[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 113 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36887-36888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14797]


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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, 
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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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