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Notices Federal Register

51183 

Vol. 71, No. 167 

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Tehama County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Tehama County Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in 

Red Bluff, California. Agenda items to 

be covered include: (1) Introductions, 

(2) Approval of Minutes, (3) Public 

Comment, (4) Revising a Meeting 

Schedule, (5) Status of the Final 

Expenditures, (6) Chairman’s 

Perspective, (7) General Discussion, (8) 

Next Agenda. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 14, 2006 from 9 a.m. and end 

at approximately 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Lincoln Street School, Conference 

Room A, 1135 Lincoln Street, Red Bluff, 

CA. Individuals wishing to speak or 

propose agenda items must send their 

names and proposals to Tricia 

Christofferson, Acting DFO, 825 N. 

Humboldt Ave., Willows, CA 95988. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bobbin Gaddini, Committee 

Coordinator, USDA, Mendocino 

National Forest, Grindstone Ranger 

District, P.O. Box 164, Elk Creek, CA 

95939. (530) 968–5329; E-mail 

ggaddini@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service staff and Committee 

members. However, persons who wish 

to bring matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. Public input sessions will 

be provided and individuals who made 

written requests by September 12, 2006 

will have the opportunity to address the 

committee at those sessions. 

Dated: August 23, 2006. 

Tricia Christofferson, 

Acting Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. 06–7212 Filed 8–28–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 37–2006] 

Foreign–Trade Zone 98 Birmingham, 

Alabama, Application for Subzone 

Status, NACCO Materials Handling 

Group, Inc., Plant (Forklift Truck 

Components), Sulligent, Alabama 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the City of Birmingham, 

grantee of FTZ 98, requesting special– 

purpose subzone status for the forklift 

truck components manufacturing 

facility of NACCO Materials Handling 

Group, Inc. (NMHG), located in 

Sulligent, Alabama. 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 August 22, 

2006. 

The NMHG plant (68 acres/301,000 

sq.ft.) is located in Lamar County on 

U.S. Highway 278 East, in Sulligent, 

Alabama, about 100 miles west of 

Birmingham. The facility (550 

employees) is used to produce 

component parts, transmissions and 

drive axles for forklift trucks (Class I 

through Class V) powered by gasoline, 

propane, or electric motors. The 

manufacturing process at the facility 

involves machining, cutting, sawing, 

shearing, milling, welding, bending, and 

assembly with a total annual production 

value of approximately $150 million at 

full capacity. Components purchased 

from abroad (up to 20% of finished 

forklift truck value) used in 

manufacturing include: parts of forklift 

trucks, engines, parts of engines, control 

panels, control centers, switchgear 

assemblies, distribution boards, printed 

circuits, torque converters, parts of 

transmissions, gears, bearing housings, 

electric motors, hydraulic pumps, 

crankshafts, camshafts, transmission 

shafts, relays, flywheels, pulleys, tubes/ 

pipes, ignition parts, harnesses, catalytic 

converters, filters, heat exchangers, 

hydraulic cylinders and related fluid 

power components, parts of valves and 

check appliances, fuel injection pumps, 

electromagnetic couplings/clutches/ 

brakes, wire, electric conductors/ 

converters, steering components, caps/ 

lids, parts of pumps/compressors, 

starters, bearings, floor coverings, 

electrical connectors and related 

assemblies, wiring harnesses, fasteners, 

couplings/u–joints, chains, gaskets, 

generators, carbon brushes, 

transformers, rotors, stators, power 

supplies, converters, spark plugs, 

ignition coils and distributors, starter 

motors, relays, switches, horns, 

capacitors, resistors, fuses, controllers, 

circuit breakers and protectors, 

conductors, lamps/lighting equipment, 

wheel hubs, and parts of seats (duty rate 

range: free - 9.0%). 

FTZ procedures would exempt 

NMHG from Customs duty payments on 

the foreign components used in export 

production. On its domestic sales and 

exports to NAFTA markets, the 

company would be able to choose the 

duty rate that applies to forklift truck 

components (duty free) for the foreign– 

sourced inputs noted above. The forklift 

truck duty rate (free) would apply if the 

finished components are shipped via 

zone–to-zone transfer to U.S. forklift 

truck assembly plants with subzone 

status. Duties would be deferred or 

reduced on foreign production 

equipment admitted to the proposed 

subzone until such time as it becomes 

operational. The application indicates 

that subzone status would 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 is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address below. The closing period for 

their receipt is October 30, 2006. 

Rebuttal comments in response to 

material submitted during the foregoing 

period may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period to November 

13, 2006. 

A copy of the application and 

accompanying exhibits will be available 

for public inspection at each of the 

following locations: U.S. Department of 


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