[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 202 (Friday, October 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 61781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24756]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 57-2008]


Foreign-Trade Zone 21--Charleston, SC; Application for Subzone 
Status; William Powell Company dba Starflo Corporation; (Industrial 
Valves); Manning, SC

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee 
of FTZ 21, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the industrial 
valve warehousing and distribution facility of William Powell Company 
(Powell) dba Starflo Corporation, located in Manning, South Carolina. 
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 
October 8, 2008.
    The proposed subzone would include Powell's warehousing facility 
(10 employees, 96,000 sq. ft., 25 acres) located at 1568 JD Rogers 
Boulevard in Manning, South Carolina. The facility is used for the 
warehousing, distribution, and repair of foreign-origin and domestic 
industrial valve equipment (duty rates range from 3 percent to 5.6 
percent) for the U.S. market and export. FTZ procedures would be 
utilized to support Powell's distribution activity that competes with 
facilities located abroad.
    FTZ procedures would exempt Powell from Customs duty payments on 
foreign products that are re-exported. Some ten percent of the 
facility's shipments are exported. On domestic sales, the company would 
be able to defer payment until merchandise is shipped from the facility 
and entered for U.S. consumption. Powell also plans to realize 
logistical benefits through the use of weekly customs entry procedures. 
The application indicates that all of the above-cited savings from FTZ 
procedures would help improve the facility's international 
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the 
FTZ Staff is designated 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 the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
December 16, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to December 31, 2008).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations: 
U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 1362 McMillan 
Avenue, Suite 100, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405; and, the 
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.
    For further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at 202-482-1346 or 
[email protected].

    Dated: October 8, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-24756 Filed 10-16-08; 8:45 am]
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