Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 249-Pensacola, Florida; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; GE Renewables North America, LLC (Wind Turbine Nacelles, Hubs, and Drivetrains); Pensacola, Florida, 17143-17144 [2018-08117]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 18, 2018 / Notices Union, Washington, Webster, and Woodford Counties, Kentucky, as described in the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites throughout the service area based on companies’ needs for FTZ designation. The application indicates that the proposed service area is within and adjacent to the Louisville, Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana Customs and Border Protection ports of entry. The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing zone to include existing Sites 1, 4, 7, 9, 11 and 15 as ‘‘magnet’’ sites and existing Sites 5, 6, 8, 13 and 14 as usage-driven sites. The ASF allows for the possible exemption of one magnet site from the ‘‘sunset’’ time limits that generally apply to sites under the ASF, and the applicant proposes that Site 1 be so exempted. The application would have no impact on FTZ 29’s previously authorized subzones. In accordance with the FTZ Board’s regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 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 FTZ Board. 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 June 18, 2018. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to July 2, 2018. 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 FTZ Board’s website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at Elizabeth.Whiteman@ trade.gov or (202) 482–0473. amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES Dated: April 11, 2018. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–08118 Filed 4–17–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:31 Apr 17, 2018 Jkt 244001 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B–24–2018] Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 293—Limon, Colorado; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Laser Galicia America LLC (Bending and Assembly of Trafo Wall); Aurora, Colorado The Town of Limon, Colorado, grantee of FTZ 293, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Laser Galicia America LLC (Laser Galicia), located in Aurora, Colorado. The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on April 6, 2018. The applicant indicates that it will be submitting a separate application for FTZ usage-driven designation at the Laser Galicia facility within FTZ 293. The facility is used for the bending and assembly of trafo wall. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity 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 Laser Galicia from customs duty payments on the foreignstatus components used in export production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/components noted below, Laser Galicia would be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that apply to front section trafo wall, top section trafo wall, and left section trafo wall (duty rate—3.0%). Laser Galicia would be able to avoid duty on foreign-status components which become scrap/waste. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment. The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Small nut plate (galvanized steel thickness 10 mm); bracket for lubrication system— unfolded (stainless steel thickness 3 mm); frame assembly—unfolded (galvanized steel thickness 2 mm); cross plate trafo wall—unfolded (galvanized steel thickness 1.5 mm); shield for trafo component—unfolded (galvanized steel thickness 1.5 mm); structural sections of trafo wall—unfolded (galvanized steel thickness 1.5 mm); bracket angle front lock plate trafo—unfolded (galvanized steel thickness 2 mm); front section trafo wall—unfolded (galvanized steel thickness 1.5 mm); holder for cross plate—unfolded (galvanized steel PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17143 thickness 1.5 mm); bracket for right trafo wall (galvanized steel thickness 2 mm); cover for actuator—unfolded (galvanized steel thickness 2 mm); cover for vibration sensor—unfolded (galvanized steel thickness 2 mm); outlet air guide—unfolded (aluminum thickness 3 mm); and, air choke plate— unfolded (aluminum thickness 3 mm) (duty rates range from 2.5% to 2.9%). 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 May 29, 2018. 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 Board’s website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Juanita Chen at juanita.chen@trade.gov or 202–482–1378. Dated: April 11, 2018. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–08120 Filed 4–17–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B–21–2018] Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 249— Pensacola, Florida; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; GE Renewables North America, LLC (Wind Turbine Nacelles, Hubs, and Drivetrains); Pensacola, Florida GE Renewables North America, LLC (GE Renewables) submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Pensacola, Florida. The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on April 9, 2018. GE Renewables already has authority to produce wind turbines, related hubs and nacelles, and drivetrains within Subzone 249A. The current request would add foreign status materials/ components 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 described in the submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board. E:\FR\FM\18APN1.SGM 18APN1 17144 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 18, 2018 / Notices amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES Production under FTZ procedures could exempt GE Renewables from customs duty payments on the foreignstatus materials/components used in export production. On its domestic sales, GE Renewables would be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to the finished products in the existing scope of authority for the foreign-status materials/components noted below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment. GE Renewables would be able to avoid duty on foreignstatus components which become scrap/ waste. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment. The materials/components sourced from abroad include: top box kits; polypropylene clamps; fiberglass locknuts; fiber optic harnesses with temperature detectors; electrical harnesses; cable-assembly wind sensors; ground cables; cable harnesses; cable glands; steel washers; steel nuts; copper ferrules; desiccants; steel screws; panel assembly adaptors; steel bars; transformers; pitch cabinet kits; cable ties; steel bushings; limit switches, and steel brackets (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 8.5%). The request indicates that steel bars will be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41), thereby precluding inverted tariff benefits on such items. 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 May 29, 2018. 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 Board’s website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Christopher Wedderburn at Chris.Wedderburn@trade.gov or (202) 482–1963. Dated: April 11, 2018. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–08117 Filed 4–17–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:31 Apr 17, 2018 Jkt 244001 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B–22–2018] Foreign-Trade Zone 158—Vicksburg/ Jackson, Mississippi; Application for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by the Greater Mississippi Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 158, requesting authority to reorganize the zone under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the FTZ Board (15 CFR Sec. 400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for grantees for the establishment or reorganization of zones and can permit significantly greater flexibility in the designation of new subzones or ‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service area’’ in the context of the FTZ Board’s standard 2,000-acre activation limit for a zone. The application was submitted pursuant to 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 docketed on April 10, 2018. FTZ 158 was approved by the FTZ Board on April 11, 1989 (Board Order 430, 54 FR 15480 April 18, 1989) and expanded on March 8, 2005 (Board Order 1378, 70 FR 13449, March 21, 2005), on October 18, 2002 (Board Order 1864, 77 FR 65359–65360, October 26, 2012), and on May 23, 2013 (Board Order 1900, 78 FR 33340, June 4, 2013). The current zone includes the following sites: Site 2 (2,242 acres)— Jackson International Airport Complex, 100 International Drive, Jackson; Site 10 (989 acres)—Airport Industrial Park, Air Park Road at Old Runway Road, Tupelo; Site 11 (277 acres)—South Green Industrial Complex, adjacent to U.S. Highway 45 and the Kansas City Southern Railroad, Tupelo; Site 14 (128 acres)—Burlington Northern Industrial Park, along U.S. Highway 78 (I–22) and MS Highway 178 Interchange, Tupelo; Site 15 (699 acres)—Harry A. Martin North Lee Industrial Complex, Intersection of U.S. Highway 45 and Pratts Road, Tupelo; Site 16 (284 acres)—Turner Industrial Park, U.S. Highway 45 and MS Highway 145 Interchange, Tupelo; Site 17 (540 acres)—Tupelo Industrial Park South, U.S. Highway 45 and Brewer Road Interchange, Tupelo; and, Site 18 (140 acres)—Central Mississippi Industrial Center, Interstate 55 and Gluckstadt Road, Gluckstadt and Madison. PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The grantee’s proposed service area under the ASF would be Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Marshall, Pontotoc, Rankin, Tate, Warren and Washington Counties, Mississippi in their entirety, and portions of Lee and Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi, as described in the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites throughout the service area based on companies’ needs for FTZ designation. The application indicates that the proposed service area is within and adjacent to the following Customs and Border Protection ports of entry: Vicksburg and Greenville, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; and, Huntsville, Alabama. The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing zone to include all of the existing sites as ‘‘magnet’’ sites. The ASF allows for the possible exemption of one magnet site from the ‘‘sunset’’ time limits that generally apply to sites under the ASF, and the applicant proposes that Site 2 be so exempted. The application would have no impact on FTZ 158’s previously authorized subzones. In accordance with the FTZ 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 FTZ Board. 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 June 18, 2018. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to July 2, 2018. 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 FTZ Board’s website, 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: April 11, 2018. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–08119 Filed 4–17–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P E:\FR\FM\18APN1.SGM 18APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17143-17144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08117]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-21-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 249--Pensacola, Florida; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; GE Renewables North America, LLC (Wind 
Turbine Nacelles, Hubs, and Drivetrains); Pensacola, Florida

