Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Volkswagen FTZ T/IM Application Terminated

Foreign-Trade Zone 134--Chattanooga, TN; Application for Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority; Termination of Review; Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC (Motor Vehicles)


Notice is hereby given that the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board staff has terminated its review of the application requesting temporary/interim manufacturing (T/IM) authority within FTZ 134 at the Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC (VGACO) facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The application was filed on July 10, 2009 (74 FR 34714, 7-17-2009). Substantive comments submitted in opposition to the VGACO application during the public comment period remove the application from eligibility under the specific T/IM standard of ``clearly presenting no new, complex, or controversial issues'' (see ``Proposals to Facilitate the Use of Foreign-Trade Zones by Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers,'' 69 FR 17643, 4/5/2004). The review was terminated on September 22, 2009.


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