[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 49986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20385]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-53-2015]


Application for Additional Production Authority; The Coleman 
Company, Inc.; Subzone 119I; (Textile-Based Personal Flotation Devices) 
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by The Coleman Company, Inc. (Coleman), operator of Subzone 119I, 
requesting additional production authority for its facility located in 
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. The application conforming to the requirements 
of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.23) was docketed on 
August 12, 2015.
    The Coleman facility (252 employees) is located at 1100 Stearns 
Drive, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. The facility is used for the production 
of personal flotation devices and cushions constructed with textile 
fabrics. Coleman requested FTZ production authority in a notification 
proceeding (15 CFR 400.22) in 2014 (see 79 FR 18509-18510, 4-2-2014; 
Doc. B-31-2014). After an initial review, the requested production 
authority was approved subject to a restriction that precludes inverted 
tariff benefits on foreign textile fabrics and cases/bags of textile 
materials used in production of personal flotation devices and cushions 
for U.S. consumption.
    The pending application seeks to remove the above-mentioned 
restriction and to add several new components to Coleman's scope of 
authority by requesting authority for Coleman to choose the duty rate 
during customs entry procedures that applies to personal flotation 
devices (4.5%, 7.0%) and flotation cushions (6.0%) for the foreign 
status inputs noted below. Customs duties also could possibly be 
deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment. The request 
indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the 
plant's international competitiveness.
    Components and materials sourced from abroad (representing 16% of 
the value of the finished products) include: Water soluble sensing 
elements; plastic carry bags; nylon and polyester woven fabrics; 
webbing of man-made fibers; neoprene fabrics; and, knit polyester 
fleece fabrics (duty rate ranges from 5 to 20%).
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Pierre Duy of the 
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and 
information presented in the application and case record and to report 
findings and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
    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 October 19, 
2015. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to November 2, 2015.
    A copy of the application 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] 
(202) 482-1378.

    Dated: August 12, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-20385 Filed 8-17-15; 8:45 am]
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