Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 132 / Monday, July 13, 2009 / Notices 33415 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 26–2009] 

Foreign–Trade Zone 73 - Baltimore/ 

Washington International Airport, MD, 

Application for SubzoneIKEA 

Wholesale, Inc. (Home furnishings and 

accessories), Perryville, MD 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Maryland Department of 

Transportation/ Maryland Aviation 

Administration, grantee of FTZ 73, 

requesting special–purpose subzone 

status for the warehousing and 

distribution facility of IKEA Wholesale 

Inc. (IKEA), located in Perryville, 

Maryland. 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 July 2, 

2009. 

The IKEA facility (400 full–time and 

part–time employees, 242 acres/ 1.7 

million square feet) is located at 100 

Ikea Way, Perryville, Maryland. The 

facility is used for the storage and 

distribution of merchandise that 

includes: housewares and home 

furnishings, home textiles, glassware, 

kitchenware, appliances, cutlery, 

furniture, flooring and floor coverings, 

window treatments and fixtures, 

lighting fixtures, lamps, electrical 

products, batteries, hand tools, closet 

and storage accessories, office 

accessories, paper products, computers, 

CDs and DVDs, clocks and timers, toys, 

sporting goods, seasonal decorations, 

home recreation/entertainment items, 

and brooms and brushes (duty rate 

range: from free to 38%). 

FTZ procedures could exempt IKEA 

from customs duty payments on the 

foreign goods exported from the 

proposed subzone. The company 

anticipates that some 25 percent of the 

facility’s shipments will be exported. 

On its domestic sales, the company 

would be able to defer duty payments 

until merchandise is shipped from the 

facility and entered for consumption. 

FTZ designation would further allow 

IKEA to realize logistical benefits 

through the use of weekly customs entry 

procedures. The request indicates that 

the savings from FTZ procedures would 

help improve the facility’s international 

competitiveness. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Pierre Duy 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 September 11, 2009. Rebuttal 

comments in response to material 

submitted during the foregoing period 

may be submitted during the subsequent 

15-day period to September 28, 2009. 

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 

website, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact Pierre 

Duy at: pierrelduy@ita.doc.gov, or 

(202) 482–1378. 

Dated: July 2, 2009. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–16515 Filed 7–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

Order No. 1627 

Grant of Authority For Subzone Status, 

Black & Decker Corporation (Power 

Tools, Lawn and Garden Tools and 

Home Products Warehousing and 

Distribution), Jackson, Tennessee 

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 

Foreign–Trade Zones 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, the City of Memphis, 

Tennessee, grantee of FTZ 77, has made 

application to the Board for authority to 

establish special–purpose subzone 

status at the power tools/lawn and 

garden tools and home products 

warehousing and distribution facilities 

of Black & Decker Corporation, located 

in Jackson, Tennessee (FTZ Docket 44– 

2008, filed 8/5/2008); 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment has been given in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 47585, 8/14/2008); and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that approval of the application is in the 

public interest; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

grants authority for subzone status for 

activity related to power tools/lawn and 

garden tools and home products 

warehousing and distribution at the 

Black & Decker Corporation facility 

located in Jackson, Tennessee (Subzone 

77D), as described in the application 

and Federal Register notice, and subject 

to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations, including Section 400.28. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th 

day of June 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commercefor 

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

Attest: 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–16513 Filed 7–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XQ06 

Magnuson–Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Application for Exempted 

Fishing Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification of a proposal to 

conduct exempted fishing; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, 

Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant 

Regional Administrator), has made a 

preliminary determination that the 

subject Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) 

application that was submitted by the 

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