[Federal Register: November 13, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 219)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 50-98]

 
Foreign-Trade Zone 72--Indianapolis, IN; Application for Subzone, 
Alfa Laval Distribution, Inc. (Parts for Industrial Separators and 
Decanter Centrifuges), Indianapolis, Indiana

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Indianapolis Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 72, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the separator and 
decanter centrifuge parts distribution facility of Alfa Laval 
Distribution, Inc., located in Indianapolis, Indiana. 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 November 5, 1998.
    The Alfa Laval facility (22,400 sq. ft. on 2.5 acres) is located at 
7601 Winton Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana. The facility (20 employees) 
is used for storage, inspection, packaging and distribution of a wide 
variety of parts and components for separator and decanter centrifuge 
equipment. The products are distributed throughout North and South 
America, Europe and Asia. About 30 percent of the parts are sourced 
from abroad and over 30 percent are exported. No authority is being 
sought for activity conducted under FTZ procedures that would result in 
a change in tariff classification.
    Zone procedures would exempt Alfa Laval from Customs duty payments 
on foreign parts that are reexported. On its domestic sales, the 
company would be able to defer duty payments until merchandise is 
shipped from the facility. The application indicates that the savings 
from zone procedures would help improve the facility's international 
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
January 12, 1999. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period January 27, 1999.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 11405 N. 
Pennsylvania St., Ste 106, Carmel, Indiana 46032
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20230

    Dated: November 5, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-30416 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]
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