[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 38488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15921]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-48-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 277--Western Maricopa County, Arizona; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Maxwell Technologies, 
Inc., (Electrode and Capacitor Manufacturing), Peoria, Arizona

    Greater Maricopa Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 277, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (Maxwell), located in 
Peoria, Arizona. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on June 27, 
2014.
    A separate application for usage-driven designation at the Maxwell 
facility was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.38 of 
the Board's regulations. The facility is used for the manufacturing of 
electrodes and capacitors. 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 Maxwell from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Maxwell would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to electrodes and 
capacitors (duty rate 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: Aluminum 
foil and carbon powder (duty rate ranges from 4.8% to 5.3%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is August 18, 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 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Kemp at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: July 1, 2014.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-15921 Filed 7-7-14; 8:45 am]
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