[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80634-80635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27571]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-75-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 122--Corpus Christi, Texas; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; voestalpine Texas, LLC (Hot Briquetted 
Iron By-Products); Portland, Texas

    The Port of Corpus Christi Authority, grantee of FTZ 122, submitted 
a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on 
behalf of voestalpine Texas, LLC (voestalpine), located in Portland, 
Texas. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on November 
7, 2016.
    voestalpine already has authority to produce hot briquetted iron 
using foreign-sourced iron ore pellets within Subzone 122T. The current 
request would add hot briquetted iron (HBI) by-products and foreign-
status materials/components to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 
CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the 
specific foreign-status materials/components and specific by-products 
described in the submitted notification (as described below) and 
subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt voestalpine from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used 
in export production. On its domestic sales, voestalpine would be able 
to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to 
the HBI by-products--iron sludge, recycled iron briquettes, direct 
reduction remet, and iron fines (duty free) for the foreign-status 
materials/components noted below and in the existing scope of 
authority. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on 
foreign-status production equipment.
    The materials which may be sourced from abroad include sodium 
bentonite and slaked lime (duty free).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The

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closing period for their receipt is December 27, 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 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: November 8, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-27571 Filed 11-15-16; 8:45 am]
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