[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 2957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1104]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 5-2012]


Application for Manufacturing Authority, Liberty Pumps, Inc. 
(Submersible and Water Pumps), Bergen, NY

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Genesee Gateway Local Development Corporation, the 
proposed grantee of a new foreign-trade zone planned for Genesee 
County, New York (see Docket 69-2011, 76 FR 67672, 11-2-2011), 
requesting manufacturing authority on behalf of Liberty Pumps, Inc., 
located in Bergen, 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 January 12, 2012.
    The Liberty Pumps, Inc., facility (108 employees, 9.1 acres, 
production capacity--300,000 pumps/year) is located at 7000 Appletree 
Avenue in Bergen (Genesee County), within Site 1 of the proposed new 
zone. The facility is used for the manufacturing of submersible and 
water pumps, including drain pumps, effluent pumps, condensate pumps, 
and sewage pumps. Components and materials sourced from abroad 
(representing 30 to 40% of the value of the finished pumps) include: 
Plastic (polyamide) resins, plastic boxes/cases/tanks, articles of 
plastic, rubber gaskets/seals, labels, wood pallets, fiberglass, 
fasteners, cast iron parts, articles of iron/steel, aluminum castings, 
parts of pumps, valves, mechanical seals, electric motors, 
transformers, capacitors, switches, electronic components, integrated 
circuits, process controllers, printed circuit assemblies, electrical 
components, and measuring instruments (duty rates range from free to 
10.7%).
    FTZ procedures could exempt Liberty Pumps from customs duty 
payments on the foreign components used in export production. The 
company anticipates that 12 to 18 percent of the facility's shipments 
will be exported. On its domestic sales, Liberty Pumps would be able to 
choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to 
submersible and water pumps (duty rate--free) for the foreign inputs 
noted above. FTZ designation would further allow Liberty Pumps 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. Liberty Pumps would also be 
exempt from duty payments on foreign inputs that become scrap during 
the production process. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ 
procedures would help improve the plant's 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 
March 20, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to April 4, 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 www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Pierre Duy at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: January 12, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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