Reminder of Offsets Reporting Requirements for Calendar Year 2016, 26775-26776 [2017-11981]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–29–2017]
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Foreign-Trade Zone 281—Miami,
Florida; Application for Expansion
(New Magnet Site); Under Alternative
Site Framework
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board
(the Board) by Miami-Dade County,
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 281,
requesting authority to expand its zone
under the alternative site framework
(ASF) adopted by the Board (15 CFR
Sec. 400.2(c)) to include a new magnet
site in Miami, Florida. The application
was submitted pursuant to the ForeignTrade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C.
81a–81u), and the regulations of the
Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally
docketed on May 2, 2017.
FTZ 281 was established by the Board
under the alternative site framework on
August 2, 2012 (Board Order 1844, 77
FR 47816, 8/10/2012). The zone
currently has a service area that
includes the northern half of MiamiDade County and consists of three
magnet sites and forty-eight usagedriven sites. There is an application
currently pending with the FTZ Board
to expand the zone to include an
additional magnet site (proposed Site
31) in Miami (Docket B–50–2015).
The applicant is now requesting
authority to expand its zone to include
an additional magnet site: Proposed Site
55 (3,248.24 acres)—Miami
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International Airport, 4200 NW 36th
Street, Building 5A, Miami. The
proposed new site is adjacent to the
Miami Customs and Border Protection
port of entry.
In accordance with the Board’s
regulations, Qahira El-Amin of the FTZ
Staff is designated examiner to evaluate
and analyze the facts and information
presented in the application and case
record and to report findings and
recommendations to the Board.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary at the address below. The
closing period for their receipt is August
8, 2017. Rebuttal comments in response
to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted
during the subsequent 15-day period to
August 23, 2017.
A copy of the application 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 Board’s
Web site, which is accessible via
www.trade.gov/ftz. For further
information, contact Qahira El-Amin at
Qahira.El-Amin@trade.gov or (202) 482–
5928.
Dated: June 5, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 170321295–7295–01]
RIN: 0694–XC036
Reminder of Offsets Reporting
Requirements for Calendar Year 2016
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; annual reporting
requirements.
AGENCY:
This notice is intended to
remind the public that U.S. companies
are required, pursuant to the Defense
Production Act of 1950, as amended
(DPA), 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 companies
that are subject to offsets agreements
exceeding $5,000,000 in value.
Consistent with the DPA, U.S.
SUMMARY:
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companies are also required to report
annually to Commerce information on
offsets transactions completed in
performance of existing offsets
commitments for which an offsets credit
of $250,000 or more has been claimed
from the foreign representative. Such
reports from calendar year 2016 must
include relevant information and must
be submitted to Commerce no later than
June 15, 2017.
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 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:
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
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 (‘‘600 series’’ items). 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
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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. companies are required to report
information on contracts for the sale of
defense articles or defense services to
foreign countries or foreign companies
that are subject to offsets agreements
exceeding $5,000,000 in value. U.S.
companies 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 company
information it receives through offsets
reporting unless the company
furnishing the information specifically
authorizes public disclosure. The
information collected is sorted and
organized into an aggregate report of
national offsets data, and therefore does
not identify company-specific
information.
In order to enable BIS to prepare the
next annual offset report reflecting
calendar year 2016 data, affected U.S.
companies must submit the required
information on offsets agreements and
offsets transactions from calendar year
2016 to BIS no later than June 15, 2017.
Dated: June 6, 2017.
Matthew S. Borman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017–11981 Filed 6–8–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
As a result of this sunset
review, the Department of Commerce
(the Department) finds that termination
of the Agreement Suspending the
Antidumping Investigation on Uranium
from the Russian Federation
(Suspension Agreement) and the
suspended investigation would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping. The magnitude of the
dumping margin likely to prevail is
indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of
Review’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Effective June 9, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sally C. Gannon or Jill Buckles,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0162 or
(202) 482–6230, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
On February 3, 2017, the Department
published the notice of initiation of the
fourth sunset review of the Suspension
Agreement and suspended antidumping
duty investigation on uranium from the
Russian Federation, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).1 Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i), the Department
received timely and complete notices of
intent to participate in this sunset
reviews from Louisiana Energy Services,
LLC (LES), Power Resources, Inc. (PRI)
and Crow Butte Resources, Inc. (Crow
Butte), and Centrus Energy Corp. and
United States Enrichment Corporation
(USEC) (collectively, Centrus) on
February 21, 2017, and from ConverDyn
on February 24, 2017. On March 6,
2017, the Department received complete
substantive responses from LES, PRI
and Crow Butte, and Centrus
(collectively, the domestic interested
parties) within the 30-day period
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).2
The Department did not receive
substantive responses from any
respondent interested party. As a result,
pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2),
the Department conducted an expedited
International Trade Administration
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Uranium From the Russian Federation;
Final Results of the Expedited Fourth
Sunset Review of the Suspension
Agreement
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
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1 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews,
