81_FR_71244 81 FR 71045 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 277-Western Maricopa County, Arizona; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; IRIS USA, Inc. (Plastic Household Storage/Organizational Containers); Surprise, Arizona

81 FR 71045 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 277-Western Maricopa County, Arizona; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; IRIS USA, Inc. (Plastic Household Storage/Organizational Containers); Surprise, Arizona

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 199 (October 14, 2016)

Page Range71045-71046
FR Document2016-24900

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 199 (Friday, October 14, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71045-71046]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24900]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-68-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 277--Western Maricopa County, Arizona; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; IRIS USA, Inc. (Plastic 
Household Storage/Organizational Containers); Surprise, Arizona

    IRIS USA, Inc. (IRIS) submitted a notification of proposed 
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Surprise, 
Arizona, within FTZ 277. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on September 29, 2016.
    The IRIS facility is located within Site 12 of FTZ 277. The 
facility is used to produce plastic household storage/organizational 
containers and pet carriers/pens. 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 IRIS from customs duty 
payments on the foreign-status components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, IRIS would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to plastic household storage/
organizational containers and pet carriers/pens (duty rates range from 
free to 5.3%) for the foreign-status inputs noted below. Customs duties 
also could possibly be

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deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: 
polypropylene resin; plastic handles/buckles; steel latch plates/drawer 
locks/hinges/latch sets; steel/plastic casters; aluminum tubes; and, 
rubber caps (duty rates range from 2.5% to 6.5%).
    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 November 23, 
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 Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: October 7, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-24900 Filed 10-13-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                  • Atlanta, Georgia: October 25, 2016,                on a single, national network                         Next Steps
                                               from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Glenn                      architecture. The Act meets a                           All comments received by the public
                                               Hotel, 110 Marietta Street NW., Atlanta,                longstanding and critical national                    and any interested stakeholders will be
                                               GA 30303                                                infrastructure need, to create a single,              evaluated and considered by FirstNet
                                                  • Frankfort, Kentucky: October 25,                   nationwide network that will, for the                 during the preparation of the Final PEIS.
                                               2016, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,                      first time, allow police officers, fire               Once a PEIS is completed and a Record
                                               Hampton Inn Frankfort, 1310 U.S.                        fighters, emergency medical service                   of Decision (ROD) is signed, FirstNet
                                               Highway 127S, Frankfort, KY 40601                       professionals, and other public safety                will evaluate site-specific
                                                  • Morrisville (Raleigh Area), North                  entities to effectively communicate with              documentation, as network design is
                                               Carolina: October 26, 2016, from 4:00                   each other across agencies and                        developed, to determine if the proposed
                                               p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Morrisville Fire                     jurisdictions. The NPSBN is intended to               project has been adequately evaluated in
                                               Station 1, 200 Town Hall Drive,                         enhance the ability of the public safety              the PEIS or warrants a Categorical
                                               Training Room, Morrisville, NC 27560                    community to perform more reliably,
                                                  • Montgomery, Alabama: October 26,                                                                         Exclusion, an Environmental
                                                                                                       effectively, and safely; increase                     Assessment, or an Environmental
                                               2016, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,                      situational awareness during an
                                               Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at                                                                         Impact Statement.
                                                                                                       emergency; and improve the ability of
                                               the Convention Center, 201 Tallapoosa                   the public safety community to                          Dated: October 11, 2016.
                                               Street, Montgomery, AL 36104                            effectively engage in those critical                  Elijah Veenendaal,
                                                  • Orlando, Florida: October 27, 2016,                activities.                                           Attorney—Advisor, First Responder Network
                                               from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Courtyard                     The National Environmental Policy                  Authority.
                                               by Marriott Orlando Downtown, 730 N.                    Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347)                     [FR Doc. 2016–24906 Filed 10–13–16; 8:45 am]
                                               Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803                      (‘‘NEPA’’) requires federal agencies to               BILLING CODE 3510–TL–P
                                                  • Columbia, South Carolina: October                  undertake an assessment of
                                               27, 2016, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,                  environmental effects of their proposed
                                               SpringHill Suites Columbia Downtown,                    actions prior to making a final decision              DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                               511 Lady Street, Columbia, SC 29201                     and implementing the action. NEPA
                                                  • Baton Rouge, Louisiana: November                   requirements apply to any federal
                                                                                                                                                             Foreign-Trade Zones Board
                                               1, 2016, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,                   project, decision, or action that may
                                               Louisiana State Police Training                         have a significant impact on the quality              [B–68–2016]
                                               Academy, Classroom No. 5, 7919                          of the human environment. NEPA also
                                               Independence Boulevard, Baton Rouge,                                                                          Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 277—
                                                                                                       establishes the Council on
                                               LA 70806                                                                                                      Western Maricopa County, Arizona;
                                                                                                       Environmental Quality (‘‘CEQ’’), which
