[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49161-49162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24081]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 38-2001]


Foreign-Trade Zone 72, Indianapolis, IN, Application for Subzone, 
Rolls Royce Corporation (Gas Turbine Engines), Indianapolis, IN

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Indianapolis Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 72, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the gas turbine engine 
manufacturing plant of Rolls Royce Corporation in Indianapolis, 
Indiana. 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 
September 18, 2001.
    The engine manufacturing facilities of Rolls Royce in Indianapolis 
included in

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this application consist of three sites covering 415 acres with four 
million square feet of plant space: Site 1 (203 acres; 2.7 million sq. 
ft.)--``Plant 5,'' 2355 South Tibbs Ave., Indianapolis; Site 2 (211 
acres; 1 million sq. ft.)--``Plant 8,'' 2001 South Tibbs Ave., 
Indianapolis; Site 3 (0.7 acres; 32,000 sq. ft.)--``Single Crystal 
Site,'' 5601 Fortune Circle South, Indianapolis. The facilities (5,000 
employees) produce gas turbine engines and engine parts. The engines 
are used for aircraft, marine and industrial applications. Foreign-
sourced materials account for approximately 17 percent of material 
value, and include parts of turbojets, parts of turbo-propellers, parts 
of other gas turbines, cast iron parts for turbojets, fuel/lubrication/
cooling pumps, bearings, aircraft parts, fasteners, containers, and 
paints.
    Zone procedures would exempt Rolls Royce from Customs duty payments 
on foreign materials used in production for export. On domestic sales, 
the company would be able to choose the duty rates that apply to the 
finished products (duty-free to 2.5 %) rather than the duty rates that 
would otherwise apply to the foreign-sourced materials noted above 
(duty-free to 9 %). The application indicates that the savings from 
zone procedures will 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 is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at one of the following addresses:
    1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-
Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court 
Building--Suite 4100W, 1099 14th St. NW., Washington, DC 20005; or
    2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB--Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is November 26, 2001. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to December 11, 
2001).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board's Executive Secretary at address Number 1 listed above, and 
at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 11405 
North Pennsylvania Street, Suite 106, Carmel, IN 46032.

    Dated: September 19, 2001.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-24081 Filed 9-25-01; 8:45 am]
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