[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 38 (Monday, February 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 9614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3813]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 9-2005]


Foreign-Trade Zone 40, Cleveland, OH; Request for Manufacturing 
Authority (Oil Burner Units)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, grantee of 
FTZ 40, requesting authority on behalf of the R.W. Beckett Company for 
the manufacture of oil burner units under FTZ procedures within 
proposed Site 13 of FTZ 40 in Lorain County, Ohio. 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 February 22, 2005.
    R.W. Beckett operates a manufacturing facility (200 employees) 
within proposed site 13 of FTZ 40 for the production of burner units 
for oil furnaces. The finished products would enter the United States 
duty free. Imported inputs are projected to comprise 29 percent of the 
value of finished products produced under FTZ procedures.
    The company indicates that the foreign inputs that may be admitted 
under FTZ procedures are the following: oil igniter; solenoid valve; 
burner motor (AC); transformer; and electronic timer. Duty rates on the 
proposed imported components currently range from 1.7 to 6.6 percent.
    This application requests authority for R.W. Beckett to conduct the 
activity under FTZ procedures, which would exempt the company from 
Customs duty payments on the foreign components used in export 
activity. On its domestic sales, the company would be able to choose 
the duty rate that applies to finished products for the foreign 
components noted above. The company would also be exempt from duty 
payments on foreign merchandise that becomes scrap/waste. The 
application indicates that the savings would help improve the 
facility'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 April 29, 2005. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to May 16, 2005.
    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 the first address listed above, 
and at the Cleveland U.S. Export Assistance Center, Suite 700, 600 
Superior Avenue, East, Cleveland, OH 44114.

Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-3813 Filed 2-25-05; 8:45 am]
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