34714 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 136 / Friday, July 17, 2009 / Notices 

PACIFIC RAM (U.S. documentation 

number 589115) 

PEGASUS (U.S. documentation 

number 565120) 

PERSEVERANCE (U.S. 

documentation number 536873) 

PREDATOR (U.S. documentation 

number 547390) 

RAVEN (U.S. documentation number 

629499) 

SEADAWN (U.S. documentation 

number 548685) 

SEA STORM (U.S. documentation 

number 628959) 

SEEKER (U.S. documentation number 

924585) 

TRAVELER (U.S. documentation 

number 929356) 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: July 13, 2009. 

Kristen C. Koch, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–17069 Filed 7–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

(Docket T–1–2009) 

Foreign–Trade Zone 134 Chattanooga, 

TN, Application for Temporary/Interim 

Manufacturing Authority, Volkswagen 

Group of America Chattanooga 

Operations, LLC (Motor Vehicles), 

Chattanooga, TN 

An application has been submitted to 

the Executive Secretary of the Foreign– 

Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the 

Chattanooga Chamber Foundation, 

grantee of FTZ 134, requesting 

temporary/interim manufacturing (T/ 

IM) authority within FTZ 134 at the 

Volkswagen Group of America 

Chattanooga Operations, LLC (VGACO) 

facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The 

application was filed on July 10, 2009. 

The VGACO facility (approx. 2,000 

employees, 1,187 acres, 2.1 million 

sq.ft., 150,000 unit capacity) is located 

at 7351 Enterprise South Boulevard 

within the Enterprise South Industrial 

Park in Chattanooga (Hamilton County), 

Tennessee (Site 3). Under T/IM 

procedures, the company has requested 

authority to produce light–duty 

passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility 

vehicles, minivans) (HTSUS 8703.23, 

8703.24, 2.5%). Foreign components 

that would be used in production 

(representing about 25% of total 

material inputs) include: plastic tubes/ 

pipes/hoses (3917.31, 3917.40), plastic 

sheets/strips/plates (3919.90, 3921.90), 

rubber tubes/hoses (4009.11), tires 

(4011.20), gaskets/washers/o–rings 

(4016.93, 4016.99), safety glass (7007.11, 

7007.21), mirrors (7009.10), tube fittings 

(7307.22, 7307.99), fasteners (7318.14), 

locks/keys (8301.20, 8301.40), engines 

(8407.34), engine parts (8409.91), 

pumps (8413.30), valves (8481.80), and 

bumpers (8708.10) (duty rates: free 

6.5%). T/IM authority could be granted 

for a period of up to two years. 

FTZ procedures could exempt 

VGACO from customs duty payments 

on the foreign components used in 

export production. The company 

anticipates that some 20 percent of the 

plant’s shipments will be exported. On 

its domestic sales, VGACO would be 

able to choose the duty rate that applies 

to finished passenger vehicles (2.5%) for 

the foreign inputs noted above. Certain 

logistical/supply chain management 

savings would also be realized through 

FTZ procedures. Customs duties also 

could possibly be deferred or reduced 

on foreign status production equipment. 

The application indicates that the 

savings from FTZ procedures would 

help improve the facility’s international 

competitiveness. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

following address: Office of the 

Executive Secretary, Room 2111, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC 20230–0002. The closing period for 

receipt of comments is August 17, 2009. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Foreign–Trade Zones 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address listed above, 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 10, 2009. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–17075 Filed 7–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

(Docket 27–2009) 

Foreign–Trade Zone 234 Gregg 

County, Texas, Application for 

Reorganization under Alternative Site 

Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by Gregg County, Texas, 

grantee of FTZ 234, requesting authority 

to reorganize the zone under the 

alternative site framework (ASF) 

adopted by the Board (74 FR 1170, 01/ 

12/09; correction 74 FR 3987, 01/22/09). 

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 July 7, 2009. 

The grantee’s proposed service area 

under the ASF would be Gregg County, 

Texas. 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 adjacent to the Shreveport–Bossier 

City Customs and Border Protection port 

of entry. 

FTZ 234 was approved by the FTZ 

Board in 1998 (Board Order 1003, 63 FR 

63671, 11/16/1998) and expanded in 

2008 (Board Order 1590, 73 FR 76611, 

12/17/2008). The applicant is requesting 

to include the following current sites in 

the reorganized zone as ‘‘magnet’’ sites: 

Proposed Site 1 (239 acres)-Gregg 

County Airport, 269 Terminal Circle, 

Longview; Proposed Site 2 (60 acres)- 

warehouse facility, 1320 East Harrison 

Road, Longview; and, Proposed Site 3 

(217 acres)-Synergy Park, 1000 Synergy 

Boulevard, Elder Lake. The applicant 

proposes that Site 1 be exempt from 

‘‘sunset’’ time limits that otherwise 

apply to sites under the ASF. No usage– 

driven sites are being proposed at this 

time. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Kathleen Boyce 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 

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