[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 154 (Monday, August 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 47536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20422]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 38-2003]


Foreign-Trade Zone 39--Dallas/Fort Worth, Application for 
Subzone, American Eurocopter LLC (Helicopter Parts), Grand Prairie, TX

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board, 
grantee of FTZ 39, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
warehousing and distribution facilities of American Eurocopter LLC (AE 
LLC), located in Grand Prairie, Texas. 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 August 4, 2003.
    AE LLC's facility is comprised of one site (40.17 acres, 303 
employees), located at 2701 Forum Drive in the City of Grand Prairie, 
Texas.
    The facility distributes, repairs and services helicopter parts. 
The products are distributed in the U.S. and worldwide. (About 10 
percent are exported). No authority is being sought for activity 
conducted under FTZ procedures that would result in a change in tariff 
classification.
    Zone procedures would exempt AE LLC from Customs duty payments on 
foreign products that are reexported. On its domestic sales, the 
company would be able to defer duty payments until merchandise is 
shipped from its facility. The application indicates that the savings 
from zone procedures would help improve the facilities' 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. Submission 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. Postage 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 October 10, 2003 Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to October 27, 
2003).
    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 
the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 711 Houston 
St., Fort Worth, Texas, 76102.

    Dated: August 4, 2003.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-20422 Filed 8-8-03; 8:45 am]
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