Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Max Home, LLC; Subzone 158F (Upholstered Furniture); Iuka and Fulton, Mississippi, 20617-20618 [2016-08144]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 68 / Friday, April 8, 2016 / Notices • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Dated: April 4, 2016. John H. Thompson, Director, Bureau of the Census. [FR Doc. 2016–08164 Filed 4–7–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of the Census National Advisory Committee Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public virtual meeting. AGENCY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is giving notice of a virtual meeting of the National Advisory Committee (NAC). The Committee will address updates on the 2015 National Content Test and Tribal Enrollment Question Focus Groups. The NAC will meet virtually on Thursday, April 21, 2016. Last minute changes to the schedule are possible, which could prevent giving advance public notice of schedule adjustments. Please visit the Census Advisory Committees Web site for the most current meeting agenda at: https://www.census.gov/cac/. DATES: April 21, 2016. The virtual meeting will begin at approximately 2:00 p.m. ET and end at approximately 4:00 p.m. ET. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via teleconference. To attend, participants should call the following phone number to access the audio portion of the meeting: 1–800–369– 1730, passcode: 5198433. The meeting will be available via WebEx, please CLICK HERE for access. The meeting number is 744882915. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara Dunlop, Advisory Committee Branch Chief, Customer Liaison and Marketing Services Office, tara.t.dunlop@census.gov, Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H177, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone 301– 763–5222. For TTY callers, please use the Federal Relay Service 1–800–877– 8339. SUMMARY: The NAC was established in March 2012 and operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title 5, United States Code, Appendix 2, Section 10). The NAC members are appointed by the Director, Census Bureau, and consider topics such as hard to reach populations, race and ethnicity, language, aging populations, mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:48 Apr 07, 2016 Jkt 238001 American Indian and Alaska Native tribal considerations, new immigrant populations, populations affected by natural disasters, highly mobile and migrant populations, complex households, rural populations, and population segments with limited access to technology. The Committee also advises on data privacy and confidentiality, among other issues. All meetings are open to the public. A brief period will be set aside at the meeting for public comment on April 21, 2016. However, individuals with extensive questions or statements must submit them in writing to: census. national.advisory.committee@ census.gov (subject line ‘‘April 21, 2016, NAC Virtual Meeting Public Comment’’), or by letter submission to the Committee Liaison Officer, Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H119, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233. Dated: April 4, 2016. John H. Thompson, Director, Bureau of the Census. [FR Doc. 2016–08167 Filed 4–7–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B–17–2016] Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Max Home, LLC; Subzone 158F (Upholstered Furniture); Iuka and Fulton, Mississippi The Greater Mississippi ForeignTrade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 158, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Max Home, LLC (Max Home), for its facilities in Iuka and Fulton, Mississippi. The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on March 17, 2016. Max Home previously had authority to conduct cut-and-sew activity using certain foreign micro-denier suede upholstery fabrics to produce upholstered furniture and related parts (upholstery cover sets) on a restricted basis (see Board Order 1744, 76 FR 11425, March 2, 2011). Board Order 1744 authorized the production of upholstered furniture (chairs, seats, sofas, sleep sofas, and sectionals) for a five-year period, with a scope of authority that only provided FTZ savings on a limited quantity (2.23 million square yards per year) of foreign origin, micro-denier suede upholstery PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 20617 fabric finished with a hot caustic soda solution process (i.e., authorized fabrics). All foreign upholstery fabrics other than micro-denier suede finished with a hot caustic soda solution process (i.e., unauthorized fabrics) used in Max Home’s production within Subzone 158F were subject to full customs duties. The current request seeks to renew Max Home’s previously approved FTZ authority indefinitely (with no increase in the company’s annual quantitative limit of 2.23 million square yards) and to add foreign-status leather and certain polyurethane-type fabrics to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific foreignstatus materials and 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 Max Home from customs duty payments on the foreign-status fabrics used in export production. On its domestic sales, Max Home would be able to apply the finished upholstery cover set (i.e., furniture part) or finished furniture duty rate (free) for the previously authorized fabrics and the additional fabrics (indicated below). Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment. Authority to admit foreign-status fabrics to Subzone 158F would only involve micro-denier suede upholstery fabrics finished with a hot caustic soda solution process (classified within HTSUS Headings 5407, 5512, 5515, 5516, 5801, and 5903), polyurethane fabrics backed with ground leather (5903.20.2500), wet coagulation process 100 percent polyurethane coated fabrics (5903.20.2500), and upholstery leather (Heading 4107), as detailed in the notification (duty rate ranges from free to 14.9%). 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 May 18, 2016. 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. E:\FR\FM\08APN1.SGM 08APN1 20618 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 68 / Friday, April 8, 2016 / Notices For further information, contact Pierre Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov or (202) 482–1378. Dated: March 31, 2016. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–08144 Filed 4–7–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security [Docket No. 160329302–6302–01] Reporting for Calendar Year 2015 on Offsets Agreements Related to Sales of Defense Articles or Defense Services to Foreign Countries or Foreign Firms Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice; annual reporting requirements. AGENCY: This notice is to remind the public that U.S. firms are required to report annually to the Department of Commerce (Commerce) information on contracts for the sale of defense articles or defense services to foreign countries or foreign firms that are subject to offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in value. U.S. firms are also required to report annually to Commerce information on offsets transactions completed in performance of existing offsets commitments for which offsets credit of $250,000 or more has been claimed from the foreign representative. This year, such reports must include relevant information from calendar year 2015 and must be submitted to Commerce no later than June 15, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submit reports in both hard copy and electronically. Address the hard copy to ‘‘Offsets Program Manager, U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Room 3878, Washington, DC 20230’’. Submit electronic copies toy to OffsetReport@bis.doc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald DeMarines, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, telephone: 202–482–3755; fax: 202–482–5650; email: ronald.demarines@bis.doc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Background Section 723(a)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (DPA) (50 U.S.C. 4568 (2015)) requires the President to submit an annual report VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:48 Apr 07, 2016 Jkt 238001 to Congress on the impact of offsets on the U.S. defense industrial base. Section 723(a)(2) directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to prepare the President’s report and to develop and administer the regulations necessary to collect offsets data from U.S. defense exporters. The authorities of the Secretary regarding offsets have been delegated to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security. The regulations associated with offsets reporting are set forth in part 701 of title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Offsets are compensation practices required as a condition of purchase in either government-to-government or commercial sales of defense articles and/or defense services, as defined by the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 CFR 120–130). Offsets are also applicable to certain items controlled on the Commerce Control list (CCL) and with an Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) including the numeral ‘‘6’’ as its third character. The CCL is found in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations. An example of an offset is as follows: a company that is selling a fleet of military aircraft to a foreign government may agree to offset the cost of the aircraft by providing training assistance to plant managers in the purchasing country. Although this distorts the true price of the aircraft, the foreign government may require this sort of extra compensation as a condition of awarding the contract to purchase the aircraft. As described in the regulations, U.S. firms are required to report information on contracts for the sale of defense articles or defense services to foreign countries or foreign firms that are subject to offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in value. U.S. firms are also required to report annually information on offsets transactions completed in performance of existing offsets commitments for which offsets credit of $250,000 or more has been claimed from the foreign representative. Commerce’s annual report to Congress includes an aggregated summary of the data reported by industry in accordance with the offsets regulation and the DPA (50 U.S.C. 4568 (2015)). As provided by section 723(c) of the DPA, BIS will not publicly disclose individual firm information it receives through offsets reporting unless the firm furnishing the information specifically authorizes public disclosure. The information collected is sorted and organized into an aggregate report of national offsets data, PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 and therefore does not identify company-specific information. In order to enable BIS to prepare the next annual offset report reflecting calendar year 2015 data, affected U.S. firms must submit required information on offsets agreements and offsets transactions from calendar year 2015 to BIS no later than June 15, 2016. Dated: April 4, 2016. Kevin J. Wolf, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration. [FR Doc. 2016–08078 Filed 4–7–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–900] Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On March 3, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof (diamond sawblades) from the People’s Republic of China (the PRC).1 In that notice, we preliminarily determined that Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. (Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd.) is the successor-in-interest to Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co. (Wuhan Wanbang Co.) for purposes of determining antidumping duty cash deposits and liabilities.2 No interested party submitted comments on or requested a public hearing to discuss the Initiation and Preliminary Results. For these final results, the Department continues to find that Wuhan Wanbang Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Wuhan Wanbang Co. DATES: Effective Date: April 8, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5760. AGENCY: 1 See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People’s Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review, 81 FR 11177 (March 3, 2016) (Initiation and Preliminary Results). 2 Id. E:\FR\FM\08APN1.SGM 08APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20617-20618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08144]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-17-2016]


Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Max Home, LLC; 
Subzone 158F (Upholstered Furniture); Iuka and Fulton, Mississippi

    The Greater Mississippi Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 
158, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the 
FTZ Board on behalf of Max Home, LLC (Max Home), for its facilities in 
Iuka and Fulton, Mississippi. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on March 17, 2016.
    Max Home previously had authority to conduct cut-and-sew activity 
using certain foreign micro-denier suede upholstery fabrics to produce 
upholstered furniture and related parts (upholstery cover sets) on a 
restricted basis (see Board Order 1744, 76 FR 11425, March 2, 2011). 
Board Order 1744 authorized the production of upholstered furniture 
(chairs, seats, sofas, sleep sofas, and sectionals) for a five-year 
period, with a scope of authority that only provided FTZ savings on a 
limited quantity (2.23 million square yards per year) of foreign 
origin, micro-denier suede upholstery fabric finished with a hot 
caustic soda solution process (i.e., authorized fabrics). All foreign 
upholstery fabrics other than micro-denier suede finished with a hot 
caustic soda solution process (i.e., unauthorized fabrics) used in Max 
Home's production within Subzone 158F were subject to full customs 
duties.
    The current request seeks to renew Max Home's previously approved 
FTZ authority indefinitely (with no increase in the company's annual 
quantitative limit of 2.23 million square yards) and to add foreign-
status leather and certain polyurethane-type fabrics to the scope of 
authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would 
be limited to the specific foreign-status materials and 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 Max Home from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status fabrics used in export production. 
On its domestic sales, Max Home would be able to apply the finished 
upholstery cover set (i.e., furniture part) or finished furniture duty 
rate (free) for the previously authorized fabrics and the additional 
fabrics (indicated below). Customs duties also could possibly be 
deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    Authority to admit foreign-status fabrics to Subzone 158F would 
only involve micro-denier suede upholstery fabrics finished with a hot 
caustic soda solution process (classified within HTSUS Headings 5407, 
5512, 5515, 5516, 5801, and 5903), polyurethane fabrics backed with 
ground leather (5903.20.2500), wet coagulation process 100 percent 
polyurethane coated fabrics (5903.20.2500), and upholstery leather 
(Heading 4107), as detailed in the notification (duty rate ranges from 
free to 14.9%).
    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 May 18, 2016.
    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.

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    For further information, contact Pierre Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov 
or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: March 31, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-08144 Filed 4-7-16; 8:45 am]
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