[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 57216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28092]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 70-95]


Foreign-Trade Zone 83--Huntsville, AL; Application for Subzone 
Status, MagneTek, Inc., Plant (Fluorescent Ballasts and Components), 
Madison, AL

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority, grantee 
of FTZ 83, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the electronic 
fluorescent lighting ballasts and components manufacturing facility of 
MagneTek, Inc., located in Madison, Alabama. 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 November 3, 1995.
    The plant (80,000 sq.ft. on 36 acres) is located at 1430 Wall-
Triana Highway in Madison (Madison County), Alabama, some 12 miles 
southwest of Huntsville. The facility (484 employees) is used to 
produce electronic fluorescent lighting ballasts (HTS# 8504.10.00) and 
related printed circuit assemblies (HTS# 8504.90.60). The electronic 
ballasts are used in the manufacture of commercial fluorescent lighting 
equipment. Components and materials sourced from abroad (about 20% of 
finished product value) include: wire, capacitors, resistors, diodes, 
semiconductors, printed and integrated circuits, switches, fuses, 
insulators, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, transformers, 
rectifiers, inductors, thermostats, flux, solder bars, and tape (duty 
rate range: free  9.8%).
    Zone procedures would exempt MagneTek from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. On its domestic 
sales, the company would be able to choose the lower duty rate that 
apply to finished electronic fluorescent lighting ballasts and printed 
circuit assemblies (3.0%) for the foreign inputs noted above. The 
application indicates that the savings from zone procedures would help 
improve the plant's international competitiveness.
    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 three copies) shall be addressed to 
the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing 
period for their receipt is January 16, 1996. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to January 29, 1996).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

Office of the Port Director, U.S. Customs Service, Suite 204, 2850 
Wall-Triana Highway, Huntsville, AL 35824
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20230

    Dated: November 3, 1995.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-28092 Filed 11-13-95; 8:45 am]
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