[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 12150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04751]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket B-54-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 143--West Sacramento, California; 
Application for Extended Production Authority; Mitsubishi Rayon Carbon 
Fiber and Composites, Inc. (formerly Grafil, Inc.), Subzone 143D; 
Opening of Comment Period on New Evidence

    Production authority and subzone status were approved at the 
facilities of Mitsubishi Rayon Carbon Fiber and Composites, Inc. 
(MRCFC) for a period of five years, until May 7, 2014 (Board Order 
1620, May 7, 2009; 74 FR 24798, 5/26/2009). The current application is 
requesting to extend indefinitely FTZ authority to produce carbon fiber 
from foreign-status polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor (B-54-2012, 77 FR 
45575-44575, 8/1/2012).
    On February 21, 2014, MRCFC made a submission to the FTZ Board that 
included new evidence in response to the examiner's preliminary 
recommendation for export only authority. Public comment is invited on 
MRCFC's new submission through April 3, 2014. Rebuttal comments may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period, until April 18, 2014. 
Submissions shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at: 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 21013, 
1401 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    A copy of MRCFC's February 21, 2014, submission will be available 
for public inspection at the address above, and in the ``Reading Room'' 
section of the 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: February 20, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-04751 Filed 3-3-14; 8:45 am]
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