[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 108 (Friday, June 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 32085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13812]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-36-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 122--Corpus Christi, Texas, Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity, Voestalpine Texas, LLC, (Hot 
Briquetted Iron), Portland, Texas

    The Port of Corpus Christi Authority, grantee of FTZ 122, submitted 
a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on 
behalf of voestalpine Texas, LLC (voestalpine), located in Portland, 
Texas. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on May 22, 
2015.
    The voestalpine facility is located within Subzone 122T in 
Portland, Texas. The facility is currently under construction and will 
be used for the production of hot briquetted iron using foreign-sourced 
iron ore pellets. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status materials and specific finished 
product described in the submitted notification (as described below) 
and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt voestalpine from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status iron ore pellets (duty 
free) used in export production. On its domestic sales, voestalpine 
would be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures 
that applies to the hot briquetted iron (duty free) for the foreign-
status iron ore pellets. The submission indicates that most of the 
plant's output will be exported. 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 July 15, 2015.
    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: Diane Finver at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: May 29, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-13812 Filed 6-4-15; 8:45 am]
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