[Federal Register: April 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 65)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 13-99]

 
Foreign-Trade Zone 24--Pittston, Pennsylvania; Application for 
Subzone Sandvik Saws and Tools, Inc., Throop, Pennsylvania

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Eastern Distribution Center, Inc., grantee of FTZ 
24, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the warehousing and 
distribution facility of Sandvik Saws and Tools, Inc. (Sandvik), 
located in Throop, Pennsylvania. 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, 1999.
    The Sandvik facility (40,500 sq. ft.) is located at 15 Burt Collins 
Drive in Throop (Lackawanna County), Pennsylvania. The facility (85 
employees) is used for the storage and distribution of imported saws 
and tools (primarily HTS 8201, 8202, 8203, 8204 and 8211, duty rate 
ranges from duty-free to 9%). The products are distributed throughout 
the U.S. and Central America.
    Zone procedures would exempt Sandvik from Customs duty payments on 
products that are reexported. On its domestic sales, the company would 
be able to defer duty payments until merchandise is shipped from the 
plant. The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures 
would help improve the plant's competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment on the application 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 7, 1999. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to June 21, 1999).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, One Montage 
Mountain Rd., Suite B, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18507.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230

    Dated: March 26, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-8483 Filed 4-5-99; 8:45 am]
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