15460 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 62 / Tuesday, April 1, 1997 / Notices

inspection at each of the following

locations:

Office of the Port Director, SacramentoYolo Port District, 1251 Beacon

Boulevard, Suite 210, West

Sacramento, CA 95691

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230

Dated: March 24, 1997.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–8263 Filed 3–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Docket 16–97]

Foreign-Trade Zone 70; Detroit, MI;

Application for Subzone Status

MascoTech, Inc., Plant (Forged Steel

Automotive Products) Detroit,

Michigan

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Greater Detroit ForeignTrade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 70,

requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the automotive parts forging

facility of MascoTech, Inc. (MTI),

located in Detroit, Michigan. 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 March 12, 1997.

The MTI plant, known as the

‘‘MascoTech Forming TechnologiesBraun’’ facility (12 acres, 270,000 sq. ft.)

is located at 19001 Glendale Avenue,

Detroit, Michigan. The facility (241

employees) is used to produce various

forged automotive components,

including clutch housings, pinion and

differential gears, combustion plates,

brake parts, bumper tubes, parts of air

conditioners, constant velocity joints,

piston pins, and axle arms for the U.S.

market and export. The production

process involves warm and cold forging

using coiled and straight bar alloy and

carbon steel (grades 1018, 1019, 4615;

HTSUS Headings 7213, 7214, 7215,

7227, 7228; duty rate range 1.3%–5.2%).

FTZ procedures would exempt MTI

from Customs duty payments on the

foreign steel used in the export

production. On its domestic sales, the

company would be able to choose the

duty rate that applies to the finished

automotive components (2.7%) for the

foreign steel inputs noted above. The

motor vehicle duty rate (2.5%) could

apply to the finished products that are

shipped to U.S. motor vehicle assembly

plants with subzone status for

manufacture into finished motor

vehicles under FTZ procedures. FTZ

procedures would also exempt foreign

steel that becomes scrap during the

production process from Customs

duties. The application indicates that

subzone status would help improve the

international competitiveness of the

MTI plant.

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 June 2, 1997. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to [June 16, 1997]).

A copy of the application and the

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export

Assistance Center, McNamara

Building, Room 1140, 477 Michigan

Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20230–0002

Dated: March 21, 1997.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–8262 Filed 3–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Docket 21–97]

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone;

Piedmont Triad Area, North Carolina

(Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson and Surry

Counties, North Carolina) Application

and Public Hearing

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Piedmont Triad

Partnership (a North Carolina non-profit

corporation), to establish a general

purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in

Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson and Surry

Counties, North Carolina, adjacent to

the Winston-Salem Customs port of

entry. 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 March 20, 1997. The

applicant is authorized to make the

proposal under Chapter 55C of the

North Carolina General Statutes.

The proposed zone would consist of

6 sites (3,610 acres) in the Piedmont

Triad area of North Carolina: Site 1 (188

acres)—within the 206-acre Lexington

Business Center, Hargrave Road and

Business Interstate 85, Lexington

(Davidson County), owned by the City

of Lexington and Davidson Progress,

Inc., an economic development group;

Site 2 (2,800 acres)—Piedmont Triad

International Airport, adjacent to U.S.

68 and U.S. 421, Greensboro (Guilford

County), owned by the Piedmont Triad

International Airport Authority; Site 3

(46 acres)—High Point site, intersection

of Elon Place and Kivett Drive, High

Point (Guilford County), owned by the

City of High Point and Rite Industries;

Site 4 (78 acres)—Salem Business Park,

intersection of Interstate 40, U.S.

Highway 52, and U.S. Highway 311,

Winston-Salem (Forsyth County),

owned by Salem Business Park; Site 5

(125 acres)—Westwood Industrial Park,

adjacent to U.S. Highway 52, Mt. Airy

(Surry County), owned by the City of

Mount Airy and private owners; and,

Site 6 (373 acres)—Mount Airy-Surry

County Industrial Park, McKinney Road,

Mt. Airy (Surry County), owned by the

City of Mount Airy.

The application contains evidence of

the need for foreign-trade zone services

in the Piedmont Triad area of North

Carolina. Several firms have indicated

an interest in using zone procedures

within the proposed project for

warehousing/distribution activity.

Specific manufacturing approvals are

not being sought at this time. Requests

would be made to the Board on a caseby-case basis.

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.

As part of the investigation, the

Commerce examiner will hold a public

hearing on April 24, 1997, at 1:00 p.m.,

at the Guilford Technical Community

College (GTCC), Jamestown Campus,

Percy H. Sears Applied Technologies

Center, Jamestown, North Carolina

27282.

Public comment on the application 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 2, 1997. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period