[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 43 (Monday, March 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10951-10952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-928]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 10-2005]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Conroe (Montgomery County), TX; 
Application for Subzone, WLS Drilling Products, Inc. (Mining Drill 
Bits); Montgomery, TX

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the City of Conroe, Texas, which has an application 
pending before the Board for FTZ status, requesting special-purpose 
subzone status for the warehousing facility (mining drill bits) of WLS 
Drilling Products, Inc., (WLS Drilling) in Montgomery, Texas. The 
application was submitted pursuant to 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 25, 2005.
    The WLS Drilling facility is located at 18904 Freeport Drive in 
Montgomery, Texas. The facility (8 employees; 7,000 sq. ft. warehouse 
with adjacent 2,500 sq. ft. office on 5.2 acres) warehouses and 
distributes finished rotary rock drill bits used in the mining, 
construction, and oil and gas industries. WLS Drilling's imported drill 
bits currently enter the U.S. duty free. However, the application 
states that the imported products may become subject to duties in the 
future. WLS Drilling also indicates that, although no manufacturing 
authority is currently requested, there is the potential for 
manufacturing at the site in the future. Finally, the application 
states that the company will benefit from an FTZ-related exemption from 
local property tax.
    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:

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    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 May 6, 2005. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to May 23, 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 address Number 1 listed above and 
at the Houston U.S. Export Assistance Center, 15600 John F. Kennedy 
Blvd., Suite 530, Houston, TX 77032.

    Dated: February 25, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-928 Filed 3-4-05; 8:45 am]
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