[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 77649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30667]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-106-2013]


Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Xylem Water Systems 
USA LLC, Subzone 37D, (Centrifugal, Submersible Pumps and Related 
Components), Auburn, New York

    Xylem Water Systems USA LLC (Xylem), operator of Subzone 37D, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board for its facilities located in Auburn, New York. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on December 2, 2013.
    Xylem already has authority to produce centrifugal pumps, 
submersible pumps, and related controllers. The current request would 
add a new finished product (control panels) and certain foreign 
components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ 
activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status 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 Xylem from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Xylem would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to control panels 
(2.7%) and centrifugal and submersible pumps (free) for the foreign 
status inputs noted below and in the existing scope of authority. 
Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign 
status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: control 
panels; steel rivets; rubber diaphragms; axial fans; aluminum 
capacitors; metal brackets; and pump stands (duty rate ranges from free 
to 2.9%).
    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 February 3, 
2014.
    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: December 17, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-30667 Filed 12-23-13; 8:45 am]
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