[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 53408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21462]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-62-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 75--Phoenix, Arizona; Notification of Proposed 
Production Activity; Orbital Sciences Corporation (Satellites and Space 
Craft Launch Vehicles), Gilbert, Arizona

    Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), an operator of Foreign-Trade 
Zone (FTZ) 75, submitted a notification of proposed production activity 
to the FTZ Board for its facility in Gilbert, Arizona, within FTZ 75. 
The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of 
the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on August 28, 2014.
    OSC already has authority to produce satellites and space craft 
launch vehicles within Site 10 of FTZ 75. The current request would add 
a foreign component (aluminum cable tie mounts) to the scope of 
authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would 
be limited to the specific foreign-status materials/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 OSC from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status materials/components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, OSC would be able to choose the duty 
rate during customs entry procedures that applies to finished 
satellites and space craft launch vehicles (free) for the foreign 
status aluminum cable tie mounts and the components in the existing 
scope of authority. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or 
reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    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 October 20, 
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: September 3, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-21462 Filed 9-8-14; 8:45 am]
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