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20523–2110 or telephone him at (202) 

712–0218 or fax (202) 216–3124. 

Any questions concerning this notice 

may be directed to: 

—Ronald S. Senykoff, PhD, Executive 

Director, BIFAD, Office of 

Development Partners, (202) 712– 

0218. 

Ronald S. Senykoff, 

Executive Director and USAID Designated 

Federal Officer for BIFAD, Office of 

Development Partners, U.S. Agency for 

International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25201 Filed 10–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 58–2010] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 51—Duluth, MN; 

Application for Reorganization Under 

Alternative Site Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by the Duluth Seaway Port 

Authority, grantee of FTZ 51, requesting 

authority to reorganize the zone under 

the alternative site framework (ASF) 

adopted by the Board (74 FR 1170, 1/12/ 

09; correction 74 FR 3987, 1/22/09). The 

ASF is an option for grantees for the 

establishment or reorganization of 

general-purpose zones and can permit 

significantly greater flexibility in the 

designation of new ‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ 

sites for operators/users located within 

a grantee’s ‘‘service area’’ in the context 

of the Board’s standard 2,000-acre 

activation limit for a general-purpose 

zone project. 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 October 1, 2010. 

FTZ 51 was approved by the Board on 

November 27, 1979 (Board Order 149, 

44 FR 70508; 12/7/1979) and expanded 

on September 23, 1982 (Board Order 

197, 47 FR 43102, 9/30/1982). 

The current zone project includes the 

following sites: Site 1 (27.3 acres)— 

located within the Arthur M. Clure 

Public Marine Terminal, Duluth; and, 

Site 2 (3 acres)—located within the 

Airpark Industrial Park at Enterprise 

Circle and Airpark Boulevard, Duluth. 

The grantee’s proposed service area 

under the ASF would be Carlton and 

Lake Counties, as well as portions of 

Itasca and St. Louis Counties, 

Minnesota, as described in the 

application. If approved, the grantee 

would be able to serve sites throughout 

the service area based on companies’ 

needs for FTZ designation. The 

proposed service area is within and 

adjacent to the Duluth Customs and 

Border Protection port of entry. 

The applicant is requesting authority 

to reorganize its existing zone project to 

include the existing sites as ‘‘magnet’’ 

sites. The ASF allows for the possible 

exemption of one magnet site from the 

‘‘sunset’’ time limits that generally apply 

to sites under the ASF, and the 

applicant proposes that Site 1 be so 

exempted. The applicant has also 

requested that Site 1 be expanded to 

include an additional 34.15 acres. 

Because the ASF only pertains to 

establishing or reorganizing a generalpurpose zone, the application would 

have no impact on FTZ 51’s authorized 

subzone. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman of the 

FTZ Staff is designated examiner to 

evaluate and analyze the facts and 

information presented in the application 

and case record and to report findings 

and recommendations 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 December 6, 2010. 

Rebuttal comments in response to 

material submitted during the foregoing 

period may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period to December 

20, 2010. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading 

Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, 

which is accessible via http:// 

www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 

information, contact Elizabeth 

Whiteman at 

Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 

482–0473. 

Dated: October 1, 2010. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25225 Filed 10–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 57–2010] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 148—Knoxville, 

TN; Application for Subzone; Toho 

Tenax America, Inc. (Carbon Fiber and 

Oxidized Polyacrylonitrile Fiber 

Manufacturing); Rockwood, TN 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Industrial Development 

Board of Blount County, Tennessee, 

grantee of FTZ 148, requesting specialpurpose subzone status for the carbon 

fiber and oxidized polyacrylonitrile 

fiber (OPF) manufacturing and 

warehousing facilities of Toho Tenax 

America, Inc. (Toho), located in 

Rockwood, Tennessee. 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 

September 29, 2010. 

The Toho facilities (154 employees) 

consist of two sites in Rockwood, 

Tennessee: Site 1 (20 acres, 192,932 sq. 

ft. of enclosed space)—manufacturing 

plant, located at 121 Cardiff Valley 

Road; and, Site 2—60,000 square foot 

warehouse facility, located at 200 

Cardiff Valley Road. Activity to be 

conducted under FTZ procedures would 

include manufacturing, warehousing 

and distribution of polyacrylonitrile 

(PAN)—based carbon fiber and OPF (up 

to 4,000 metric tons combined annually) 

for export and the domestic market. The 

company manufactures standard grade 

carbon fiber for industrial and 

recreational uses, including wind 

turbine blades, specialty plastics, oil 

flotation devices, pressure vessels, and 

golf club shafts. The OPF is primarily 

used in aircraft brakes, but is also used 

in some technical yarns. Foreign-origin 

PAN fiber (HTSUS 5501.30, duty rate: 

7.5%) is used as the primary production 

input, which represents some 35–45 

percent of finished product value. 

FTZ procedures could exempt Toho 

from customs duty payments on the 

foreign PAN fiber used in export 

production (some 30 percent of annual 

shipments). On its domestic sales, Toho 

would be able to choose the duty rate 

during customs entry procedures that 

applies to the finished carbon fiber 

(HTSUS 6815.10, duty-free) for the 

foreign PAN fiber. The OPF is classified 

under the same HTSUS subheading 

(5501.30) as the foreign PAN fiber input 

and would not involve inverted tariff 

savings. Toho would also be exempt 

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