[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 23 (Thursday, February 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 6134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2480]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 2-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 122--Corpus Christi, TX; Request for 
Manufacturing Authority; Excalibar Minerals, LLC

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Port of Corpus Christi authority, grantee of 
FTZ 122, requesting authority on behalf of Excalibar Minerals, LLC 
(Excalibar) to perform barite milling under FTZ procedures within FTZ 
122. 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 
January 29, 2009.
    Excalibar has also applied for temporary/interim manufacturing 
authority at the Corpus Christi facility. The application was formally 
filed on November 20, 2008 (Docket T-5-2008, 73 FR 73242, 12/2/08).
    The Excalibar facility (14 employees) is located at 3202 E. 
Navigation Boulevard in Corpus Christi, Texas (within Site 1). Under 
FTZ procedures, Excalibar would produce up to 175,000 tons of ground 
barite (HTSUS 2511.10.10) annually, primarily for the U.S. market. The 
foreign component that would be used in production (representing 
approximately 95 percent of total material inputs) is raw barite (HTSUS 
2511.10.50), dutiable at $1.25 per metric ton.
    FTZ procedures could exempt Excalibar from customs duty payments on 
the foreign component used in export production (less than 1 percent of 
shipments). On domestic sales, Excalibar would be able to choose the 
duty rate that applies to the finished product (duty-free) for the 
foreign input noted above that has a higher duty rate.
    The company may also realize certain logistical/procedural savings 
as well as savings on materials that become scrap/waste during 
manufacturing.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp 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 listed below. The closing period for their 
receipt is April 6, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material 
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the 
subsequent 15-day period to April 21, 2009.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Christopher Kemp at [email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: January 29, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-2480 Filed 2-4-09; 8:45 am]
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