[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 174 (Monday, September 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 55057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21900]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1914]


Authority To Manufacture Carbon Fiber for the U.S. Market Not 
Approved; Foreign-Trade Subzone 148C; Toho Tenax America, Inc.; 
Rockwood, Tennessee

    Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 
June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order:

    Whereas, the Industrial Development Board of Blount County, grantee 
of Foreign-Trade Zone 148, has requested authority on behalf of Toho 
Tenax America, Inc. (TTA), to manufacture carbon fiber under zone 
procedures for the U.S. market within Subzone 148C at the TTA facility 
in Rockwood, Tennessee, (FTZ Docket 57-2010, filed September 29, 2010);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (75 FR 61696, 10/6/2010; 75 FR 74002, 11/30/2010; 77 
FR 73978, 12/12/2012; and 77 FR 75972, 12/26/2012) and the application 
has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; 
and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
the Board's regulations have not been satisfied;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby does not approve the application 
requesting authority to manufacture carbon fiber for the U.S. market 
under zone procedures within Subzone 148C at the TTA facility located 
in Rockwood, Tennessee.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of August 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board.


Attest:----------------------------------------------------------------

Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2013-21900 Filed 9-6-13; 8:45 am]
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