[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 61 (Thursday, March 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 13473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06350]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-18-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 26--Atlanta, Georgia; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; PBR, Inc. d/b/a/SKAPS Industries (Non-
Woven Geotextiles); Athens, Georgia

    PBR, Inc. d/b/a/SKAPS Industries (SKAPS) submitted a notification 
of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in 
Athens, Georgia. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on March 9, 
2018.
    SKAPS' facility is located within Site 29 of FTZ 26. The facility 
currently has authority to produce non-woven geotextile fabric using 
polypropylene staple fiber (PPSF) for a five-year period (until August 
23, 2018) subject to a restriction requiring admission of all foreign-
status PPSF to the zone under privileged foreign status (19 CFR 
146.41). SKAPS' current notification would extend that restricted 
authority indefinitely.
    Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the 
specific foreign-status material 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 SKAPS from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status material used in its export 
production of non-woven geotextiles (duty-free). SKAPS would be able to 
avoid duty on foreign-status material which become scrap/waste. Customs 
duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status 
production equipment.
    The material sourced from abroad is PPSF (duty rate 4.3%), which 
will be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 
146.41), thereby precluding inverted tariff benefits.
    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 May 8, 2018.
    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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Juanita Chen at 
[email protected] or 202-482-1378.

    Dated: March 23, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-06350 Filed 3-28-18; 8:45 am]
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