[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 63 (Monday, April 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17062-17063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6649]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket T-2-2005]


Foreign-Trade Zone 105--North Kingstown, RI, Application for 
Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority, Southeastern New England 
Shipbuilding Corporation, (Shipbuilding), North Kingstown, RI

    An application has been submitted to the Executive Secretary of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Rhode Island Economic 
Development Corporation, grantee of FTZ 105, requesting temporary/
interim manufacturing (T/IM) authority within FTZ 105 at the 
Southeastern New England Shipbuilding Corporation (Senesco) 
shipbuilding facility located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The 
application was filed on March 25, 2005.
    The Senesco shipyard (450 employees, 31 acres, capacity: up to 4 
vessels/year) is located at 10 MacNaught Street within the Quonset 
Business Park (FTZ Site 2). Under T/IM procedures, Senesco would 
construct and repair

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tugboats (HTSUS 8901.90), double-hulled liquid barges (HTSUS 8901.20) 
and articulating tug barges for domestic and international customers. 
Foreign components that would be used at the shipyard (up to 30% of 
total purchases) include: diesel engines (HTSUS 8408.10), sterntubes 
(8483.30), reduction gears (8483.40), shaft grounding systems and seals 
(8483.90), generators (8501.62 , 8501.63), overfill alarms (8531.90), 
tank washing machines (8537.10), valve remote operators (8537.10), tank 
gauging systems (8537.10), and ACCU automation/steering systems 
(8537.10) (duty rates: 1.3 4.5%). The request indicates that Senesco 
will not admit any foreign-origin steel mill products to the zone for 
use in FTZ manufacturing activity.
    FTZ procedures would exempt Senesco from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export activity. On its domestic sales, 
the company would be able to choose the duty rate that applies to 
finished oceangoing vessels (duty free) for the foreign-origin 
components noted above. Duties would be deferred or reduced on foreign 
production equipment admitted by Senesco to the zone until which time 
it becomes operational. The manufacturing activity conducted under FTZ 
procedures would be subject to the ``standard shipyard restriction'' 
applicable to foreign-origin steel mill products (e.g., angles, pipe, 
plate), which requires that full Customs duties be paid on such items.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
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 
4100W, 1099 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005; or,
    2. Submissions via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB 4100W, 1401 Constitution Ave., 
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is May 4, 2005.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at 
address No. 1 listed above.

    Dated: March 25, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-6649 Filed 4-1-05; 8:45 am]
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