[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 14443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5623]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 15-2005]


Foreign-Trade Zone 22--Chicago, IL; Application for Subzone, 
Michelin North America (Tire Distribution), Monee, IL

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Illinois International Port District, grantee of FTZ 
22, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the tire and tire 
accessory warehousing/distribution facility of Michelin North America 
(MNA), in Monee, Illinois. 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 March 14, 2005.
    The MNA facility (1 building, 721,761 sq. ft. on 34.9 acres) is 
located at 25850 S. Ridgeland Avenue, within the Bailly Ridge Corporate 
Center, Monee, Illinois (Will County). The facility (80 employees) may 
be used under FTZ procedures for warehousing, inspection, labeling, 
packaging, scrapping, and distribution of tires and tire accessories 
(including tire flaps, inner tubes and gaskets). Some 50 to 80 percent 
of the tires at the facility are sourced abroad. About 25-30 percent of 
the tires at the facility are currently re-exported.
    Zone procedures would exempt MNA from Customs duty payments on 
foreign products that are re-exported. On domestic sales, the company 
would be able to defer payments until merchandise is shipped from the 
plant. MNA would be able to avoid duty on foreign products which become 
scrap/waste, estimated at 1-3 percent of total inventory. FTZ 
designation would further allow MNA to realize significant logistical/
procedural benefits. The application indicates that the savings from 
zone procedures will 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 May 23, 2005. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to June 6, 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 U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 200 West 
Adams Street, Suite 2450, Chicago, IL 60606.

    Dated: March 15, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-5623 Filed 3-21-05; 8:45 am]
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