Foreign-Trade Zone 249-Pensacola, Florida, Notification of Proposed Production Activity, GE Renewables North America, LLC, Subzone 249A, (Wind Turbine Nacelles, Blades and Hubs), Pensacola, Florida, 39626-39627 [2016-14318]
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submission request toward Office of
Management and Budget approval.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Dated: June 9, 2016.
Carlos Rodriguez-Franco,
Acting Deputy Chief for Research and
Development.
Notice of Petitions by Firms for
Determination of Eligibility To Apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance
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Economic Development
Administration, Department of
Commerce
ACTION: Notice and opportunity for
public comment.
AGENCY:
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Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade
Act 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341
et seq.), the Economic Development
Administration (EDA) has received
petitions for certification of eligibility to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
from the firms listed below.
Accordingly, EDA has initiated
investigations to determine whether
increased imports into the United States
of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by each of these
firms contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of the firm’s
workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each
petitioning firm.
LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
[5/11/2016 through 6/10/2016]
Firm name
Servant’s Heart Christian
Gifts, Inc.
Firm address
Date accepted for
investigation
2285 County Home Road,
Greenville, NC 27858.
Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
submitted to the Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Firms Division, Room
71030, Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no
later than ten (10) calendar days
following publication of this notice.
Please follow the requirements set
forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR
315.9 for procedures to request a public
hearing. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance official number
and title for the program under which
these petitions are submitted is 11.313,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
Dated: June 10, 2016.
Miriam Kearse,
Lead Program Analyst.
6/7/2016
Product(s)
The firm produces and assembles a variety of inspirational
gifts, including baby apparel.
(FTZ) Board on behalf of Volkswagen
Group of America Chattanooga
Operations, LLC, within FTZ 134, in
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The notification was processed in
accordance with the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including
notice in the Federal Register inviting
public comment (81 FR 8682, February
22, 2016). The FTZ Board has
determined that no further review of the
activity is warranted at this time. The
production activity described in the
notification is authorized, subject to the
FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s
regulations, including Section 400.14.
Dated: June 9, 2016.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Foreign-Trade Zones Board
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Authorization of Production Activity,
Foreign-Trade Zone 134, Volkswagen
Group of America Chattanooga
Operations, LLC (Passenger Motor
Vehicles), Chattanooga, Tennessee
On February 10, 2016, the
Chattanooga Chamber Foundation,
grantee of FTZ 134, submitted a
notification of proposed production
activity to the Foreign-Trade Zones
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Foreign-Trade Zone 249—Pensacola,
Florida, Notification of Proposed
Production Activity, GE Renewables
North America, LLC, Subzone 249A,
(Wind Turbine Nacelles, Blades and
Hubs), Pensacola, Florida
GE Renewables North America, LLC
(GE Renewables) (formerly, GE
Generators (Pensacola), L.L.C.), operator
of Subzone 249A, submitted a
notification of proposed production
activity to the FTZ Board, for its facility
located in Pensacola, Florida. The
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notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on May 23, 2016.
GE Renewables already has authority
to produce wind turbines and related
blades, hubs and nacelles within
Subzone 249A. The current request
would add foreign-status components to
the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15
CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be
limited to the specific foreign-status
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 GE Renewables from
customs duty payments on the foreign
status components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, GE
Renewables would be able to choose the
duty rates during customs entry
procedures that apply to wind turbines
and related blades, hubs and nacelles
(duty free or 2.5%) for the foreign-status
inputs noted below and in the existing
scope of authority. Customs duties also
could possibly be deferred or reduced
on foreign status production equipment.
The components sourced from abroad
include: Blade root spacers; pitch
transformers; brake calipers; brake
hydraulic power units; elastomeric
generator mounts; labyrinth rings; sonic
wind sensors; upwind covers; and,
vibration monitors (duty rate ranges
from free to 4.5%).
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
Secretary at the address below. The
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closing period for their receipt is July
27, 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.
For further information, contact
Elizabeth Whiteman at
Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202)
482–0473.
Dated: June 10, 2016.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free Trade Agreement,
Article 1904, Request for Panel Review
United States Section, NAFTA
Secretariat, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Request for Panel
Review.
AGENCY:
A Request for Panel Review
was filed on behalf of Selenis Canada,
Inc. with the United States Section of
the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) Secretariat on June
6, 2016 pursuant to NAFTA Article
1904. Panel Review was requested of the
International Trade Commission’s final
determination regarding Polyethylene
Terephthalate Resin from Canada. The
final injury determination was
published in the Federal Register on
May 4, 2016 (81 FRN 26832) and the
effective antidumping order was
published in the Federal Register on
May 6, 2016 (81 FRN 27929). The
NAFTA Secretariat has assigned case
number USA–CDA–2016–1904–01 to
this request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
E. Morris, United States Secretary,
NAFTA Secretariat, Room 2061, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230, (202) 482–5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter
19 of the NAFTA established a
mechanism to replace domestic judicial
review of final determinations in
antidumping and countervailing duty
cases involving imports from a NAFTA
country with review by independent
binational panels. When a Request for
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Panel Review is filed, a panel is
established to act in place of national
courts to review expeditiously the final
determination to determine whether it
conforms to the antidumping or
countervailing duty law of the country
that made the determination.
