[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15725-15726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06248]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-22-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 26--Atlanta, Georgia, Application for 
Additional Production Authority, PBR, Inc. d/b/a SKAPS Industries, 
(Non-Woven Geotextiles), Athens, Georgia

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 26, 
requesting additional production authority on behalf of PBR, Inc. d/b/a 
SKAPS Industries (SKAPS), located in Athens, Georgia. The application 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.23) was docketed on March 12, 2014.
    The SKAPS facilities (185 employees) are located within Site 29 of 
FTZ 26. The facilities are used for the production of non-woven 
geotextile fabric using polypropylene staple fiber. SKAPS requested FTZ 
production authority in a notification proceeding (15 CFR 400.22) in 
2013 (see, 78 FR 54234, 9-3-2013; Doc. B-37-2013). After an initial 
review, the requested production authority was limited to a five-year 
initial term, as well as a restriction that precludes inverted tariff 
benefits on foreign polypropylene staple fiber used in production of 
non-woven geotextile fabrics for U.S. consumption.
    The pending application seeks to remove the above-mentioned 
restriction by requesting authority for SKAPS to choose the duty rate 
during customs entry procedures that applies to non-woven geotextile 
fabrics (duty rate--free) for the polypropylene staple fiber (duty 
rate--4.3%) sourced from abroad. The request indicates that the savings 
related to inverted tariff benefits on polypropylene staple fiber used 
in production for the U.S. market would further improve the facilities' 
international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Pierre Duy of the 
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and 
information presented in the application and case record and to report 
findings and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
    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 May 20, 2014. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to May 20, 2014.

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    A copy of the application 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] 
(202) 482-1378.

    Dated: March 12, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-06248 Filed 3-20-14; 8:45 am]
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