[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 62 (Thursday, April 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14956-14957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7441]


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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 12-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 29 - Louisville, KY

Application for Subzone Status

Reynolds Packaging LLC

(Aluminum Foil Liner Stock)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Louisville and Jefferson County Riverport Authority, 
grantee of FTZ 29, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
aluminum foil liner stock manufacturing plant and warehouse of Reynolds 
Packaging LLC (Reynolds), located in Louisville, Kentucky. 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 25, 2009.
    The proposed subzone would include Reynolds' facilities (637 
employees) at two sites in the city of Louisville: Site 1 
(manufacturing plant/3.63 acres/165,758 sq.ft.) - 1225 West Burnett 
Avenue; and, Site 2 (warehouse distribution/9.51 acres/614,215 sq.ft.) 
- 2827 Hale Avenue, located one mile south of Site 1. The manufacturing 
plant is used to produce aluminum foil liner stock (up to 70 million 
pounds annually) used in flexible packaging applications for the U.S. 
market and export. The manufacturing process involves laminating, oven 
curing, slitting, and packaging. The foreign-origin input used in the 
activity is aluminum converter foil (7607.11.3000, duty rate: 5.8%), 
which represents about 25 percent of the value of the finished aluminum 
foil liner stock. The application indicates that Reynolds would also 
admit foreign-origin bulk aluminum foil to the proposed subzone to be 
repackaged and distributed for consumer retail sale in the U.S. market.
    FTZ procedures could exempt Reynolds from customs duty payments on 
the foreign aluminum converter foil used in export production (about 
15% of annual shipments). On domestic shipments, the company would be 
able to elect the duty rate that applies to finished aluminum foil 
liner stock (duty free) for the foreign aluminum converter foil. 
Reynolds would also be exempt from duty payments on any aluminum foil 
for consumer use that becomes scrap or waste during the repackaging 
activity. The application indicates that the savings from FTZ 
procedures would help improve the facilities' international 
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ 
Staff is 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 following address: Office of the Executive Secretary, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002. The closing period for receipt of comments 
is June 1, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to [insert 75 days from date of publication].

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    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at 
the address listed above and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 
information, contact Pierre Duy at: [email protected], or (202) 
482-1378.

    Dated: March 25, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-7441 Filed 4-1-09; 8:45 am]
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