81 FR 60340 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 279-Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC (Shipbuilding); Houma, Louisiana

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 170 (September 1, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-20995

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-56-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 279--Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Gulf Island Shipyards, 
LLC (Shipbuilding); Houma, Louisiana

    Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC (Gulf Island Shipyards) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facilities in Houma, Louisiana within FTZ 279. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on August 19, 2016.
    The request indicates that a separate application for site 
designation at the Gulf Island Shipyards facilities will be submitted 
pursuant to Section 400.38 of the Board's regulations. The Gulf Island 
Shipyards facilities are used for the repair, maintenance and 
fabrication of tugs, barges, dredges, offshore drilling rigs and other 
vessels. 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 Gulf Island Shipyards 
from customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in 
export production. On its domestic sales, Gulf Island Shipyards would 
be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that 
applies to: Cargo vessels; passenger vessels; tankers; refrigerated 
vessels; offshore service vessels; fishing vessels; tugs and pusher 
crafts; dredgers; offshore drilling or production platforms; floating 
docks and similar structures; lifeboats and military vessels; and, 
hulls (duty-free) for the foreign-status inputs noted below. Customs 
duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status 
production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Floor-
bonding coats; epoxy resins; fittings; plastic floor coverings; boxes 
and crates; handles and knobs; gaskets; life jackets; insulation; 
plastic tiles; tableware; pipe fittings; flanges; metal elbows; metal 
sleeves; marine doors; steel wall panels; anchors; small steel drums; 
steel metadisc fasteners; steel washers; steel fasteners; ladders and 
raceways; wires; copper fittings; nuts; bolts; washers; screws; nickel 
fittings; aluminum rods, profiles and fittings; hangers; forgings; lead 
pipes and pipe fittings; zinc tubes, pipes and fittings; tin tubes, 
pipes and fittings; metal fittings; flexible tubing; boilers; steam 
turbines; turbine parts; marine inboard engines; diesel engines and 
parts; turbine jets; gas turbines; hydrojet engines; fuel oil pumps; 
cooling pumps; ballast pumps; macerator pumps; hydraulic pumps; bilge, 
sump and dredge pumps; jet pumps; air and liquid compressors; 
turbochargers; pumps and compressors; air conditioner units; HVAC 
units; refrigeration units; fire dampers; heat exchangers; cooling 
equipment; liquid purifying equipment; fuel filters; air filters; 
sprayers; winches; derricks; elevators; drilling risers; deck 
machinery; trash compactors; pressure valves; scupper valves; check 
valves; relief valves; gate valves; roller bearings; Z-drives; 
transmission shafts; housed bearings; gearboxes; pulleys; flywheels; 
clutches; universal joints; acoustic baffles; propellers and blades; AC 
and DC electric motors up to 746W; electric motors and generators 
(>750W); single-phase AC electric motors and generators; multi-phase AC 
electric motors and generators; AC motors and generators (750W-150kW); 
AC generators; generator sets; electrical ballasts; transformers; 
rectifiers; power supplies; inductors; starters; heaters; television 
reception equipment; radar equipment; radio remote control equipment; 
antennas; tuners; signaling devices; motor starters; switches; 
connectors; electrical terminals; switching equipment; electrical 
panels; arc lamps; signal generators; displays; coaxial cables; 
ignition wiring sets; electric conductors; mirrors; optical 
instruments; depth-sounding apparatus; micrometers; calipers; 
thermostats; voltage regulators; marine chronometers; helm chairs; 
table brackets and plates; seats and accessories; furniture; seat 
parts; and, searchlights (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 8.5%). The 
production activity under FTZ procedures would be subject to the 
``standard shipyard restriction'' applicable to foreign origin steel 
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products, which requires that Gulf Island Shipyards pay all applicable 
duties 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 October 11, 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 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: August 25, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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the Act. RAC information, can be found access to the facility or proceedings, The components and materials
at the following Web site: http:// please contact the person listed in the sourced from abroad include: Floor-
www.fs.usda.gov/main/pts/ section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION bonding coats; epoxy resins; fittings;
specialprojects/racweb. CONTACT. All reasonable plastic floor coverings; boxes and crates;
DATES: The meeting will be held on accommodation requests are managed handles and knobs; gaskets; life jackets;
September 29, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to on a case by case basis. insulation; plastic tiles; tableware; pipe
12:00 p.m. Dated: August 25, 2016. fittings; flanges; metal elbows; metal
All RAC meetings are subject to Eduardo Olmedo, sleeves; marine doors; steel wall panels;
cancellation. For status of meeting prior anchors; small steel drums; steel
District Ranger.
to attendance, please contact the person metadisc fasteners; steel washers; steel
[FR Doc. 2016–21065 Filed 8–31–16; 8:45 am]
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION fasteners; ladders and raceways; wires;
CONTACT. BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
copper fittings; nuts; bolts; washers;
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at screws; nickel fittings; aluminum rods,
