[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 72038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25312]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-69-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 27--Boston, Massachusetts; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; Claremont Flock, a Division of Spectro 
Coating Corporation (Textile Flock); Leominster, Massachusetts

    Claremont Flock, a Division of Spectro Coating Corporation 
(Claremont Flock), submitted a notification of proposed production 
activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Leominster, Massachusetts 
within Subzone 27N. The notification conforming to the requirements of 
the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
October 13, 2016.
    Claremont Flock already has authority to produce textile flock 
using acrylic and rayon tow within Subzone 27N. The current request 
would add polyester tow as a material/component to the scope of 
authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would 
be limited to the specific foreign-status material/component described 
in the submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently 
authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Claremont Flock from 
customs duty payments on polyester tow used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, Claremont Flock would be able to choose the duty 
rate during customs entry procedures that applies to textile flock 
(duty-free) for polyester tow (duty rate 7.5%). Customs duties also 
could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production 
equipment.
    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 November 28, 2016.
    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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: October 14, 2016.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-25312 Filed 10-18-16; 8:45 am]
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