[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 82 (Monday, April 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21218-21219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8205]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 18-2007)


Foreign-Trade Zone 110 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, Application for 
Subzone, Louisiana Energy Services, L.P., (Gas Centrifuge Production 
Equipment), Lea County, New Mexico

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the City of Albuquerque, grantee of FTZ 110, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the assembly and installation of gas 
centrifuge production equipment at the facility of Louisiana Energy 
Services, L.P. (LES), located in Lea County, New Mexico. 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 April 20, 2007.
    The LES facility (1,000 employees, 543 acres) is located at 275 
Andrews Highway, in Lea County, New Mexico. The applicant is requesting 
authority for the assembly and installation of gas centrifuge 
production equipment for the enrichment of uranium during construction 
of the National Enrichment Facility. Components and materials sourced 
from abroad, representing some 99[percnt] of all parts, include: 
cascade valve frames, pipe work modules, connecting pipes and gas 
centrifuge parts, all designed as parts of machinery and apparatuses 
for isometric separation (duty rate 2.6[percnt]).
    FTZ procedures would allow LES to defer duty on the parts of 
production equipment until they are incorporated into a finished gas 
centrifuge, tested and put into use. FTZ designation would further 
allow LES to utilize certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
procedures, such as weekly entry and direct delivery, resulting in 
increased efficiencies for its import shipments. The applicant is not 
requesting FTZ manufacturing authority for the enrichment of uranium, 
and enrichment activity would not occur in an activated FTZ area. The 
request indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help 
improve the facility's international competitiveness.

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    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 the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
June 29, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to July 16, 2007.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 1100 St. Francis 
Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87504.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 2814B, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at [email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: April 20, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-8205 Filed 4-27-07; 8:45 am]
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