[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 7133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3810]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 10-2002]


Foreign-Trade Zone 36--Galveston, TX; Application for Subzone; 
Deepsea Flexibles, Inc., (Flexible Pipeline Manufacturing), Galveston, 
TX

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port of Galveston, grantee of FTZ 36, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing and warehousing 
facilities of Deepsea Flexibles, Inc. (Deepflex), located in Galveston, 
Texas. 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 
February 6, 2002.
    The Deepflex facility (1.5 acres, 31 employees), is located at 3306 
Wharf Road, Galveston, Texas (Galveston County). The facility is used 
for the manufacturing and warehousing of flexible pipelines. The only 
component sourced from abroad (representing about 10% of all parts 
consumed in manufacturing) is poly para-phenylene terephthalamide (PPD-
T aramid fiber) (HTS 5402.10.3050, duty rate 9%). The company is 
requesting authority to use zone procedures only for product that will 
be exported. The aramid fiber used on any finished product sold for 
domestic consumption will be entered for consumption and duty paid 
prior to manufacturing in the zone.
    FTZ procedures would exempt Deepflex from Customs duty payments on 
the aramid fiber used in export production. The request indicates that 
the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the plant's 
international 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 is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at one of the following addresses:
    1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-
Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court 
Building--Suite 4100W, 1099 14th St. NW, Washington, DC 20005; or
    2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB--Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20230. The closing period for their receipt is 
April 16, 2002. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to May 1, 2002).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board's Executive Secretary at the first address listed above, 
and at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 500 
Dallas, Suite 1160, Houston, TX 77002.

    Dated: February 8, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-3810 Filed 2-14-02; 8:45 am]
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