[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 43260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18300]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket T-3-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 72--Indianapolis, IN; Application for 
Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority; Brevini Wind USA, Inc. (Wind 
Turbine Gear Boxes), Yorktown, IN

    An application has been submitted to the Executive Secretary of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Indianapolis Airport 
Authority, grantee of FTZ 72, requesting temporary/interim 
manufacturing (T/IM) authority within FTZ 72 at the Brevini Wind USA, 
Inc. (Brevini), facility, located in Yorktown, Indiana. The application 
was filed on July 14, 2011.
    The Brevini facility (approximately 400 employees, 20 acres, 2,000 
units/year) is located at 2400 Priority Way, within the Muncie Delaware 
County Park One Industrial Park in Yorktown, Indiana (Site 14). Under 
T/IM procedures, Brevini has requested authority to produce wind 
turbine gear boxes (HTSUS 8483.40, duty rate: 2.5%). Foreign components 
that would be used in production (representing 25% of the value of the 
finished gear boxes) include: shafts (HTSUS 8483.10), gears, (8483.40), 
and parts of gear boxes (8483.90) (duty rate range: 2.5%-5.5%, 25[cent] 
ea. + 3.9%). T/IM authority could be granted for a period of up to two 
years.
    FTZ procedures could exempt Brevini from customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. The company 
anticipates that some 30 percent of the plant's shipments will be 
exported. On its domestic sales, Brevini would be able to choose the 
duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to wind turbine 
gear boxes (duty rate: 2.5%) for the foreign inputs noted above.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Pierre Duy 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 August 19, 2011.
    Brevini has also submitted a request to the FTZ Board for FTZ 
manufacturing authority beyond a two-year period, which may include 
additional products and components. It should be noted that the request 
for extended 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 extended 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 Pierre Duy at [email protected] or 
(202) 482-1378.

    Dated: July 14, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-18300 Filed 7-19-11; 8:45 am]
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