[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 28, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 58596-58597] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-29068] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Docket 74-95] Foreign-Trade Zone 83--Huntsville, AL; Request for Manufacturing Authority, Cummins/Onan Engine Company, Inc. (Internal-Combustion Engines) An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 83, pursuant to Sec. 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR Part 400), requesting authority on behalf of Cummins/Onan Engine Company, Inc. (COECI), to manufacture small internal combustion engines under zone procedures for the U.S. market and export within FTZ 83. It was formally filed on November 13, 1995. COECI operates a facility within FTZ 83 that manufactures gasoline spark-ignition engines (up to 1,000 cc in size) and diesel engines (up to 2,800 cc) for golf carts, all-terrain vehicles, portable generators; and, farm, lawn, and garden equipment (HTS #8407.32.10-.33.30, 8408.20.10, 8408.90.90). Certain components are sourced from abroad (up to 95% of finished product value at the outset), including: crankcases, cylinder heads, manifolds, crankshafts, carburetors, connecting rods, pumps, valves, bearings, fasteners, speed changers, ignition coils, inductors, magnetos and other ignition components, hoses, and other related parts (1995 duty rate range: duty free-12.5%). The application indicates that 60 percent of all parts (by value) will be purchased from U.S. suppliers within three years of approval of subzone status. Zone procedures would exempt COECI from Customs duty payments on the foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales, COECI would be able to choose the duty rates that apply to finished engines (duty free, 3.0%) for the foreign components noted above. The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures would 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 on the application is invited from interested parties. Submissions (original and three copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is December 28, 1995. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to January 12, 1996). A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be available for public inspection at the following location: Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room [[Page 58597]] 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Dated: November 20, 1995. John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 95-29068 Filed 11-27-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P