Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ

158, requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the space launch vehicle

composite structures manufacturing

plant of Alliant Aerospace Composite

Structures Company (Alliant), located in

Iuka, Mississippi. 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 2,

2000.

The Alliant plant (20 acres/317,000

sq. ft.) is located at within the Tri State

Commerce Park at 751 County Road

989, Iuka (Tishomingo County),

Mississippi. The facility (200

employees) is used to produce

composite foam structural components

(thermal shield, center body, forward

skirt, nose cone) for space launch

vehicles (i.e., rockets) manufactured by

U.S. aerospace firms. The production

process involves heat forming

polymethacrylimide (‘‘Rohacell’’) foam,

machining, layering with carbon fiber

and adhesives, pressurization/heat

curing, and trimming. The only material

input purchased from abroad that would

be admitted to the proposed subzone in

foreign status (19 CFR 146.42(a)) is

polymethacrylimide foam—HTSUS#

3921.19.00; duty rate: 6.5%

(representing 8% of finished product

value).

FTZ procedures would exempt

Alliant from Customs duty payments on

the foreign polymethacrylimide foam

used in export production. On its

domestic sales, the company would be

able to choose the duty rate that applies

to finished composite structures (duty

free) for the foreign foam input noted

above. The application indicates that

subzone status would help improve the

plant’s international competitiveness.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and three copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is August 11, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to August 28, 2000).

A copy of the application and the

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce Export

Assistance Center, 704 East. Main

Street, Raymond, MS 39154.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room 4008,

14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230–0001.

Dated: June 2, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14799 Filed 6–9–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 23–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 78, Nashville,

Tennessee Application for Expansion

and Request for Manufacturing

Authority (Personal Computers)

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Metropolitan Government

of Nashville and Davidson County,

grantee of FTZ 78, requesting authority

to expand its zone in the Nashville,

Tennessee area, and requesting, on

behalf of Dell Computer Corporation

(Dell), authority to manufacture

personal computers under zone

procedures within FTZ 78 (Nashville

Customs port of entry). 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

1, 2000.

FTZ 78 was approved on March 2,

1982 (Board Order 190, 47 FR 16191, 4/

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15/82) and expanded on February 18,

1999 (Board Order 1024, 64 FR 9472, 2/

26/99). The zone currently consists of

five sites in the Nashville, Tennessee

area:

Site 1—(52,000 square feet) within a

200,000 square foot warehouse located

at 750 Cowan Street, Nashville;

Site 2—(63 acres) within the 2,000-

acre Cockrill Bend industrial park,

Nashville;

Site 3—(275,000 square feet) within a

400,000 square foot warehouse located

at 323 Mason Road, La Vergne,

Tennessee;

Site 4—(39 acres) Space Park North

Industrial Park, 1000 Cartwright Street,

Goodlettsville, Tennessee; and

Site 5—(19 acres) Old Stone Bridge

Industrial Park, Old Stone Bridge,

Goodlettsville.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand the FTZ to include

two additional sites:

Site 6—‘‘Airport Site,’’ to include 806

acres located in Nashville at Nashville

International Airport, One Terminal

Drive, Nashville. The Airport Site

involves an industrial-park type of

facility that will include manufacturing,

distribution, and logistics facilities for

Dell and warehousing and logistics

facilities for other parties requiring FTZ

procedures at the airport, particularly

involving air freight; and

Site 7—‘‘Eastgate Site,’’ at 3850

Eastgate Boulevard, Lebanon,

Tennessee. This site is in the Eastgate

Business Park, off Interstate 40, twelve

miles east of Nashville International

Airport. The site contains 38 acres with

one 300,000 square foot building

currently occupied by Dell—the

remainder of the site will be available

for other users.

The application also requests

authority on behalf of Dell to

manufacture personal computers,

including servers and workstations,

within FTZ 78 (within the proposed

expansion sites). Dell is already

authorized to manufacture such

computers under zone procedures

within Foreign Trade Zone 183 and

Subzone 183A. This proposal requests

the same scope of manufacturing

authority under FTZ procedures in

terms of products or components as

requested in Dell’s previous

applications, and involves an increase

in the overall level of production under

FTZ procedures for Dell.

The specific finished products for

which Dell seeks authority to produce

under FTZ procedures are various types

of computers (desktop and notebook

computers, workstations, and network

servers) and data storage products. All

of these products fall into HTSUS

classifications which are duty free. The

imported components for which Dell is

seeking inverted tariff benefits include:

plastic and rubber components; cloth

tape; metal screws, clamps, washers,

clips, and springs; locks and keys; fans;

adapters and battery chargers; magnets;

batteries; microphones; speakers; surge

protectors; switches; sockets and plugs;

cables, connectors, and power cords;

‘‘populated’’ printed circuit boards; and

leather carrying cases. Duty rates on

these items range up to 6.2% ad

valorem.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and three copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is August 11, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period to August 28, 2000.

A copy of the application and the

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room 4008,

14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20230.

Nashville Export Assistance Center,

211 Commerce Ave, Suite 100,

Nashville, TN 37201.

Dated: June 1, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14797 Filed 6–9–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Public Workshop: Alternative Dispute

Resolution for Consumer Transactions

in the Borderless Online Marketplace

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce; Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice Announcing Reopening

of Public Comment Period.

SUMMARY: The United States Department

of Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) and

the Federal Trade Commission (the

‘‘FTC’’) have extended the deadline to

June 29, 2000, for submitting comments

in the public workshop on alternative

dispute resolution (‘‘ADR’’) for online

consumer transactions (announced in 65

FR 7831 (Feb. 16, 2000)).

DATES: Public comments will be

accepted until June 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to

Secretary, Federal Trade Commission,

Room H–159, 600 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580.

Submission of Documents: Comments

should be captioned ‘‘Alternative

Dispute Resolution for Consumer

Transactions in the Borderless Online

Marketplace.’’ To enable prompt review

and public access, paper submissions

should include three hard copies and a

version on diskette in ASCII,

WordPerfect (please specify version), or

Microsoft Word (please specify version)

format. Diskettes should be labeled with

the name of the party and the name and

version of the word processing program

used to create the document. As an

alterntive to paper submissions, email

comments to: adr@ftc.gov. Messages to

that address will receive a reply in

acknowledgment. Comments submitted

in electronic form should be in ASCII,

WordPerfect (plese specify verion), or

Microsoft Word (please specify version)

format. Written comments will be

available for public inspection in

accordance with the Freedom of

Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552 and

Commission regulations, 16 CFR Part

4.9 on normal business days between

the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 600

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20580. The Department and the FTC

will make this notice, and, to the extent

possible, all papers or comments

received in response to this notice

available to the public through the

Internet at: http://www.ecommerce.gov/

adr.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

questions about the workshop, please

contact either Kate Rodriguez,

International Trade Administration,

phone (202) 482–2145; email:

kate_rodriguez@ita.doc.gov or Maneesha

Mithal, Federal Trade Commission,

phone: (202) 326–2771; email:

mmithal@ftc.gov. All materials relating

to the workshop can also be found at

http://www.ecommerce.gov/adr.