[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 13955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6388]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Docket A(32b1)-1-95


Foreign-Trade Zones Board; Foreign-Trade Zone 84--Houston, Texas; 
Tuboscope Vetco International, Inc., (Steel Tubular Products), Harris 
County, Texas; Request for Modification of Restriction

    A request has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 
Board) by the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of FTZ 84, pursuant to 
Sec. 400.32(b)(1) of the Board's regulations for modification of the 
export-only restriction in FTZ Board Order 609 authorizing Subzone 84I 
at the Tuboscope Vetco International, Inc. (Tuboscope) plant in Harris 
County, Texas. It was formally filed on February 8, 1995.
    The FTZ Board approved subzone status for the Tuboscope steel 
tubular products inspection and coating facility in Harris County, 
Texas, in 1992 (Subzone 84I; Board Order 609; 57 FR 57729; 12/7/92). 
The approval was subject to a restriction that allowed the use of zone 
procedures for export activity only.
    Tuboscope is now requesting that the export-only restriction be 
modified so that Customs duties can be deferred while the company 
conducts activity for the domestic market under zone procedures. The 
modified restriction would require the company to elect privileged 
foreign status on all merchandise admitted to the subzone. While the 
change would not result in significant new Customs savings, it would 
allow the company to operate the plant under a single inventory control 
system that meets Customs requirements. The request indicated that the 
use of zone procedures as proposed would help the facility maintain its 
international competitiveness.
    Public comment on the proposal 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 May 1, 1995.
    A copy of the application and 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 3716, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

    Dated: March 6, 1995.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-6388 Filed 3-14-95; 8:45 am]
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