[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 31813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12484]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

T-1-2008


Foreign-Trade Zone 79 - Tampa, FL, Application for Temporary/
Interim Manufacturing Authority, Tampa Bay Shipbuilding and Repair 
Company (Shipbuilding), Notice of Approval

    On April 8, 2008, an application was filed by the Executive 
Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board submitted by the City 
of Tampa, grantee of FTZ 79, requesting temporary/interim manufacturing 
(T/IM) authority, on behalf of Tampa Bay Shipbuilding and Repair 
Company, to construct and repair cruise ships and ferries (HTSUS 
8901.90), double-hulled liquid barges and articulating tug barges 
(HTSUS 8901.20), fishing boats (8902.00), tug boats (8904.00), dredgers 
(8905.10), offshore production platforms (8905.20), and floating docks 
(8905.90) under FTZ procedures within FTZ 79 Site 5 in Tampa, Florida.
    The application has been processed in accordance with T/IM 
procedures, as authorized by FTZ Board Orders 1347 (69 FR 52857, 8-30-
2004) and 1480 (71 FR 55422, 9-22-2006), including notice in the 
Federal Register inviting public comment (72 FR 62429, 11-5-2007). The 
FTZ staff examiner reviewed the application and determined that it 
meets the criteria for approval under T/IM procedures. The foreign-
origin components approved for this activity are: anchor chain 
(7315.81), aluminum beams (7610.90), flexible tubing (8307.10), diesel 
engines (8408.10) and parts (8409.91, 8409.99), pumps (8413.11), 
turbochargers (8414.59), heat exchange/cooling units (8419.50), 
centrifuges (8421.19), filters (8421.23, 8421.29, 8421.31), fire 
suppression equipment (8424.20, 9032.89), rudders (8479.89), bow 
thrusters (8501.53), valves (8481.10, 8481.20, 8481.30, 8481.40, 
8481.80), stern tubes (8483.30), reduction gears (8483.40), 
transmission shaft grounding systems and seals (8483.90), generators 
(8501.63) and parts (8503.00), transformers (8504.34), speed drive 
controllers (8504.40), overfill alarms (8531.90), ACCU automated/
steering systems (8537.10), generator sets (8502.39), and liquid flow 
measurement instruments (9026.10) (duty rates: free - 5.7%).
    Pursuant to the authority delegated to the FTZ Board Executive 
Secretary in the above-referenced Board Orders, the application is 
approved, effective this date, until May 29, 2010, subject to the FTZ 
Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Dated: May 29, 2008.
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-12484 Filed 6-3-08; 8:45 am]
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