43232 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 149 / Friday, August 3, 2007 / Notices 

NPA: Huntsville Rehabilitation 

Foundation, Huntsville, AL. 

Contracting Activity: Department of the 

Navy, Marine Corps Reserve 

Training Center, Huntsville, AL. 

Service Type/Location: Litigation 

Support Services, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, The Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Services, 

Agriculture Marketing Service, 

Minneapolis, MN. 

NPA: Federal Dispute Resolution 

Center, Alexandria, VA. 

Contracting Activity: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Services, 

Minneapolis, MN. 

Service Type/Location: Litigation 

Support Services, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition 

Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Alexandria, VA. 

NPA: Federal Dispute Resolution 

Center, Alexandria, VA. 

Contracting Activity: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Food and Nutrition 

Services, Alexandria, VA. 

G. John Heyer, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E7–15092 Filed 8–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket No. 29–2007] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 158—Vicksburg/ 

Jackson, MS; Request for 

Manufacturing Authority H.M. 

Richards, Inc. (Upholstered Furniture) 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by Greater Mississippi ForeignTrade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 158, 

pursuant to Section 400.28(a)(2) of the 

Board’s regulations (15 CFR Part 400), 

requesting authority on behalf of H.M. 

Richards, Inc. (Richards) (a subsidiary of 

Rooms To Go, Inc.), to manufacture 

upholstered furniture and related parts 

under FTZ procedures within FTZ 158. 

It was formally filed on July 26, 2007. 

The Richards facility (800 employees) 

is located at 414 Road 2790 within the 

Harry A. Martin North Lee Industrial 

Complex (Site 15) in Guntown, 

Mississippi. The facility is used to 

produce upholstered furniture (up to 

400,000 sofas, chairs, and recliners 

annually) and cut-and-sewn upholstery 

covers for the U.S. market and export. 

The application proposes that Richards 

would utilize foreign-origin ‘‘microdenier suede’’ fabric to be cut and sewn 

into furniture upholstery covers under 

FTZ procedures. The finished 

upholstery covers (HTSUS 9401.90; 

duty free) would then be assembled into 

finished chairs, seats, sofas, and 

recliners manufactured by Richards at 

its Guntown plant. 

The proposed scope of authority 

under FTZ procedures would only 

involve duty savings on foreign-origin, 

micro-denier suede fabrics (classified 

under HTSUS Headings 5407, 5512, 

5515, 5516, 5903, 5906, 6001, 6005, 

6006; duty rate range: 2.7–17.2%) 

finished with a caustic soda wash 

process, which the applicant indicates 

are not produced by U.S. mills. The 

application indicates that Richards does 

not seek FTZ benefits on any of the 

other foreign fabrics used in production 

at the facility (i.e., full duties would be 

paid on all such fabrics). All other 

material inputs used in production 

would be domestic-status. 

FTZ procedures would exempt 

Richards from customs duty payments 

on the foreign micro-denier suede fabric 

used in export production. On microdenier suede fabric used in production 

for the U.S. market, the company could 

elect the finished upholstery cover (i.e., 

furniture part) duty rate (free) after the 

fabric has been cut, sewn, and formed 

into upholstery covers, at which time 

they are entered for consumption from 

the zone. Richards would also have the 

option to elect the finished furniture 

duty rate (free) for the subject fabric 

when the finished furniture is entered 

for domestic consumption. The 

application indicates that the savings 

from FTZ procedures will help improve 

the facility’s international 

competitiveness. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

following address: Office of the 

Executive Secretary, Room 2111, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230–0002. The closing period for 

receipt of comments is October 2, 2007. 

Rebuttal comments in response to 

material submitted during the foregoing 

period may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period to October 17, 

2007. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at each of 

the following locations: U.S. 

Department of Commerce Export 

Assistance Center, Suite 255, 175 East 

Capitol Street, Jackson, Mississippi 

39201; and, at the Office of the ForeignTrade Zones Board’s Executive 

Secretary at the address listed above. 

For further information, contact Pierre 

Duy, examiner, at: 

pierre_duy@ita.doc.gov, or (202) 482–

1378. 

Dated: July 27, 2007. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–3831 Filed 8–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–05–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

Docket 30–2007 

Foreign–Trade Zone 158 – Vicksburg/ 

Jackson, MS, Request for 

Manufacturing Authority, Bauhaus 

USA, Inc., (Upholstered Furniture) 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by Greater Mississippi Foreign–

Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 158, 

pursuant to Section 400.28(a)(2) of the 

Board’s regulations (15 CFR Part 400), 

requesting authority on behalf of 

Bauhaus USA, Inc. (Bauhaus) (a 

subsidiary of La–Z-Boy, Inc.), to 

manufacture upholstered furniture and 

related parts under FTZ procedures 

within FTZ 158. It was formally filed on 

July 26, 2007. 

The Bauhaus facility (216 employees) 

is located at One Bauhaus Drive within 

the Turner Industrial Park (Site 16) in 

Saltillo, Mississippi. The facility is used 

to produce upholstered furniture (up to 

200,000 sofas, chairs, and recliners 

annually) and cut–and-sewn upholstery 

covers for the U.S. market and export. 

The application proposes that Bauhaus 

would utilize foreign–origin ‘‘micro–

denier suede’’ fabric to be cut and sewn 

into furniture upholstery covers under 

FTZ procedures. The finished 

upholstery covers (HTSUS 9401.90; 

duty free) would then be assembled into 

finished chairs, seats, sofas, and 

recliners manufactured by Bauhaus at 

its Mississippi facility. 

The proposed scope of authority 

under FTZ procedures would only 

involve duty savings on foreign–origin, 

micro–denier suede fabrics (classified 

under HTSUS Headings 5407, 5512, 

5515, 5516, 5903, 5906, 6001, 6005, 

6006; duty rate range: 2.7 17.2%) 

finished with a caustic soda wash 

process, which the applicant indicates 

are not produced by U.S. mills. The 

application indicates that Bauhaus does 

not seek FTZ benefits on any of the 

other foreign fabrics used in production 

at the facility (i.e., full duties would be 

paid on all such fabrics). All other 

material inputs used in production 

would be domestic–status. 

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