Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 6, 2000 / Notices 76217

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) adopts the following Order:

Whereas, the San Francisco Port

Commission, grantee of Foreign-Trade

Zone 3, submitted an application to the

Board for authority to expand FTZ 3 to

include the jet fuel storage and

distribution system at the San Francisco

International Airport and related

facilities (261 acres) in the San

Francisco, California, area, within the

San Francisco Customs port of entry

(FTZ Docket 16–2000; filed April 28,

2000);

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment was given in the Federal

Register (65 FR 30057, May 10, 2000)

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 3 is

approved, subject to the Act and the

Board’s regulations, including § 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of

November 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

[FR Doc. 00–31111 Filed 12–5–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1128]

Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 79,

Tampa, Florida

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 City of Tampa, Florida,

grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 79

(Tampa, Florida), submitted an

application to the Board for authority to

expand FTZ 79 to include the jet fuel

storage and distribution system at the

Tampa International Airport (Site 7—

100 acres) in Tampa, Florida, within the

Tampa Customs port of entry (FTZ

Docket 12–2000; filed March 28, 2000);

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment was given in the Federal

Register (65 FR 18282, April 7, 2000)

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 79 is

approved, subject to the Act and the

Board’s regulations, including § 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of

November 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

[FR Doc. 00–31109 Filed 12–5–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 64–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 133–Rock Island,

Illinois; Application For Foreign-Trade

Subzone Status, Deere & Company

(Construction Equipment), Davenport,

Iowa

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Quad-City Foreign-Trade

Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 133,

requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the manufacturing facility

(construction equipment) of Deere &

Company (Deere), located in Davenport,

Iowa. The application was submitted

pursuant to 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

November 17, 2000.

The Deere facility is located at the

intersection of Highway 61 and Mt. Joy

Road in Davenport, Iowa. This facility

(2.2 million square feet; 900 employees)

is used for the development and

manufacture of construction equipment

(heavy-duty four-wheel-drive loaders,

motor graders, and heavy-duty wheeled

log skidders). Deere uses some foreignsourced components in the

manufactures of these products.

However, most of those items enter the

U.S. duty-free. The only foreign-sourced

items for which Deere is seeking to gain

FTZ benefits are transmissions,

controllers, and shifters, all of which are

only used in the production of fourwheel drive loaders (these components

represent approximately 24.3% of the

production cost of the loaders). Duty

rates on these imported components

range from 2.5% to 2.7%.

Zone procedures would exempt Deere

from Customs duty payments on foreign

components used in export production.

On its domestic sales, Deere would be

able to choose the lower duty rate that

applies to the finished products (dutyfree) for the foreign components noted

above. FTZ status may also make a site

eligible for benefits provided under

state/local programs. The application

indicates that the savings from zone

procedures would help improve the

plant’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 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 February 5, 2001. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period to February 20, 2001.

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, NW.,

Washington, DC. 20230. Quad-City

Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., 1830 Second

Avenue, Suite 200, Rock Island, Illinois

61201.

Dated: November 27,2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–31106 Filed 12–5–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1121]

Grant of Authority; Establishment of a

Foreign-Trade Zone; Decatur, 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 Foreign-Trade Zones Act

provides for ‘‘* * * the establishment

* * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of

entry of the United States, to expedite

and encourage foreign commerce, and