    GE Renewables North America, LLC (GE Renewables) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Pensacola, Florida. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on April 9, 2018.
    GE Renewables already has authority to produce wind turbines, 
related hubs and nacelles, and drivetrains within Subzone 249A. The 
current request would add foreign status materials/components 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 described in the submitted notification (as described below) 
and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.

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    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt GE Renewables from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used 
in export production. On its domestic sales, GE Renewables would be 
able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that 
applies to the finished products in the existing scope of authority for 
the foreign-status materials/components noted below. Customs duties 
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production 
equipment. GE Renewables would be able to avoid duty on foreign-status 
components which become scrap/waste. Customs duties also could possibly 
be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The materials/components sourced from abroad include: top box kits; 
polypropylene clamps; fiberglass locknuts; fiber optic harnesses with 
temperature detectors; electrical harnesses; cable-assembly wind 
sensors; ground cables; cable harnesses; cable glands; steel washers; 
steel nuts; copper ferrules; desiccants; steel screws; panel assembly 
adaptors; steel bars; transformers; pitch cabinet kits; cable ties; 
steel bushings; limit switches, and steel brackets (duty rate ranges 
from duty-free to 8.5%). The request indicates that steel bars will be 
admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41), 
thereby precluding inverted tariff benefits on such items.
    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 May 29, 2018.
    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 
Board's website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Christopher Wedderburn at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1963.

    Dated: April 11, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-08117 Filed 4-17-18; 8:45 am]
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