the Tehama County Farm Bureau, 275 profiles and fittings; hangers; forgings;
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE lead pipes and pipe fittings; zinc tubes,
Sale Lane, Red Bluff, California.
Written comments may be submitted Foreign-Trade Zones Board pipes and fittings; tin tubes, pipes and
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY fittings; metal fittings; flexible tubing;
INFORMATION. All comments, including [B–56–2016] boilers; steam turbines; turbine parts;
names and addresses when provided, marine inboard engines; diesel engines
are placed in the record and are Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 279— and parts; turbine jets; gas turbines;
available for public inspection and Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana; hydrojet engines; fuel oil pumps;
copying. The public may inspect Notification of Proposed Production cooling pumps; ballast pumps;
comments received at the USDA Activity; Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC macerator pumps; hydraulic pumps;
Mendocino National Forest, Grindstone (Shipbuilding); Houma, Louisiana bilge, sump and dredge pumps; jet
Ranger District, 825 North Humboldt Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC (Gulf pumps; air and liquid compressors;
Avenue, Willows, California. Please call Island Shipyards) submitted a turbochargers; pumps and compressors;
ahead at 530–934–3316 to facilitate notification of proposed production air conditioner units; HVAC units;
entry into the building. activity to the FTZ Board for its refrigeration units; fire dampers; heat
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: facilities in Houma, Louisiana within exchangers; cooling equipment; liquid
Randy Jero, Committee Coordinator by FTZ 279. The notification conforming to purifying equipment; fuel filters; air
phone at 530–934–3316, or via email at the requirements of the regulations of filters; sprayers; winches; derricks;
rjero@fs.fed.us. the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was elevators; drilling risers; deck
Individuals who use received on August 19, 2016. machinery; trash compactors; pressure
telecommunication devices for the deaf The request indicates that a separate valves; scupper valves; check valves;
(TDD) may call the Federal Information application for site designation at the relief valves; gate valves; roller bearings;
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 Gulf Island Shipyards facilities will be Z-drives; transmission shafts; housed
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., submitted pursuant to Section 400.38 of bearings; gearboxes; pulleys; flywheels;
Eastern Standard Time, Monday the Board’s regulations. The Gulf Island clutches; universal joints; acoustic
through Friday. Shipyards facilities are used for the baffles; propellers and blades; AC and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The repair, maintenance and fabrication of DC electric motors up to 746W; electric
purpose of the meeting is to discuss tugs, barges, dredges, offshore drilling motors and generators (>750W); single-
current or completed projects and rigs and other vessels. Pursuant to 15 phase AC electric motors and
present new projects for review. CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be generators; multi-phase AC electric
The meeting is open to the public. limited to the specific foreign-status motors and generators; AC motors and
The agenda will include time for people materials and components and specific generators (750W–150kW); AC
to make oral statements of three minutes finished products described in the generators; generator sets; electrical
or less. Individuals wishing to make an submitted notification (as described ballasts; transformers; rectifiers; power
oral statement should request in writing below) and subsequently authorized by supplies; inductors; starters; heaters;
by September 23, 2016, to be scheduled the FTZ Board. television reception equipment; radar
on the agenda. Anyone who would like Production under FTZ procedures equipment; radio remote control
to bring related matters to the attention could exempt Gulf Island Shipyards equipment; antennas; tuners; signaling
of the committee may file written from customs duty payments on the devices; motor starters; switches;
statements with the committee staff foreign-status components used in connectors; electrical terminals;
before or after the meeting. Written export production. On its domestic switching equipment; electrical panels;
comments and requests for time for oral sales, Gulf Island Shipyards would be arc lamps; signal generators; displays;
comments must be sent to Randy Jero, able to choose the duty rate during coaxial cables; ignition wiring sets;
Committee Coordinator, USDA customs entry procedures that applies electric conductors; mirrors; optical
Mendocino National Forest, Grindstone to: Cargo vessels; passenger vessels; instruments; depth-sounding apparatus;
Ranger District, 825 North Humboldt tankers; refrigerated vessels; offshore micrometers; calipers; thermostats;
Avenue, Willows, California 95988; or service vessels; fishing vessels; tugs and voltage regulators; marine
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by email to rjero@fs.fed.us, or via pusher crafts; dredgers; offshore drilling chronometers; helm chairs; table
facsimile to 530–934–7384. or production platforms; floating docks brackets and plates; seats and
Meeting Accommodations: If you are and similar structures; lifeboats and accessories; furniture; seat parts; and,
a person requiring reasonable military vessels; and, hulls (duty-free) searchlights (duty rate ranges from duty-
accommodation, please make requests for the foreign-status inputs noted free to 8.5%). The production activity
in advance for sign language below. Customs duties also could under FTZ procedures would be subject
interpreting, assistive listening devices possibly be deferred or reduced on to the ‘‘standard shipyard restriction’’
or other reasonable accommodation. For foreign-status production equipment. applicable to foreign origin steel mill

