[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 42 (Friday, March 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12799-12800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5155]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Foreign-Trade Zones Board; Docket 11-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 104--Savannah, GA Expansion of Manufacturing 
Authority Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (Power Generation 
Turbines) Pooler, GA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Savannah Airport Commission, grantee of FTZ 104, 
requesting an expansion of the scope of manufacturing authority 
approved within Site 12 of FTZ 104, on behalf of Mitsubishi Power 
Systems Americas, Inc. (MPSA), in Pooler, Georgia. 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 February 23, 2012.
    The MPSA facility (``Savannah Machinery Works,'' 175 employees, 119 
acres) is located at 1000 Pine Meadow Drive within the Pooler Megasite 
(Site 12) in Pooler (Chatham County), Georgia. In 2011, the FTZ Board 
approved a request submitted by the Savannah Airport Commission on 
behalf of MPSA for authority to manufacture and repair steam and 
natural gas power generation turbine components (combustor baskets, 
transition pieces, and rotors) for export and the domestic market 
(Board Order 1757, 76 FR 28418, 5-17-2011).
    The current application involves an expansion of MPSA's existing 
scope of manufacturing authority to include additional finished 
products--steam and natural gas power generation turbines (up to 24 
turbines per year). New components and materials sourced from abroad 
(representing 40% of the value of the finished turbines) include: 
Rubber o-rings and seals, articles of steel (plates, flanges, expansion 
joints, covers), fasteners, compressors, bearing housings, metal 
gaskets, mechanical seals and rings, actuators, thermocouple 
assemblies, vibration sensors, and automated controllers (duty rate 
ranges from free to 6.2%).
    FTZ procedures could exempt MPSA from customs duty payments on the 
additional foreign components used in export production. The company 
anticipates that up to 15 percent of the plant's turbine production 
will be exported. On its domestic sales, MPSA would be able to choose 
the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to steam and 
gas power generation turbines (duty rates: 2.5, 6.7%) for the 
additional foreign inputs

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noted above. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures 
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 following address: Office of the Executive Secretary, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002. The closing period for receipt of comments 
is May 1, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to May 16, 2012.
    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 www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Pierre Duy at [email protected] or 
(202) 482-1378.

    Dated: February 23, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-5155 Filed 3-1-12; 8:45 am]
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