[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7272]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[A(32b)-3-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 45--Portland, OR Expansion of Manufacturing 
Authority Epson Portland, Inc. (Inkjet Ink); Notice of Approval of 
Restricted Authority

    On December 22, 2011, the Port of Portland, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone (FTZ) 45, requested to expand the scope of manufacturing 
authority approved within Subzone 45F, on behalf of Epson Portland, 
Inc. (EPI), in Hillsboro, Oregon. The request involved the use of 
privileged foreign (PF) status (19 CFR 146.41) inputs in manufacturing 
of ink for inkjet printer cartridges. Notice was given in the Federal 
Register inviting public comment (A(32b)-3-2011, 76 FR 81475-81476, 12/
28/2011).
    Section 400.32(b)(1) of the FTZ Board's regulations (15 CFR part 
400) allows the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration to act 
for the Board in making decisions on new manufacturing authority when 
the zone benefits sought do not involve the election of non-privileged 
foreign status on items involving inverted tariffs. Pursuant to that 
regulatory provision, on March 8, 2012, the Assistant Secretary for 
Import Administration approved authority to include the use of certain 
PF status inputs in the manufacturing of ink for inkjet printer 
cartridges within Subzone 45F, subject to the FTZ Act (19 U.S.C. 81a-
81u) and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.
    The applicant's request for broader authority, including the 
manufacturing of inkjet ink involving foreign-sourced inputs that would 
be admitted to the subzone under nonprivileged foreign (NPF) status (19 
CFR 146.42), will continue to be reviewed and processed under FTZ 
Docket 7-2012 (77 FR 4006, 1/26/2012).

    Dated: March 20, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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