[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 14074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04944]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-19-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 189--Kent/Ottawa/Muskegon Counties, MI, 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Southern Lithoplate, 
Inc., (Aluminum Printing Plates), Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Southern Lithoplate, Inc. (SLP) submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity for their facility in Grand Rapids, 
Michigan. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on February 22, 
2013.
    The SLP facility is located within Site 10 of FTZ 189. The facility 
is used for the production of aluminum offset printing plates for the 
printing industry. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status materials and components and 
specific finished products described in the submitted notification (as 
described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt SLP from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, SLP would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to aluminum printing plates (duty-
free) for the foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties also 
could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production 
equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Acrylate 
monomers, unsensitized emulsions and surfectants for photographic 
purposes; acrylic polymers; and aluminum coils (duty rate ranges from 
duty-free to 6.5%).
    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 April 15, 2013.
    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: February 26, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-04944 Filed 3-1-13; 8:45 am]
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