[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 88 (Friday, May 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 21623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10811]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1610]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Marinette Marine 
Corporation (Shipbuilding); Marinette, WI

    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 for 
other purposes,'' and authorizes the Board to grant to qualified 
corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade zones in or 
adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ports of entry;
    Whereas, the Board's regulations (15 CFR Part 400) provide for the 
establishment of special-purpose subzones when existing zone facilities 
cannot serve the specific use involved, and when the activity results 
in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
    Whereas, Brown County, Wisconsin, grantee of FTZ 167, has made 
application for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status 
at the shipbuilding facility of Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC), 
located in Marinette, Wisconsin (FTZ Docket 33-2008, filed 5-12-2008);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (73 FR 28430, 5-16-2008); 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 would be satisfied, and that approval of the 
application would be in the public interest if approval were given 
subject to the standard shipyard restriction on foreign steel mill 
products;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to shipbuilding and repair at the shipyard 
of Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette, Wisconsin (Subzone 167D), 
at the location described in the application, subject to the FTZ Act 
and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and subject to 
the following special conditions:

    1. Any foreign steel mill product admitted to the subzone, 
including plate, angles, shapes, channels, rolled steel stock, bars, 
pipes and tubes, not incorporated into merchandise otherwise 
classified, and which is used in manufacturing, shall be subject to 
customs duties in accordance with applicable law, unless the 
Executive Secretary determines that the same item is not then being 
produced by a domestic steel mill.
    2. MMC shall meet its obligation under 15 CFR 400.28(a)(3) by 
annually advising the Board's Executive Secretary as to significant 
new contracts with appropriate information concerning foreign 
purchases otherwise dutiable, so that the Board may consider whether 
any foreign dutiable items are being imported for manufacturing in 
the zone primarily because of FTZ procedures and whether the Board 
should consider requiring customs duties to be paid on such items.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of April 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-10811 Filed 5-7-09; 8:45 am]
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