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products, which requires that Gulf Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution We received no other comments on
Island Shipyards pay all applicable Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; scope since publication of the Initiation
duties on such items. telephone (202) 482–4947 and (202) Notice, other than rebuttal comments
Public comment is invited from 482–2924, respectively. filed by petitioner on March 17, 2016,
interested parties. Submissions shall be SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: with respect to the untimely filed March
addressed to the Board’s Executive 7, 2016, comments. The Department is
Secretary at the address below. The Background
preliminarily not modifying the scope
closing period for their receipt is The Department published the notice language as it appeared in the Initiation
October 11, 2016. of initiation of this LTFV investigation Notice.
A copy of the notification will be on February 23, 2016.1 For a complete
available for public inspection at the description of the events that followed Methodology
Office of the Executive Secretary, the initiation of this investigation, see
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room the Preliminary Decision Memorandum The Department conducted this
21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, that is dated concurrently with this investigation in accordance with section
1401 Constitution Avenue NW., determination and is hereby adopted by 731 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the this notice.2 A list of topics included in amended (the Act). We calculated
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s the Preliminary Decision Memorandum constructed export prices in accordance
Web site, which is accessible via is included as Appendix I to this notice. with section 772 of the Act. Because the
www.trade.gov/ftz. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum PRC is a non-market economy within
For further information, contact is a public document and is on file the meaning of section 771(18) of the
Elizabeth Whiteman at electronically via Enforcement and Act, we calculated normal value (NV) in
Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) Compliance’s Antidumping and accordance with section 773(c) of the
482–0473. Countervailing Duty Centralized Act. For a full description of the
Dated: August 25, 2016. Electronic Service System (ACCESS). methodology underlying our
Andrew McGilvray,
ACCESS is available to registered users conclusions, see the Preliminary
at https://access.trade.gov, and to all Decision Memorandum.
Executive Secretary.
parties in the Central Records Unit,
[FR Doc. 2016–20995 Filed 8–31–16; 8:45 am] Room B8024 of the main Department of Affirmative Preliminary Determination
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Commerce building. In addition, a of Critical Circumstances
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be found at On July 13, 2016, Petitioner filed a
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The timely critical circumstances allegation,
signed Preliminary Decision pursuant to section 733(e)(1) of the Act
International Trade Administration
Memorandum and electronic version of and 19 CFR 351.206, alleging that
[A–570–038] Preliminary Decision Memorandum are critical circumstances exist with respect
identical in content. to imports of silica fabric from the PRC.5
Antidumping Duty Investigation of We preliminarily determine that critical
Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric From Scope of the Investigation
circumstances exist for ACIT (Pinghu)
the People’s Republic of China: The product covered by this Inc. (ACIT), Nanjing Tianyuan
Affirmative Preliminary Determination investigation is silica fabric from the Fiberglass Material Co., Ltd. (Nanjing
of Sales at Less-Than-Fair Value, PRC. For a complete description of the
Preliminary Affirmative Determination Tianyuan), and the PRC-wide entity. For
scope of this investigation, see
of Critical Circumstances, and Appendix II. a full description of the methodology
Postponement of Final Determination and results of our analysis, please see
Scope Comments the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, In accordance with the preamble to
International Trade Administration, Combination Rates
the Department’s regulations,3 the
Department of Commerce. Initiation Notice set aside a period of In the Initiation Notice, the
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
time for parties to raise issues regarding Department stated that it would
(the Department) preliminarily product coverage (i.e., ‘‘scope’’).4 We
determines that certain amorphous calculate combination rates for the
received comments from one interested respondents that are eligible for a
silica fabric (silica fabric) from the party on March 13, 2016. However,
People’s Republic of China (the PRC) is separate rate in this investigation.6
since these comments were untimely Policy Bulletin 05.1 describes this
being, or is likely to be, sold in the filed, we rejected them from the record.
United States at less-than-fair value practice.7
(LTFV). The period of investigation is 1 See Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric From the Preliminary Determination
July 1, 2015, through December 31, People’s Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-
2015. The estimated weighted-average Fair-Value Investigation, 81 FR 8913 (February 23, The preliminary weighted-average
dumping margins are shown in the 2016) (Initiation Notice).
2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
antidumping margins are as follows:
‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ section of Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
this notice. We invite interested parties Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
5 See Letter from Auburn Manufacturing, Inc.
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to comment on this preliminary Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and (Petitioner), dated July 13, 2016.
6 See Initiation Notice, 81 FR at 8917.
determination. Compliance ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Determination in the Antidumping 7 See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy
DATES: Effective September 1, 2016. Duty Investigation of Certain Amorphous Silica Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fabric From the People’s Republic of China,’’ Practice and Application of Combination Rates in
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum) dated Antidumping Investigations involving Non-Market
Scott Hoefke or Fred Baker, AD/CVD concurrently with this notice. Economy Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) (Policy
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and 3 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Bulletin 05.1), available on the Department’s Web
Compliance, International Trade 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-
Administration, U.S. Department of 4 See Initiation Notice, 81 FR at 8913. 1.pdf.

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81 FR 60340 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 279-Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC (Shipbuilding); Houma, Louisiana

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEForeign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 170 (September 1, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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