[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69831-69832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27777]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-84-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 82--Mobile, Alabama; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; MH Wirth, Inc. (Offshore Drilling Riser 
Systems); Theodore, Alabama

    The City of Mobile, Alabama, grantee of FTZ 82, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of MH Wirth, Inc. (MHWI), located in Theodore, Alabama. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on November 3, 2014.
    The MHWI facility is located within Site 7 of FTZ 82. The facility 
is used for the production and repair of offshore drilling riser 
systems (risers, telescopic joints, test equipment and tools). Pursuant 
to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific 
foreign-status materials and components and specific finished products 
described in the submitted notification (as

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described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt MHWI from customs duty 
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, MHWI would be able to choose the duty rate during 
customs entry procedures that applies to offshore drilling risers, 
telescopic joints, test equipment and tools (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: Rubber 
seals/o-rings/composite sheets; anodes; riser tool elastomers/test 
plugs/cylinders; riser telescopic joint packers/sleeves; riser fins; 
Kevlar straps; riser joint piping protectors; fasteners (bolts, screws, 
nuts, lock washers); riser fin bolt tensioners; hydraulic pipe/
receptacles; choke and kill line receptacles; booster receptacles; 
riser clip connectors; steel pins; welding wire rods; and, paper 
documents (duty rate ranges from free to 9.0%).
    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 January 5, 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 Pierre Duy at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6e6dfd3c4c4d398f2c3cff6c2c4d7d2d398d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2f2cbc7d0d0c78ce6d7dbe2d6d0c3c6c78cc5cdd4">[email protected]</span></a> 
or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: November 17, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-27777 Filed 11-21-14; 8:45 am]
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