[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 18203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6872]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 13-2007)


Foreign-Trade Zone 173 Grays Harbor, Washington, Manufacturing 
Authority, Imperium Renewables, Inc., (Biodiesel) Aberdeen and Hoquiam, 
Washington

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port of Grays Harbor, grantee of FTZ 173, requesting 
manufacturing authority on behalf of Imperium Renewables, Inc. (IRI), 
within FTZ 173 in Aberdeen and Hoquiam, Washington. 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 April 4, 2007.
    The IRI facility (70 employees) is located within Site 1 of FTZ 
173, at the Port of Grays Harbor Industrial area. The facility will be 
used for the manufacturing and storage of biodiesel and glycerin (HTS 
duty rate ranges from duty-free- 4.6%). Components and materials 
sourced from abroad (representing 70% of the value of the finished 
product) include: soybean oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, cottonseed 
oil, rape oil, colza oil, mustard oil and rapeseed oil (duty rate 
ranges from 1.7[cent]+3.4% to 19.1%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt IRI from customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export production. The company anticipates 
that some 20 percent of the plant's shipments will be exported. On its 
domestic sales, IRI would be able to choose the duty rate during 
customs entry procedures that apply to finished biodiesel and the 
glycerin byproduct for the foreign inputs noted above. The request 
indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the 
plant's international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
staff has been appointed 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 
June 11, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 25, 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, 2601 Fourth 
Avenue, Suite 310, Seattle, WA 98121.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 2814B, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.
For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4500292c3f242720312d1a122d2c312028242b052c31246b212a266b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f7a5356455e5d5a4b57606857564b5a525e517f564b5e115b505c11585049">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: April 4, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-6872 Filed 4-10-07; 8:45 am]
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