[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 22512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08897]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-30-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 225--Springfield, Missouri; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical 
Systems Munitions Services (Demilitarization of Munitions); Carthage, 
Missouri

    The City of Springfield Airport Board, grantee of FTZ 225, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems 
Munitions Services (GDOTS), located in Carthage, Missouri. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on April 3, 2013.
    A separate application for a usage-driven site at the GDOTS 
facility was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.38 of 
the Board's regulations. The facility is used for the demilitarization 
of munitions and other explosive components. 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 allow GDOTS to conduct 
demilitarization activity on imported articles at the facility. Upon 
completion of the demilitarization, GDOTS would make customs entry on 
the following: waste, parings and scrap of polymers and ethylene; 
articles of plastic; waste and scrap of cast iron, stainless steel, 
other alloy steel, tinned iron or steel, copper, nickel, aluminum, 
lead, zinc, tin and tungsten; other waste and scrap; remelting scrap 
ingots; other articles of iron or steel; and, munitions (duty rate 
duty-free to 5.3%) for the foreign articles noted below.
    The articles sourced from abroad include: bombs, grenades, 
torpedoes, mines, missiles and other munitions and ammunition (duty-
free).
    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 May 28, 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.

    April 8, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-08897 Filed 4-15-13; 8:45 am]
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