80_FR_35420 80 FR 35302 - Notification of Proposed Production Activity, BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, Subzone 38A, (Motor Vehicles), Spartanburg, South Carolina

80 FR 35302 - Notification of Proposed Production Activity, BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, Subzone 38A, (Motor Vehicles), Spartanburg, South Carolina

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 118 (June 19, 2015)

Page Range35302-35303
FR Document2015-15147

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 118 (Friday, June 19, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35302-35303]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15147]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-41-2015]


Notification of Proposed Production Activity, BMW Manufacturing 
Co., LLC, Subzone 38A, (Motor Vehicles), Spartanburg, South Carolina

    BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC (BMWMC), operator of Subzone 38A, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board for its facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on June 3, 2015.
    BMWMC already has authority to produce passenger sedans, coupes, 
and sport utility vehicles. The current request would add a new 
finished product (passenger vehicle bodies) and foreign-status 
materials and 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 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 BMWMC from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status materials and components used in 
export production. On its domestic sales, BMWMC would be able to choose 
the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to passenger 
motor vehicles and related bodies (duty rate 2.5%) for the foreign 
status materials and components noted below and in the existing scope 
of authority. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced 
on foreign status production equipment.
    The materials and components sourced from abroad include: first-aid 
kits; acrylic/vinyl paints; trunk lid adhesives; acoustic absorber 
foams; tire sealants; rubber assembly gaskets; tires; felt strips 
(HTSUS Subheadings 5602.10, 5602.90); damping strips (Subheading 
5602.90); tufted floor coverings; carpet sets; velcro straps; glass; 
windshields; steel flanges; iron/

