[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23112]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 67-96]
Foreign-Trade Zone 29--Louisville, KY; Application for Subzone
Status: Ascent Power Technology Corporation, Inc., Facilities (Electric
Power Supplies/Electronic Fluorescent Lighting Ballasts) Campton,
Kentucky
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Louisville and Jefferson County Riverport Authority,
grantee of FTZ 29, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the
manufacturing facilities (electric power supplies and electronic
fluorescent lighting ballasts) of Ascent Power Technology Corporation,
Inc. (APTCI), located in Campton, Kentucky. The application was
submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR
Part 400). It was formally filed on August 27, 1996.
The proposed subzone would consist of APTCI's manufacturing/
warehousing facilities located on four parcels in the Campton (Wolfe
County) area, some 50 miles southeast of Lexington, Kentucky: Parcel 1
(32,000 sq.ft. on 4 acres)manufacturing facility, 760 South Kentucky
Route 15, one-half mile south of downtown Campton; Parcel 2 (7,000
sq.ft.)--administrative facility, 780 South Kentucky Route 15, adjacent
to Parcel 1; Parcel 3 (8,000 sq.ft.)--warehouse, 85 Elkins Road,
adjacent to Kentucky Route 15; and Parcel 4 (5,800 sq.ft.)--warehouse,
430 South Washington Street (at G Road) in Campton. The facilities (300
employees) are used to produce electric switch mode power supplies
(HTS# 8471.80.40, 8504.40.60) and electronic fluorescent lighting
ballasts (HTS# 8504.10) for export and the domestic market. The power
supplies are sold to manufacturers of electronic office products (e.g.,
computer printers, typewriters) and medical, aerospace, military, and
industrial equipment. The ballasts are sold to fluorescent lighting
equipment manufacturers. The production process involves assembly,
testing, and warehousing. Components purchased from abroad (about 90%
of total, by value) include: copper wire, capacitors, resistors,
diodes, semiconductors, printed and integrated circuits, switches,
fuses, insulators, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, transformers,
rectifiers, inductors, thermostats, flux, solder bars, other articles
of iron and steel (HTS# 7326) and labels (duty rate range: free--14.3%,
7 cents/kg).
Zone procedures would exempt APTCI from Customs duty payments on
the foreign components used in the export production. On its domestic
sales, the company would be able to choose the duty rates that apply to
finished power supplies (duty free) and electronic lighting ballasts
(3.0%) for the foreign inputs noted above. The application indicates
that subzone status would help improve the facilities' international
competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ
Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and
report to the Board.
Public comment on the application is invited from interested
parties. Submissions (original and three copies) shall be addressed to
the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing
period for their receipt is November 12, 1996. Rebuttal comments in
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to November 25, 1996).
A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
U.S. Export Assistance Center, Room 634B, 601 W. Broadway, Louisville,
KY 40202
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20230-0002.
Dated: August 28, 1996.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-23112 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
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