10642 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 46 / Friday, March 9, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1503] 

Approval of Request for Manufacturing 

Authority (Wheel Assembly), ForeignTrade Subzone 22N, Michelin North 

America, Inc., Monee, Illinois 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) adopts the following Order: 

Whereas, the Illinois International 

Port District, grantee of Foreign-Trade 

Zone 22, has applied for manufacturing 

authority under zone procedures within 

Subzone 22N, at the Michelin North 

America, Inc., tire-distribution facility 

located in Monee, Illinois, to conduct 

wheel assembly (FTZ Docket 4–2006; 

filed 2/2/2006); 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment has been given in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 7008, 2/10/06); and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that the proposal is in the public 

interest; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

approves the request for manufacturing 

authority related to wheel assembly, as 

described in the application and in the 

Federal Register notice, subject to the 

FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.28. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of 

February 2007. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import 

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–4286 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 3–2007] 

Review of Sourcing Change, Foreign–

Trade Subzone 43D, Perrigo Company, 

Allegan, Michigan (Ibuprofen Products) 

Pursuant to the regulations of the 

Foreign–Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the 

Board), a review has been initiated 

(under 15 CFR Sec. 400.28(a)(3)(iii)(A)) 

of changes in sourcing related to certain 

ibuprofen products at Foreign–Trade 

Subzone 43D, at the manufacturing 

facilities of the Perrigo Company 

(Perrigo), in Allegan, Michigan, which 

produce a range of store–brand, over–

the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical 

products. 

In May 2003, the Board filed an 

application from the City of Battle 

Creek, Michigan, grantee of FTZ 43, 

requesting special–purpose subzone 

status with certain manufacturing 

authority for Perrigo. The subzone 

application was approved by the Board 

on April 13, 2004 (Board Order 1326, 69 

FR 21498, 4/21/04), including the 

manufacture under FTZ procedures of 

certain OTC pharmaceutical products 

containing ibuprofen, aspirin and 

acetaminophen. Specific to ibuprofen, 

Perrigo produces finished ibuprofen 

mixture and finished ibuprofen 

products (HTSUS headings 3003 and 

3004, duty–free) using foreign–sourced 

active ingredient ibuprofen (HTSUS 

2916.39.15, 6.5% duty rate). On 

products shipped to the U.S. market, the 

company is able to choose the duty rate 

during Customs entry procedures that 

applies to the finished ibuprofen 

mixture and products (duty–free) for the 

otherwise dutiable foreign active 

ingredient (6.5% duty rate) noted above 

(inverted tariff), as described in the 

application. 

Perrigo has now notified the Board of 

additional sourcing of foreign active 

ingredient ibuprofen that it may 

manufacture into OTC ibuprofen 

products under zone procedures. In its 

original application, Perrigo had 

projected approximately $450,000 (90 

percent of its total FTZ savings) in 

annual inverted tariff savings for its 

OTC ibuprofen, acetaminophen and 

aspirin production. Perrigo’s sourcing–

change submission now projects up to 

an additional $1.55 million in inverted 

tariff savings tied to the sourcing change 

for its OTC ibuprofen products. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, a member of the FTZ staff 

has been designated examiner to 

investigate the sourcing change, 

including its potential to cause 

‘‘significant adverse effects’’ (15 CFR 

400.28(a)(3)(iii)(A)), and report to the 

Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Information 

submitted for the record generally 

should be in a non–proprietary format. 

If there is a need to submit business 

proprietary information, it should be 

appropriately marked and summarized 

or ranged (in the case of numerical data) 

in the public submission, which should 

be accompanied by a single business 

proprietary version. 

Submissions (original and 3 copies) 

shall be addressed to the Board’s 

Executive Secretary at the address 

below. The closing period for the receipt 

of the public comment submissions is 

May 10, 2007. Rebuttal comments in 

response to material submitted during 

the foregoing period may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period 

through May 25, 2007. 

A copy of the sourcing–change 

submission will be available for public 

inspection at the following location: 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board, Room 

2814B, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, D.C. 20230–0002. For 

further information, contact Diane 

Finver at DianelFinver@ita.doc.gov or 

(202) 482–1367. 

Dated: March 5, 2007. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–4284 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1504] 

Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 49; 

Newark, New Jersey 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) adopts the following Order: 

Whereas, the Port Authority of New 

York and New Jersey, grantee of 

Foreign-Trade Zone 49, submitted an 

application to the Board for authority to 

expand FTZ 49 in the Newark area to 

include additional sites at the I-Port 12 

industrial park (Site 7) in Carteret, the 

I-Port 440 industrial park (Site 8) in 

Perth Amboy, the Port Reading Business 

Park (Site 9) in Woodbridge, and, the 

Port Elizabeth Business Park (Site 10) in 

Elizabeth, within the Newark/New York 

Customs and Border Protection port of 

entry (FTZ Docket 23–2006; filed 6/14/ 

06); 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 35611, 6/21/06), and the 

application has been processed 

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that the proposal is in the public 

interest; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to expand FTZ 49 is 

approved, subject to the FTZ Act and 


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