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steel coupling locks; suppression band assemblies; earthing strap hinge 
hatch assemblies; iron/steel rivets; diesel engines; air-conditioner 
assemblies; air-conditioner tubes/lines; windshield washer assemblies; 
jacks; metal gaskets; flange seals; electric motors/converters/
chargers; wiper motors; power supplies; batteries (lead acid, lithium-
ion); electric lamps/lights/signals; reflectors; sound signaling 
equipment/horns; windshield wiper systems and arms; light-emitting 
diodes; heater assemblies; telematics communication boxes/media 
assemblies; GPS assemblies; microphone assemblies; speaker assemblies 
and related components; earphone module assemblies; amplifier 
assemblies; monitor assemblies; acoustic pads; TV tuner modules/
assemblies/antennas; cameras; radio navigation equipment/remote 
controls/receivers/antennas; antenna covers; signal and sound display 
modules; alarm systems; indicator panels; electromagnetic filter 
interference assemblies; suppression filter assemblies; accelerator 
modules; control modules; carrier plates; sensors (wheel speed ID, oil 
temperature, gas temperature, pressure, oxygen, exhaust, rain, park 
assist, yaw); wiring harnesses; USB cables; audio amplifier assemblies; 
auxiliary cables; speedometers; tachometers; sensor rods; and, 
cigarette lighters (duty rate ranges from free to 10.6%). Inputs 
included in certain textile categories (classified within HTSUS 
Subheadings 5602.10 and 5602.90) will be admitted to Subzone 38A under 
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 FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is July 29, 2015.
    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: June 12, 2015.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-15147 Filed 6-18-15; 8:45 am]
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35302 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 118 / Friday, June 19, 2015 / Notices If you wish to file a Civil Rights information above on how to contact us ACTION: Notice and Opportunity for program complaint of discrimination, by mail directly or by email. If you Public Comment. complete the USDA Program require alternative means of Discrimination Complaint Form (PDF), communication for program information Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade found online at http:// (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, Act 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341 www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_ etc.), please contact USDA’s TARGET et seq.), the Economic Development cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and Administration (EDA) has received (866) 632–9992 to request the form. You TDD). petitions for certification of eligibility to may also write a letter containing all of Dated: June 10, 2015. apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance the information requested in the form. Lillian E. Salerno, from the firms listed below. Send your completed complaint form or Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Accordingly, EDA has initiated letter to us by mail at U.S. Department Service. investigations to determine whether of Agriculture, Director, Office of [FR Doc. 2015–15193 Filed 6–18–15; 8:45 am] increased imports into the United States Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250– BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P of articles like or directly competitive 9410, by fax (202) 690–7442, or email at with those produced by each of these program.intake@usda.gov. firms contributed importantly to the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE total or partial separation of the firm’s Individuals who are deaf, hard of workers, or threat thereof, and to a hearing, or have speech disabilities and Economic Development Administration decrease in sales or production of each who wish to file either an EEO or Notice of Petitions by Firms for petitioning firm. program complaint, please contact USDA through the Federal Relay Determination of Eligibility To Apply Service at (800) 877–8339 or (800) 845– for Trade Adjustment Assistance 6136 (in Spanish). AGENCY:Economic Development Persons with disabilities, who wish to Administration, Department of file a program complaint, please see Commerce. LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 6/12/2015 THROUGH 6/15/2015 Date accepted Firm name Firm address Product(s) for investigation Joval Machine Company, Inc 515 Main Street, Yalesville, 6/15/2015 The firm manufactures sheet metal and fiberglass heat CT 06492. shielding insulating products. Custom Metal Finishers, Inc. 502 East Industrial Drive, 6/15/2015 The firm manufactures various metal valves components Mountain View, MO 65548. used in gas appliance. Any party having a substantial DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE specific finished products described in interest in these proceedings may the submitted notification (as described request a public hearing on the matter. Foreign-Trade Zones Board below) and subsequently authorized by A written request for a hearing must be the FTZ Board. [B–41–2015] submitted to the Trade Adjustment Production under FTZ procedures Assistance for Firms Division, Room Notification of Proposed Production could exempt BMWMC from customs 71030, Economic Development Activity, BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, duty payments on the foreign status Administration, U.S. Department of Subzone 38A, (Motor Vehicles), materials and components used in Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no Spartanburg, South Carolina export production. On its domestic later than ten (10) calendar days sales, BMWMC would be able to choose following publication of this notice. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC the duty rate during customs entry (BMWMC), operator of Subzone 38A, procedures that applies to passenger Please follow the requirements set motor vehicles and related bodies (duty forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for rate 2.5%) for the foreign status 315.9 for procedures to request a public materials and components noted below its facility in Spartanburg, South hearing. The Catalog of Federal and in the existing scope of authority. Carolina. The notification conforming to Domestic Assistance official number the requirements of the regulations of Customs duties also could possibly be and title for the program under which the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was deferred or reduced on foreign status these petitions are submitted is 11.313, received on June 3, 2015. production equipment. Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms. BMWMC already has authority to The materials and components produce passenger sedans, coupes, and sourced from abroad include: first-aid asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Dated: June 15, 2015. Michael S. DeVillo, sport utility vehicles. The current kits; acrylic/vinyl paints; trunk lid Eligibility Examiner. request would add a new finished adhesives; acoustic absorber foams; tire product (passenger vehicle bodies) and sealants; rubber assembly gaskets; tires; [FR Doc. 2015–15113 Filed 6–18–15; 8:45 am] foreign-status materials and components felt strips (HTSUS Subheadings BILLING CODE 3510–WH–P to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 5602.10, 5602.90); damping strips CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority (Subheading 5602.90); tufted floor would be limited to the specific foreign- coverings; carpet sets; velcro straps; status materials and components and glass; windshields; steel flanges; iron/ VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:33 Jun 18, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19JNN1.SGM 19JNN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 118 / Friday, June 19, 2015 / Notices 35303 steel coupling locks; suppression band DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: assemblies; earthing strap hinge hatch Pierre Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov or assemblies; iron/steel rivets; diesel Foreign-Trade Zones Board (202) 482–1378. engines; air-conditioner assemblies; air- Dated: June 12, 2015. conditioner tubes/lines; windshield [B–40–2015] Elizabeth Whiteman, washer assemblies; jacks; metal gaskets; Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 27—Boston, Acting Executive Secretary. flange seals; electric motors/converters/ Massachusetts, Notification of [FR Doc. 2015–15148 Filed 6–18–15; 8:45 am] chargers; wiper motors; power supplies; Proposed Production Activity, batteries (lead acid, lithium-ion); BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Claremont Flock, (Textile Flock), electric lamps/lights/signals; reflectors; Leominster, Massachusetts sound signaling equipment/horns; DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE windshield wiper systems and arms; The Massachusetts Port Authority, light-emitting diodes; heater assemblies; grantee of FTZ 27, submitted a Foreign-Trade Zones Board telematics communication boxes/media notification of proposed production assemblies; GPS assemblies; activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of [Order No. 1977] microphone assemblies; speaker Claremont Flock, a division of Spectro assemblies and related components; Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Coating Corporation (Claremont Flock), Foreign-Trade Zone Under the earphone module assemblies; amplifier located in Leominster, Massachusetts. assemblies; monitor assemblies; Alternative Site Framework Limon, The notification conforming to the Colorado acoustic pads; TV tuner modules/ requirements of the regulations of the assemblies/antennas; cameras; radio FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was navigation equipment/remote controls/ Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign- received on June 1, 2015. Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as receivers/antennas; antenna covers; The Claremont Flock facility is amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign- signal and sound display modules; located at 107 Scott Drive, Leominster, Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the alarm systems; indicator panels; Massachusetts. A separate application following Order: electromagnetic filter interference for subzone designation at the Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act assemblies; suppression filter Claremont Flock facility has been provides for ‘‘. . . the establishment assemblies; accelerator modules; control submitted and will be processed under . . . of foreign-trade zones in ports of modules; carrier plates; sensors (wheel Section 400.25 of the FTZ Board’s entry of the United States, to expedite speed ID, oil temperature, gas regulations. The facility is used for the and encourage foreign commerce, and temperature, pressure, oxygen, exhaust, production of acrylic and rayon textile for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the rain, park assist, yaw); wiring harnesses; flock. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b) of Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to USB cables; audio amplifier assemblies; the regulations, FTZ activity would be qualified corporations the privilege of auxiliary cables; speedometers; limited to the specific foreign-status establishing foreign-trade zones in or tachometers; sensor rods; and, cigarette materials and components and specific adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border lighters (duty rate ranges from free to finished products described in the Protection ports of entry; 10.6%). Inputs included in certain submitted notification (as described Whereas, the Board adopted the textile categories (classified within below) and subsequently authorized by alternative site framework (ASF) (15 HTSUS Subheadings 5602.10 and the FTZ Board. CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the 5602.90) will be admitted to Subzone Production under FTZ procedures establishment or reorganization of 38A under privileged foreign status (19 could exempt Claremont Flock from zones; CFR 146.41), thereby precluding customs duty payments on foreign Whereas, the Town of Limon, inverted tariff benefits on such items. status materials used in export Colorado (the Grantee), a public Public comment is invited from production. On its domestic sales, organization, has made application to interested parties. Submissions shall be Claremont Flock would be able to the Board (B–54–2014, docketed 08/07/ addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive choose the duty rate during customs 2014; amended 03/11/2015), requesting Secretary at the address below. The entry procedures that applies to textile the establishment of a foreign-trade zone closing period for their receipt is July flock (free) for the acrylic and rayon tow under the ASF with a service area of 29, 2015. (duty rate—7.5%) sourced from abroad. Adams and Arapahoe Counties, A copy of the notification will be Customs duties also could possibly be Colorado and portions of Elbert, Lincoln available for public inspection at the deferred or reduced on foreign status and Morgan Counties, Colorado, as Office of the Executive Secretary, production equipment. described in the amended application, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room Public comment is invited from within and adjacent to the Denver, 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, interested parties. Submissions shall be Colorado U.S. Customs and Border 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive Protection port of entry, and proposed Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the Secretary at the address below. The Sites 1 and 2 would be categorized as ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ closing period for their receipt is July magnet sites; Board’s Web site, which is accessible 29, 2015. Whereas, notice inviting public via www.trade.gov/ftz. A copy of the notification will be comment has been given in the Federal available for public inspection at the Register (79 FR 47088, 08/12/2014) and asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pierre Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov or Office of the Executive Secretary, the application has been processed (202) 482–1378. Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, regulations; and, Dated: June 12, 2015. 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Whereas, the Board adopts the Elizabeth Whiteman, Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the findings and recommendations of the Acting Executive Secretary. ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ examiner’s report, and finds that the [FR Doc. 2015–15147 Filed 6–18–15; 8:45 am] Board’s Web site, which is accessible requirements of the FTZ Act and the BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P via www.trade.gov/ftz. Board’s regulations are satisfied; VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:33 Jun 18, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19JNN1.SGM 19JNN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ContactPierre Duy at [email protected] or (202) 482-1378.
FR Citation80 FR 35302 
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