[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 158 (Thursday, August 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47585-47586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18849]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 44-2008]


Foreign-Trade Zone 77 Memphis, Tennessee, Application for 
Subzone, Black & Decker Corporation(Power Tools, Lawn and Garden Tools, 
and Home Products Distribution), Jackson, Tennessee

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the City of Memphis, grantee of FTZ 77, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the tools and home products 
warehousing/distribution facilities of Black & Decker Corporation, in 
Jackson, Tennessee. 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 August 5, 2008.
    The Black & Decker site, consisting of a manufacturing plant (2 
bldgs., 482,000 sq. ft.) and a distribution center (1 building, 675,000 
sq. ft.) on 177 acres, is located at the intersection of Highway 45 
North and Passmore Lane in Jackson, Tennessee. The facilities (700 
employees) are used for the quality inspection, kitting, repackaging, 
order fulfillment, warehousing and distribution of power tools, lawn 
and garden tools, home products and related products and accessories; 
activities which Black & Decker is proposing to perform under FTZ 
procedures. Some 75 percent of the components are sourced abroad. About 
5 to 10 percent of production is currently exported. None of the 
activities which Black & Decker is proposing to perform under zone 
procedures would constitute manufacturing or processing under the FTZ 
Board's regulations.
    Zone procedures would exempt Black & Decker from Customs duty 
payments on foreign products that are re-exported. On domestic sales, 
the company would be able to defer payment until merchandise is shipped 
from the facility. The company may also realize certain logistical 
benefits related to the use of direct delivery and weekly customs entry 
procedures. The application indicates that FTZ procedures would be used 
to support Black & Decker's Tennessee-based distribution activity in 
competition with facilities abroad.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Diane Finver of the FTZ 
staff is designated examiner to investigate the application and report 
to the Board.

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    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 
October 14, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to October 28, 2008).
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at each of the following locations: U.S Department of Commerce Export 
Assistance Center, 22 North Front Street, Suite 200, Memphis, Tennessee 
38103; and, Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230-0002.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at [email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: August 7, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-18849 Filed 8-13-08; 8:45 am]
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