Under NAFTA Article 1904, which
came into force on January 1, 1994, the
Government of the United States, the
Government of Canada, and the
Government of Mexico established
Rules of Procedure for Article 1904
Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).
These Rules were published in the
Federal Register on February 23, 1994
(59 FR 8686) and subsequently amended
on April 10, 2008 (73 FR 19458).
The Rules provide that:
(a) A Party or interested person may
challenge the final determination in
whole or in part by filing a Complaint
in accordance with Rule 39 within 30
days after the filing of the first Request
for Panel Review (the deadline for filing
a Complaint is July 6, 2016);
(b) A Party, investigating authority or
interested person that does not file a
Complaint but that intends to appear in
support of any reviewable portion of the
final determination may participate in
the panel review by filing a Notice of
Appearance in accordance with Rule 40
within 45 days after the filing of the first
Request for Panel Review (the deadline
for filing a Notice of Appearance is July
21, 2016); and
(c) The panel review shall be limited
to the allegations of error of fact or law,
including challenges to the jurisdiction
of the investigating authority, that are
set out in the Complaints filed in the
panel review and to the procedural and
substantive defenses raised in the panel
review.
Dated: June 13, 2016.
Paul E. Morri,s
United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–588–869]
Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated FlatRolled Steel Products From Japan:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2013–
2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
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administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on diffusionannealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel
products from Japan.1 The period of
review (POR) is November 19, 2013,
through April 30, 2015. The review
covers one producer/exporter of the
subject merchandise, Toyo Kohan Co.,
Ltd. (Toyo Kohan). We preliminarily
determine that sales of subject
merchandise by Toyo Kohan were not
made at less than normal value during
the POR. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective June 17, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dena Crossland or Brian Davis, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3362 or (202) 482–
7924, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated
flat-rolled steel products included in
this order are flat-rolled, cold-reduced
steel products, regardless of chemistry;
whether or not in coils; either plated or
coated with nickel or nickel-based
alloys and subsequently annealed (i.e.,
‘‘diffusion-annealed’’); whether or not
painted, varnished or coated with
plastics or other metallic or nonmetallic
substances; and less than or equal to 2.0
mm in nominal thickness. For purposes
of this order, ‘‘nickel-based alloys’’
include all nickel alloys with other
metals in which nickel accounts for at
least 80 percent of the alloy by volume.
Imports of merchandise included in
the scope of this order are classified
primarily under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings 7212.50.0000 and
7210.90.6000, but may also be classified
under HTSUS subheadings
7210.70.6090, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, 7219.90.0020,
7219.90.0025, 7219.90.0060,
7219.90.0080, 7220.90.0010,
7220.90.0015, 7225.99.0090, or
7226.99.0180. The foregoing HTSUS
subheadings are provided only for
convenience and customs purposes. The
written description of the scope of this
order is dispositive.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 80 FR
37588 (July 1, 2015).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-41-2016]
Foreign-Trade Zone 249--Pensacola, Florida, Notification of
Proposed Production Activity, GE Renewables North America, LLC, Subzone
249A, (Wind Turbine Nacelles, Blades and Hubs), Pensacola, Florida
GE Renewables North America, LLC (GE Renewables) (formerly, GE
Generators (Pensacola), L.L.C.), operator of Subzone 249A, submitted a
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board, for its
facility located in Pensacola, Florida. The notification conforming to
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22)
was received on May 23, 2016.
GE Renewables already has authority to produce wind turbines and
related blades, hubs and nacelles within Subzone 249A. The current
request would add foreign-status components to the scope of authority.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the
specific foreign-status 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 GE Renewables from
customs duty payments on the foreign status components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, GE Renewables would be able to
choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to
wind turbines and related blades, hubs and nacelles (duty free or 2.5%)
for the foreign-status inputs noted below and in the existing scope of
authority. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on
foreign status production equipment.
The components sourced from abroad include: Blade root spacers;
pitch transformers; brake calipers; brake hydraulic power units;
elastomeric generator mounts; labyrinth rings; sonic wind sensors;
upwind covers; and, vibration monitors (duty rate ranges from free to
4.5%).
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the
address below. The
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closing period for their receipt is July 27, 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.
For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at
Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 482-0473.
Dated: June 10, 2016.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
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