82 FR 9193 (February 3, 2017) (Initiation).
2 See ‘‘Uranium from Russia: Louisiana Energy
Services, LLC’s Substantive Response to the Notice
of Initiation’’ from Louisiana Energy Services dated
March 6, 2017; ‘‘Uranium from the Russian
Federation: Substantive Response to the Notice of
Initiation’’ from Power Resources and Crow Butte
Resources dated March 6, 2017; ‘‘Uranium from the
Russian Federation: Substantive Response to Notice
of Initiation of Five-Year Review’’ from Centrus
Energy Corp. and United States Enrichment
Corporation dated March 6, 2017.
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sunset review of this Suspension
Agreement.
Scope of the Agreement
The product covered by the
Suspension Agreement is natural
uranium in the form of uranium ores
and concentrates; natural uranium metal
and natural uranium compounds;
alloys, dispersions (including cermets),
ceramic products, and mixtures
containing natural uranium or natural
uranium compounds; uranium enriched
in U235 and its compounds; alloys,
dispersions (including cermets), ceramic
products, and mixtures containing
uranium enriched in U235 or
compounds of uranium enriched in
U235; and any other forms of uranium
within the same class or kind.
Uranium ore from Russia that is
milled into U3O8 and/or converted into
UF6 in another country prior to direct
and/or indirect importation into the
United States is considered uranium
from Russia and is subject to the terms
of this Suspension Agreement.
For purposes of this Suspension
Agreement, uranium enriched in U235 or
compounds of uranium enriched in U235
in Russia are covered by this
Suspension Agreement, regardless of
their subsequent modification or
blending. Uranium enriched in U235 in
another country prior to direct and/or
indirect importation into the United
States is not considered uranium from
Russia and is not subject to the terms of
this Suspension Agreement.3
HEU is within the scope of the
underlying investigation, and HEU is
covered by this Suspension Agreement.
For the purpose of this Suspension
Agreement, HEU means uranium
enriched to 20 percent or greater in the
isotope uranium-235.
Imports of uranium ores and
concentrates, natural uranium
compounds, and all forms of enriched
uranium are currently classifiable under
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) subheadings:
2612.10.00, 2844.10.20, 2844.20.00,
respectively. Imports of natural uranium
metal and forms of natural uranium
other than compounds are currently
classifiable under HTSUS subheadings:
2844.10.10 and 2844.10.50. HTSUS
3 The second amendment of two amendments to
the Suspension Agreement effective on October 3,
1996, in part included within the scope of the
Suspension Agreement for Russian uranium which
had been enriched in a third country prior to
importation into the United States. According to the
amendment, this modification remained in effect
until October 3, 1998. See Amendments to the
Agreement Suspending the Antidumping
Investigation on Uranium from the Russian
Federation, 61 FR 56665, 56667 (November 4,
1996).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 170321295-7295-01]
RIN: 0694-XC036
Reminder of Offsets Reporting Requirements for Calendar Year 2016
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; annual reporting requirements.
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SUMMARY: This notice is intended to remind the public that U.S.
companies are required, pursuant to the Defense Production Act of 1950,
as amended (DPA), 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 companies that are
subject to offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in value. Consistent
with the DPA, U.S. companies are also required to report annually to
Commerce information on offsets transactions completed in performance
of existing offsets commitments for which an offsets credit of $250,000
or more has been claimed from the foreign representative. Such reports
from calendar year 2016 must include relevant information and must be
submitted to Commerce no later than June 15, 2017.
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 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:
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 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 (``600
series'' items). 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
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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. companies are required
to report information on contracts for the sale of defense articles or
defense services to foreign countries or foreign companies that are
subject to offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in value. U.S.
companies 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 company
information it receives through offsets reporting unless the company
furnishing the information specifically authorizes public disclosure.
The information collected is sorted and organized into an aggregate
report of national offsets data, and therefore does not identify
company-specific information.
In order to enable BIS to prepare the next annual offset report
reflecting calendar year 2016 data, affected U.S. companies must submit
the required information on offsets agreements and offsets transactions
from calendar year 2016 to BIS no later than June 15, 2017.
Dated: June 6, 2017.
Matthew S. Borman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-11981 Filed 6-8-17; 8:45 am]
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