[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8679-8680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03212]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-11-2014]
Foreign-Trade Zone 87--Lake Charles, Louisiana, Notification of
Proposed Production Activity, LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC (Shipbuilding),
Lake Charles and Jennings, Louisiana
The Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District, grantee of FTZ 87,
submitted a notification of proposed production activity on behalf of
LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC (LEEVAC), located in Lake Charles and Jennings,
Louisiana. The notification conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on January
27, 2014.
The LEEVAC facilities are located at 111 Bunge Street, Jennings
(Jefferson Davis Parish), Louisiana, and within Site 2 of FTZ 87 at
8200 Big Lake Road, Lake Charles (Calcasieu Parish), Louisiana. A
separate application for subzone status at LEEVAC's Jennings shipyard
was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.31 of the FTZ
Board's regulations. The facilities are used for the construction and
repair of oceangoing vessels. Pursuant to 15 CFR Section 400.14(b) of
the regulations, FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-
status materials and 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 LEEVAC from customs
duty payments on foreign status components used in export production.
On its domestic sales, LEEVAC would be able to choose the duty rate
during customs entry procedures that applies to oceangoing vessels
(free) for the foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties also
could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production
equipment.
The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Coatings/
resins; fittings; flanges; boxes/crates; handles; knobs; floor
coverings; plaster tiles; life jackets; insulation; tableware; metal
pipe fittings/flanges/elbows/
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sleeves; anchors; steel wire; copper fittings/fasteners; nickel
fittings; aluminum rods/profiles/fittings/ladders/hangers/forgings;
lead pipes/fittings; zinc and tin tubes/pipes/fittings; base metal
fittings; flexible tubing; boilers; steam and gas turbines and related
parts; marine/diesel engines and related parts; hydrojet engines;
turbine jets; fuel/cooling/ballast/macerator/hydraulic/bilge/sump/
hydraulic/jet pumps and related parts; air/liquid compressors;
turbochargers; winches; refrigeration/cooling equipment; heat
exchangers; liquid purifiers; air/fuel filters; sprayers; derricks;
deck machinery; evaporative air coolers; trash compactors; pressure/
scupper/check/relief/gate/valves; roller bearings; transmissions and
parts thereof (e.g., z-drives, shafts, gearboxes, clutches); pulleys;
flywheels; acoustic baffles; propellers and blades; electric ballasts/
motors/generators; generator sets; generator parts; transformers and
related parts; starters; heaters and related parts; radio/TV/radar
equipment; antennas; tuners; parts of signaling devices; electrical
components and panels; switches/switching equipment; connectors; wiring
harnesses; lamps; signal generators; displays; cables; mirrors; sonar
apparatus; optical instruments; depth sounding equipment; micrometers
and calipers; thermostats; chronometers; regulators; controllers; and,
search lights (duty rate ranges from free to 6.7%; 17[cent] each +2.5%,
1[cent]/jewel). The production activity under FTZ procedures would be
subject to the ``standard shipyard restriction'' applicable to foreign
origin steel mill products (e.g., angles, pipe, plate), which requires
that LEEVAC must pay all applicable duties on such items.
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 March 25, 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: February 6, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-03212 Filed 2-12-14; 8:45 am]
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