[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56985-56986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23355]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 53-2010]
Foreign-Trade Zone 104--Savannah, GA Application for
Manufacturing Authority Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (Power
Generation Turbine Components) Pooler, GA
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Savannah Airport Commission, grantee of FTZ 104,
requesting manufacturing authority on behalf of Mitsubishi Power
Systems Americas, Inc. (MPSA), located in Pooler, Georgia. 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 September 13,
2010.
The MPSA facility (``Savannah Machinery Works'', 119 acres/239,000
sq. ft.) is located at 1000 Pine Meadow Drive within the Pooler
Megasite (proposed Site 12 under pending FTZ 104 ASF/Reorganization,
Docket 51-2010 [75 FR 53637, 9-1-2010]) in Pooler (Chatham County),
Georgia. The facility (approximately 500 employees), currently under
construction, will be used to manufacture and repair large gas and
steam power generation turbine components (combustor baskets,
transition pieces; up to 1,500 units of each per year) for export and
the domestic market. Activity would involve receiving foreign-origin,
semi-finished nickel alloy sheets, bars, castings and forgings (HTSUS
Subheadings 7506.20, 7508.90; duty rate: 3.0%; representing about 36%
of total material value) that would be machined, welded, balanced and
thermal coated to produce finished gas turbine combustor baskets and
transition pieces. Some 70 percent of the finished combustor baskets
and transition pieces will be exported. The proposed activity under FTZ
procedures would also involve service maintenance and repair (e.g.,
dis/assembly,
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inspection, cleaning, upgrading, welding, and balancing) of customer-
owned gas and steam turbine components (rotors, valves, blades, gears,
couplings, airfoils, hubs and stationaries) and generators. Foreign-
origin turbines and generators would also be distributed from the MPSA
facility. The application indicates that large gas and steam turbines
will be manufactured at the facility in the future, but MPSA is not
seeking authority to produce these products under FTZ procedures at
this time.
FTZ procedures could exempt MPSA from customs duty payments on
foreign materials and components used in export production. On its
domestic shipments, MPSA would be able to choose the duty rate that
applies to finished gas turbine combustor baskets and transition pieces
(2.4%) for the foreign nickel alloy inputs noted above. MPSA would also
be exempt from duty payments on any foreign-origin nickel alloy that
becomes scrap or waste during manufacturing. Duties also could possibly
be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment. Customs
duties could be reduced on foreign-origin turbines (6.7%) that may be
withdrawn from the zone with generators for customs entry as complete
generating sets (2.5%). FTZ procedures would further allow MPSA to
realize logistical benefits through the use of weekly customs entry
procedures. The application indicates that the savings from FTZ
procedures would help improve the facility's international
competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ
Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and
information presented in the application and case record and to report
findings and recommendations 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 November 16, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period to December 1, 2010.
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 Web site, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz. For
further information, contact Pierre Duy at [email protected] or
(202) 482-1378.
Dated: September 13, 2010.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-23355 Filed 9-16-10; 8:45 am]
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