[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52680-52681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21454]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-67-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 242--Boundary County, ID, Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity, AREVA Enrichment Services, LLC, (Gas 
Centrifuge Production Equipment), Bonneville County, ID

    Boundary County, grantee of FTZ 242, submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity on behalf of AREVA Enrichment Services, 
LLC (AES), located in Bonneville County, Idaho. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 
400.22) was received on August 21, 2012.
    A separate application for subzone status at the AES facility was 
submitted and will be processed under Section 400.31 of the Board's 
regulations. FTZ authority is being requested for the storage, 
manipulation, assembly and installation of gas centrifuge production 
equipment. Production under FTZ

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procedures could allow AES to choose the duty rates during customs 
entry procedures that apply to the finished cascades (duty rate 2.6%) 
for the foreign status inputs noted below.
    Components and materials sourced from abroad include: plastic 
tubing, plastic pipework, centrifuge floor-mounting elements, UF6 
pipework/fittings, parts of cascades, vacuum pumps, UF6 pumps, heat 
exchange units, autoclaves, stations, parts of stations, machinery 
parts, UF6 valves and centrifuge drive systems (duty rate ranges from 
duty-free to 5.7%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is October 9, 2012.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: August 22, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-21454 Filed 8-29-12; 8:45 am]
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