[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66617-66618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29905]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket T-2-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 33--Pittsburgh, PA; Application for Temporary/
Interim Manufacturing Authority; DNP IMS America Corporation (Thermal 
Transfer Ribbon Printer Rolls); Mount Pleasant, PA

    An application has been submitted to the Executive Secretary of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Regional Industrial 
Development Corporation, grantee of FTZ 33, requesting temporary/
interim manufacturing (T/IM) authority within Subzone 33E at the DNP 
IMS America Corporation (DNP) facility, located in Mount Pleasant, 
Pennsylvania. The application was filed on December 10, 2009.
    The DNP facility (123 employees, 3.12 acres, 135,989 enclosed 
square feet, 336 million square meters capacity) is located at 1001 
Technology Drive, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania (Subzone 33E). Under T/
IM procedures, DNP has requested authority to produce monochrome 
thermal transfer ribbon (TTR) printer rolls (HTSUS 8443.99, duty-free), 
using foreign-sourced master rolls of TTR (HTSUS 3702.39, duty rate, 
3.7%), representing 71-87% of the value of the finished product. T/IM 
authority could be granted for a period of up to two years.
    FTZ procedures could exempt DNP from customs duty payments on the 
foreign TTR master rolls used in export production. The company 
anticipates that some 10 percent of the plant's shipments will be 
exported. On its domestic sales, DNP would be able to choose the duty 
rate during customs entry procedures that apply to the finished TTR 
printer rolls (duty-free) for the foreign TTR master rolls. FTZ 
procedures would further allow DNP to realize logistical benefits 
through the use of certain customs procedures and duty savings on scrap 
and waste for the new activity.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Diane Finver of the FTZ 
Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and 
information presented in the application and case record and to report 
findings and recommendations pursuant to Board Orders 1347 and 1480.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the following address: Office of the Executive Secretary, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 2111, 1401 
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230. The closing period for 
their receipt is January 15, 2010.
    DNP has also submitted a request for permanent FTZ manufacturing 
authority for the same product and component. It should be noted that 
the request for permanent authority would be docketed separately and 
would be processed as a distinct proceeding. Any party wishing to 
submit comments for consideration regarding the request for permanent 
authority would need to submit such comments pursuant to the separate 
notice that would be published for that request.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at 
the address listed above, 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 Diane Finver at [email protected] 
(202) 482-1367.


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    Dated: December 11, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-29905 Filed 12-15-09; 8:45 am]
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