Foreign-Trade Zone 75-Phoenix, Arizona; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Orbital Sciences Corporation (Satellites and Space Craft Launch Vehicles), Gilbert, Arizona, 53408 [2014-21462]

Download as PDF 53408 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 174 / Tuesday, September 9, 2014 / Notices Foreign-Trade Zones Board Dated: September 3, 2014. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [B–62–2014] [FR Doc. 2014–21462 Filed 9–8–14; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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 Pierre.Duy@trade.gov, or (202) 482–1378. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:39 Sep 08, 2014 Jkt 232001 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of August 2014. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Attest: Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–21470 Filed 9–8–14; 8:45 am] Foreign-Trade Zones Board BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P [Order No. 1948] Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 160 Under Alternative Site Framework; Anchorage, Alaska DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order: [Docket Number: 140305199–4619–02] Whereas, the Board adopted the alternative site framework (ASF) (15 CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones; Whereas, the Municipality of Anchorage, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 160, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B–87–2013, docketed September 19, 2013) for authority to reorganize under the ASF with a service area of the Municipality of Anchorage, within and adjacent to the Anchorage U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and FTZ 160’s existing Sites 1 through 7 would be categorized as magnet sites; Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (78 FR 59914–59915, September 30, 2013) and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations; and, Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner’s report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations are satisfied; Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders: The application to reorganize FTZ 160 under the ASF is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, including Section 400.13, to the Board’s standard 2,000-acre activation limit for the zone, and to a five-year ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would terminate authority for Sites 2 through 7 if not activated by 08/31/2019. PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 National Institute of Standards and Technology Notice of Termination of Selected National Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation Program Services National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; Termination of Selected NVCASE Program Services. AGENCY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces the termination of the Organic Production and Processing subprogram offered by NIST’s National Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) program, effective January 1, 2016. NIST takes this action because there are now suitable alternative paths to foreign market access, and there would be no significant public disadvantage to terminating the Organic Production and Processing sub-program. DATES: Effective January 1, 2016, the NVCASE sub-program on Organic Production and Processing will be terminated. ADDRESSES: Questions or comments regarding NVCASE should be directed to the NVCASE Program Manager, National Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–2100, or by email to ramona.saar@nist.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ramona Saar, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–2100, email to ramona.saar@ nist.gov, or phone 301–975–5521. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) administers the National Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) program under regulations SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\09SEN1.SGM 09SEN1

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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 Pierre.Duy@trade.gov, or 
(202) 482-1378.

    Dated: September 3, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-21462 Filed 9-8-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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