[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 159 (Thursday, August 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48535-48536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16395]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 38-2005]


Foreign-Trade Zone 206 Jackson County, Oregon, Application For 
Subzone, Eastman Kodak Company, (X-ray film, Color Paper, Digital 
Media, Inkjet Paper, and Entertainment Imaging), White City and 
Medford, Oregon

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by Jackson County, Oregon, grantee of FTZ 206, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status with manufacturing authority (X-ray 
film, color paper, digital media, inkjet paper, entertainment imaging, 
and health imaging) for the facilities of the Eastman Kodak Company 
(Kodak), located in White City and Medford, Oregon. 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 August 5, 2005.
    The facilities for which subzone status is proposed are on three 
sites (83.4 acres total; 359,901 sq. ft. of enclosed space) at the 
following locations: Site  1 [hzbar] 8124 Pacific Avenue in 
White City; Site  2 [hzbar] 2065 Lars Way in Medford; and Site 
 3 [hzbar] 2190 Joseph Street in Medford. The facilities 
(approximately 430 full- and part-time employees) would be used 
initially under FTZ procedures for manufacturing, processing, 
warehousing, and distributing ``Dryview Laser Imaging Film'' in bulk 
rolls and in packaged form (HTSUS categories 3921.90 and 9018.90, 
respectively, with duty rates ranging from duty-free to 4.2% ad 
valorem). For those finished products, foreign-sourced materials

