[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72861-72862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28830]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Foreign-Trade Zones Board]
[B-100-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 20--Suffolk, Virginia, Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity, Grandwatt Electric Corporation, (Portable 
Light Towers and Generator Sets), Suffolk, Virginia

    The Virginia Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 20, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of Grandwatt Electric Corporation (GEC), located in Suffolk, Virginia. 
The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of 
the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on November 21, 2013.
    The GEC facility is located within Site 36 of FTZ 20. The facility 
is used for the production of portable light towers and diesel-powered 
generator sets for residential, commercial, and industrial 
applications. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status components 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 GEC from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, GEC would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to portable light towers (2.5 or 
6%) and generator sets (2.5%) for the foreign status inputs noted 
below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on 
foreign status production equipment.
    The components sourced from abroad include: Diesel engines; base 
frames; anti-vibration mounts; fuel tank baffles; batteries; battery 
wire and boxes; plastic fuel tanks; metal filters; pipes (parts of 
generators); radiators and caps; tow bar assemblies; guide pulleys; 
winches; axles; tire-rim assemblies; clips; pins; brackets; bolts; 
junction plates; tower masts; shaped springs; shaped pipes; brackets; 
mufflers; stabilizer legs; locks; top covers; air springs; door plates; 
stainless steel hinges; ventilate boards;

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output socket shrouds; printed circuit boards (motherboards); bottom/
door boards; fenders; end plates; industrial gas turbines; turbine 
bases; acoustic enclosures; gearboxes (transmissions); central posts; 
connecting frames; ballast assemblies; wire harnesses; light towers; 
traction connectors; and tool carts (duty rate ranges from free to 
5.7%).
    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 January 13, 
2014.
    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: Pierre Duy at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: November 21, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-28830 Filed 12-3-13; 8:45 am]
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