[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 39707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15760]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-64-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 277--Western Maricopa County, Arizona; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Schoeller Arca Systems, 
Inc.; (Plastic Containers) Goodyear, Arizona

    The Greater Maricopa Foreign Trade Zone, Inc. (GMFTZ), grantee of 
FTZ 277, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to 
the FTZ Board on behalf of Schoeller Arca Systems, Inc. (Schoeller 
Arca), located in Goodyear, Arizona. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on June 13, 2013.
    An application is currently pending to expand FTZ 277 and include 
the Schoeller Arca facility as a usage-driven site (B-89-2012, 77 FR 
75144, 12/19/2012). The facility is used for the production of 
customized plastic containers for industrial/commercial materials 
handling applications. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would 
be limited to the specific foreign-status materials and components and 
specific finished products listed in the submitted notification (as 
described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Schoeller Arca from 
customs duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Schoeller Arca would be able to 
choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to 
the plastic containers (duty rate, 3%) 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 carbon 
black pigments/preparations and polypropylene pellets (duty rates--free 
and 6.5%, respectively).
    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 August 12, 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 Diane Finver at 
[email protected] (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: June 24, 2013.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary
[FR Doc. 2013-15760 Filed 7-1-13; 8:45 am]
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