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account for approximately 20 percent of finished-product value. The 
application lists the following as the primary material inputs which 
may be sourced from abroad initially: film base (HTSUS category 
3920.62), lids (3921.90), polyvinylbutyral (3907.10), ``Deox 115'' 
(2907.10), ethyl 2-cyano-3-hydroxy-butanoate (2926.90), ``TBMSP'' 
(2933.39), pyridinium hydrobromide perbromide (2933.31), and ``HSR-2031 
Masking'' (2926.90). The application indicates that duty rates on those 
input materials range from duty-free to 6.5%.
    The application also requests authority to include a broad range of 
inputs and final products that the plant may produce under FTZ 
procedures in the future within the categories of X-ray film, color 
paper, digital media, inkjet paper, entertainment imaging (i.e., motion 
picture film, consumer film and related chemicals), and health imaging 
(i.e., other health imaging film, equipment and related chemicals). 
(New major activity in these inputs/products could require review by 
the FTZ Board.) General HTSUS categories of inputs include: 2620, 2710, 
2803, 2804, 2806, 2811, 2812, 2815, 2825, 2827, 2832, 2833, 2836, 2838, 
2842, 2843, 2846, 2851, 2901, 2902, 2903, 2904, 2906, 2907, 2908, 2909, 
2911, 2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2918, 2920, 2921, 2922, 2924, 2925, 2926, 
2928, 2930, 2931, 2933, 2934, 2935, 2942, 3004, 3402, 3503, 3507, 3701, 
3702, 3703, 3704, 3705, 3706, 3707, 3824, 3901, 3903, 3905, 3906, 3907, 
3910, 3912, 3917, 3919, 3920, 3921, 3923, 3924, 3926, 4008, 4009, 4010, 
4016, 4017, 4202 (4202.12.6000, 4202.12.8030, 4202.91.0090, 
4202.92.9026, 4202.92.9036, 4202.92.9060), 4203, 4415, 4504, 4703, 
4802, 4805, 4808, 4811, 4818, 4819, 4820, 4821, 4823, 4901, 4902, 4905, 
4906, 4908, 4909, 4910, 4911, 5906, 6804, 6909, 7003, 7004, 7005, 7006, 
7007, 7008, 7013, 7014, 7020, 7106, 7108, 7112, 7412, 7419, 7606, 7607, 
7609, 7616, 8101, 8108, 8302, 8306, 8308, 8309, 8405, 8412, 8413, 8414, 
8415, 8418, 8419, 8420, 8421, 8422, 8423, 8428, 8431, 8439, 8441, 8443, 
8466, 8467, 8470, 8471, 8472, 8473, 8476, 8477, 8479, 8480, 8481, 8485, 
8501, 8503, 8504, 8505, 8506, 8507, 8511, 8512, 8513, 8514, 8515, 8516, 
8518, 8521, 8523, 8524, 8525, 8528, 8529, 8531, 8532, 8533, 8534, 8535, 
8536, 8537, 8538, 8539, 8540, 8541, 8542, 8543, 8544, 8545, 8546, 8547, 
9001, 9002, 9005, 9006, 9007, 9008, 9009, 9010, 9011, 9013, 9015, 9016, 
9017, 9018, 9022, 9023, 9024, 9025, 9026, 9027, 9028, 9029, 9030, 9031, 
9032, 9033, 9106, 9402, 9405, 9612, and 9705. The duty rates on these 
products range from duty-free to 38%. Final products that may be 
produced from the inputs listed above include these general HTSUS 
categories: 2710, 2803, 2804, 2806, 2811, 2812, 2815, 2825, 2827, 2832, 
2833, 2836, 2838, 2842, 2843, 2846, 2851, 2901, 2902, 2903, 2904, 2906, 
2907, 2908, 2909, 2911, 2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2918, 2920, 2921, 2922, 
2924, 2925, 2926, 2928, 2930, 2931, 2933, 2934, 2935, 2942, 3004, 3402, 
3503, 3507, 3701, 3702, 3703, 3704, 3705, 3706, 3707, 3824, 3901, 3903, 
3905, 3906, 3907, 3910, 3912, 3917, 3919, 3920, 3921, 3923, 3924, 3926, 
4008, 4009, 4010, 4016, 4017, 4202 (4202.12.6000, 4202.12.8030, 
4202.91.0090, 4202.92.9026, 4202.92.9036, 4202.92.9060), 4203, 4415, 
4504, 4703, 4802, 4805, 4808, 4811, 4818, 4819, 4820, 4821, 4823, 4901, 
4902, 4905, 4906, 4908, 4909, 4910, 4911, 5906, 6804, 6909, 7003, 7004, 
7005, 7006, 7007, 7008, 7013, 7014, 7020, 7106, 7108, 7112, 7412, 7419, 
7606, 7607, 7609, 7616, 8101, 8108, 8302, 8306, 8308, 8309, 8405, 8412, 
8413, 8414, 8415, 8418, 8419, 8420, 8421, 8422, 8423, 8428, 8431, 8439, 
8441, 8443, 8466, 8467, 8470, 8471, 8472, 8473, 8476, 8477, 8479, 8480, 
8481, 8485, 8501, 8503, 8504, 8505, 8506, 8507, 8511, 8512, 8513, 8514, 
8515, 8516, 8518, 8521, 8523, 8524, 8525, 8528, 8529, 8531, 8532, 8533, 
8534, 8535, 8536, 8537, 8538, 8539, 8540, 8541, 8542, 8543, 8544, 8545, 
8546, 8547, 9001, 9002, 9005, 9006, 9007, 9008, 9009, 9010, 9011, 9013, 
9015, 9016, 9017, 9018, 9022, 9023, 9024, 9025, 9026, 9027, 9028, 9029, 
9030, 9031, 9032, 9033, 9106, 9402, 9405, 9612, and 9705. The duty 
rates on these products range from duty-free to 38%.
    Zone procedures would exempt Kodak from Customs duty payments on 
foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales, 
Kodak would be able to choose the lower duty rate that applies to the 
finished products for foreign components, when applicable. Kodak would 
also be able to avoid duty on foreign inputs which become scrap/waste, 
estimated at five percent of FTZ-related savings. Kodak may also 
realize logistical/procedural and other benefits from subzone status. 
All of the above-cited savings from zone procedures could 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 October 17, 2005. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to November 1, 
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 Jackson County, Office of the County Administrator, Room 214, 10 
South Oakdale, Medford, Oregon 97501.

    Dated: August 11, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-16395 Filed 8-17-05; 8:45 am]
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