[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 66685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27854]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 66-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 37--Orange County, NY, Application for 
Subzone, ITT Water Technology, Inc. (Centrifugal and Submersible 
Pumps), Auburn, NY

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the County of Orange, New York, grantee of FTZ 37, 
requesting special purpose subzone status for the centrifugal and 
submersible pump manufacturing and warehousing facilities of ITT Water 
Technology, Inc. (ITTWT), located in Auburn, New York. 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 21, 2011.
    The ITTWT facilities (224 employees) consist of two sites: Site 1--
manufacturing plant (24.5 acres) located at One Goulds Drive, Auburn, 
New York; and, Site 2--warehouse (2.5 acres) located at 38 York Street, 
Auburn. The facilities are used to manufacture and distribute 
centrifugal and submersible pumps and related controllers (up to one 
million units of each per year) used in commercial, residential, and 
waste water applications. Components and materials sourced from abroad 
(representing 39% of the value of the finished pumps) include: electric 
motors, pump parts, mechanical seals, plastic o-rings, rubber o-rings, 
shafts, flanges, motor and shaft couplings, and fasteners (duty rates 
range from free to 8.5 percent).
    FTZ procedures could exempt ITTWT from customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export production. The company anticipates 
that some 10 percent of the facilities' shipments will be exported. On 
its domestic sales, ITTWT would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to finished centrifugal and 
submersible pumps (duty free) and controllers (1.5%) for the foreign 
inputs noted above. FTZ designation would further allow ITTWT to 
realize logistical benefits through the use of weekly customs entry 
procedures. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced 
on foreign status production equipment. The request indicates that the 
savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the facilities' 
international competitiveness.
    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 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 27, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to January 10, 2012.
    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 Pierre Duy at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1378.

Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-27854 Filed 10-26-11; 8:45 am]
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