[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18580-18581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8987]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket 13-95]


Foreign-Trade Zone 41--Milwaukee, WI Area Application for 
Expansion and Request for Manufacturing Authority (Children's Books)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Foreign Trade Zone of Wisconsin, Ltd., grantee of 
FTZ 41, requesting authority to expand FTZ 41 to include a general-
purpose site in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, and requesting authority on 
behalf of Publications International, Ltd. to assemble children's books 
within FTZ 41, Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, within the Milwaukee 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 
April 3, 1995. FTZ 41 was approved on September 29, 1978 (Board Order 
136, 43 FR 46887, 10/11/78). It currently consists of 4 sites in the 
Milwaukee area: Site 1 (300 acres)--within the Port of Milwaukee 
complex; Site 2 (210,000 sq. ft.)--warehouse facility, 1925 E. Kelly 
Lane, Cudahy; Site 3 (120 acres)--West Allis Industrial Center, in West 
Allis; and, Site 4 (166 acres)--Milwaukee County Research Park, 
Wauwatosa.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the zone to 
include a site (10 acres) located within the Grandview Industrial Park 
at 1333 N. Grandview Parkway, Sturtevant, some 15 miles south of 
Milwaukee. The site involves a public warehouse facility operated by 
Warren Industries (Warren), which provides storage, distribution, 
processing and packaging services for a variety of customers.
    The proposed book assembly activity would involve children's touch-
sound books, published by Publications International, Ltd. The books, 
printed elsewhere in the United States, would be sent to FTZ 41 where 
an electronic touch sound pad would be attached. The sound pad would be 
sourced from abroad. The finished product with sound device would be 
classified as a book (duty-free). Publications plans to 
[[Page 18581]] have Warren conduct the activity on its behalf at the 
proposed Sturtevant site.
    Zone procedures would exempt Publications International from 
payment of Customs duties on foreign merchandise that is used in 
products made for export. On its domestic sales, zone procedures would 
allow the company to choose the duty-free rate that applies to books. 
The duty rate on the sound pads (classified as electrical machines and 
apparatus) is 3.9 percent.
    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 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 
Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period 
for their receipt is June 12, 1995. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period to June 26, 1995.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce District Office, 517 E. Wisconsin Avenue, 
Room 596, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230

    Dated: April 5, 1995.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-8987 Filed 4-11-95; 8:45 am]
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