[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8679-8680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03212]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-11-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 87--Lake Charles, Louisiana, Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity, LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC (Shipbuilding), 
Lake Charles and Jennings, Louisiana

    The Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, grantee of FTZ 87, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity on behalf of 
LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC (LEEVAC), located in Lake Charles and Jennings, 
Louisiana. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on January 
27, 2014.
    The LEEVAC facilities are located at 111 Bunge Street, Jennings 
(Jefferson Davis Parish), Louisiana, and within Site 2 of FTZ 87 at 
8200 Big Lake Road, Lake Charles (Calcasieu Parish), Louisiana. A 
separate application for subzone status at LEEVAC's Jennings shipyard 
was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.31 of the FTZ 
Board's regulations. The facilities are used for the construction and 
repair of oceangoing vessels. Pursuant to 15 CFR Section 400.14(b) of 
the regulations, 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 LEEVAC from customs 
duty payments on foreign status components used in export production. 
On its domestic sales, LEEVAC would be able to choose the duty rate 
during customs entry procedures that applies to oceangoing vessels 
(free) 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: Coatings/
resins; fittings; flanges; boxes/crates; handles; knobs; floor 
coverings; plaster tiles; life jackets; insulation; tableware; metal 
pipe fittings/flanges/elbows/

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sleeves; anchors; steel wire; copper fittings/fasteners; nickel 
fittings; aluminum rods/profiles/fittings/ladders/hangers/forgings; 
lead pipes/fittings; zinc and tin tubes/pipes/fittings; base metal 
fittings; flexible tubing; boilers; steam and gas turbines and related 
parts; marine/diesel engines and related parts; hydrojet engines; 
turbine jets; fuel/cooling/ballast/macerator/hydraulic/bilge/sump/
hydraulic/jet pumps and related parts; air/liquid compressors; 
turbochargers; winches; refrigeration/cooling equipment; heat 
exchangers; liquid purifiers; air/fuel filters; sprayers; derricks; 
deck machinery; evaporative air coolers; trash compactors; pressure/
scupper/check/relief/gate/valves; roller bearings; transmissions and 
parts thereof (e.g., z-drives, shafts, gearboxes, clutches); pulleys; 
flywheels; acoustic baffles; propellers and blades; electric ballasts/
motors/generators; generator sets; generator parts; transformers and 
related parts; starters; heaters and related parts; radio/TV/radar 
equipment; antennas; tuners; parts of signaling devices; electrical 
components and panels; switches/switching equipment; connectors; wiring 
harnesses; lamps; signal generators; displays; cables; mirrors; sonar 
apparatus; optical instruments; depth sounding equipment; micrometers 
and calipers; thermostats; chronometers; regulators; controllers; and, 
search lights (duty rate ranges from free to 6.7%; 17[cent] each +2.5%, 
1[cent]/jewel). The production activity under FTZ procedures would be 
subject to the ``standard shipyard restriction'' applicable to foreign 
origin steel mill products (e.g., angles, pipe, plate), which requires 
that LEEVAC must pay all applicable duties on such items.
    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 March 25, 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: February 6, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-03212 Filed 2-12-14; 8:45 am]
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