[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29974]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 57-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 148--Knoxville, TN, Toho Tenax America, Inc. 
(Carbon Fiber Manufacturing Authority), Opening of Comment Period on 
New Evidence

    On November 7, 2012, the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board approved 
Subzone 148C at the manufacturing facilities of Toho Tenax America, 
Inc. (TTA), located in Rockwood, Tennessee, with authority to 
manufacture carbon fiber for export and oxidized polyacrylonitrile 
fiber (Board Order 1868, 77 FR 69435, 11/19/2012). Board Order 1868 did 
not include authority to manufacture carbon fiber for the U.S. market; 
the request for such authority will continue to be reviewed by the FTZ 
Board's staff before the staff makes any recommendation to the FTZ 
Board for a final decision.
    On November 16, 2012, the Industrial Development Board of Blount 
County, grantee of FTZ 148, made a submission to the FTZ Board 
(incorporating information from TTA) that included new evidence in 
response to the FTZ staff's preliminary recommendation not to authorize 
TTA to manufacture carbon fiber for the U.S. market at this time. 
Public comment is invited on the applicant's new submission through 
January 11, 2013. Rebuttal comments may be submitted during the 
subsequent 15-day period, until January 28, 2013. Submissions shall be 
addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at: Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 21013, 1401 Constitution Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    A copy of the applicant's November 16, 2012, submission will be 
available for public inspection at the address 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 Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: December 6, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-29974 Filed 12-11-12; 8:45 am]
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