[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 25253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10140]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-37-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 26--Atlanta, Georgia; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; PBR, Inc. d/b/a SKAPS Industries 
(Polypropylene Geotextiles); Athens, Georgia

    Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 26, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of PBR, Inc. d/b/a SKAPS Industries (SKAPS), located in Athens, 
Georgia. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on April 8, 
2013.
    The SKAP facilities are located at 325, 330, and 335 Athena Drive 
in Athens (Clarke County), Georgia. A separate request for usage-driven 
status at the SKAP facilities was submitted and will be processed under 
Section 400.24(c) of the FTZ Board's regulations. The facilities are 
used for the production of non-woven geotextile fabric using 
polypropylene fiber. 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 SKAPS from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status polypropylene fiber used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, SKAPS would be able to choose the 
duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to geotextile 
fabric (free) for the foreign status polypropylene fiber (4.3%). 
Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign 
status production equipment.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is June 10, 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 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Pierre Duy at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: April 23, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-10140 Filed 4-29-13; 8:45 am]
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