[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 74063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29342]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1957]


Restricted Approval for Production Authority, Foreign-Trade Zone 
83, Toray Carbon Fibers America, Inc. (Carbon Fiber); Decatur, AL

    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 Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority, grantee 
of FTZ 83, has requested authority on behalf of Toray Carbon Fibers 
America, Inc. (Toray), to use polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber and other 
inputs to produce carbon fiber and PAN fiber under FTZ procedures at 
Toray's facility in Decatur, Alabama (B-58-2013, docketed 05-30-2013);
    WHEREAS, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (78 FR 35603-35604, 6/13/2013; and 79 FR 15725, 3/21/
2014) 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 would be satisfied, and that the proposal would 
be in the public interest, if subject to the restriction listed below;
    NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby orders:
    The application for production authority under zone procedures at 
the Toray facility in Decatur, Alabama, as described in the application 
and Federal Register notice, is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and 
the Board's regulations, including Section 400.13, and further subject 
to a restriction that all foreign-status PAN fiber admitted for Toray's 
production activity must be re-exported (entry for U.S. consumption is 
not authorized).

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 6 day of December 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2014-29342 Filed 12-12-14; 8:45 am]
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