                                                  • Sante Fe, New Mexico: November 1,                                                                        Notification of Proposed Production
                                                                                                       issued regulations implementing the
                                               2016, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,                                                                            Activity; IRIS USA, Inc. (Plastic
                                                                                                       procedural provisions of NEPA (see 40
                                               Hilton Sante Fe Historic Plaza, 100                                                                           Household Storage/Organizational
                                                                                                       CFR parts 1500–1508). Among other
                                               Sandoval Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501                                                                           Containers); Surprise, Arizona
                                                                                                       considerations, CEQ regulations at 40
                                                  • Jackson Mississippi: November 2,
                                                                                                       CFR 1508.28 recommend the use of                        IRIS USA, Inc. (IRIS) submitted a
                                               2016, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,
                                                                                                       tiering from a ‘‘broader environmental                notification of proposed production
                                               Jackson Marriott, 200 E Amite Street,
                                                                                                       impact statement (such as a national                  activity to the FTZ Board for its facility
                                               Jackson, MS 39201
                                                  • Little Rock, Arkansas: November 3,                 program or policy statements) with                    in Surprise, Arizona, within FTZ 277.
                                               2016, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,                      subsequent narrower statements or                     The notification conforming to the
                                               Arkansas State Capitol, 500 Woodlane                    environmental analysis (such as                       requirements of the regulations of the
                                               Street, Room 130, Little Rock, AR 72201                 regional or basin wide statements or                  FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
                                                  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:                           ultimately site-specific statements)                  received on September 29, 2016.
                                               November 3, 2016, from 4:00 p.m. to                     incorporating by reference the general                  The IRIS facility is located within Site
                                               8:00 p.m., OKC-County Health                            discussions and concentrating solely on               12 of FTZ 277. The facility is used to
                                               Department, Northeast Regional Health                   the issues specific to the statement                  produce plastic household storage/
                                               Wellness Campus, 2600 NE 63rd Street,                   subsequently prepared.’’                              organizational containers and pet
                                               Auditorium, Oklahoma City, OK 73111                        Due to the geographic scope of                     carriers/pens. Pursuant to 15 CFR
                                                  • Austin, Texas: November 7, 2016,                   FirstNet (all 50 states, the District of              400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited
                                               from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., The W                      Columbia, and five territories) and the               to the specific foreign-status materials
                                               Austin Hotel, 200 Lavaca Street, Austin,                diversity of ecosystems potentially                   and components and specific finished
                                               TX 78701                                                traversed by the project, FirstNet has                products described in the submitted
                                                  • Dallas, Texas: November 9, 2016,                   elected to prepare five regional PEISs.               notification (as described below) and
                                               from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Hyatt                      The five PEISs were divided into the                  subsequently authorized by the FTZ
                                               Regency Dallas, 300 Reunion Boulevard                   East, Central, West, South, and Non-                  Board.
                                               East, Dallas, TX 75207                                  Contiguous Regions. The South Region                    Production under FTZ procedures
                                                                                                       includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,                  could exempt IRIS from customs duty
                                               Background                                              Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,                         payments on the foreign-status
                                                 The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job                   Mississippi, New Mexico, North                        components used in export production.
                                               Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112–96,                   Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina,                   On its domestic sales, IRIS would be
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                                               Title VI, 126 Stat. 156 (codified at 47                 Tennessee, and Texas. The Draft PEIS                  able to choose the duty rates during
                                               U.S.C. 1401 et seq.)) (the ‘‘Act’’) created             analyzes potential impacts of the                     customs entry procedures that apply to
                                               and authorized FirstNet to take all                     deployment and operation of the                       plastic household storage/organizational
                                               actions necessary to ensure the building,               NPSBN on the natural and human                        containers and pet carriers/pens (duty
                                               deployment, and operation of an                         environment in the South Region, in                   rates range from free to 5.3%) for the
                                               interoperable, nationwide public safety                 accordance with FirstNet’s                            foreign-status inputs noted below.
                                               broadband network (‘‘NPSBN’’) based                     responsibilities under NEPA.                          Customs duties also could possibly be


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                                               deferred or reduced on foreign-status                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        will address the matter in the final
                                               production equipment.                                   Cindy Robinson or George McMahon,                       results.
                                                  The components and materials                         AD/CVD Operations, Office III,
                                                                                                                                                               Scope of the Order
                                               sourced from abroad include:                            Enforcement and Compliance,
                                               polypropylene resin; plastic handles/                   International Trade Administration,                       The merchandise covered by the CLPP
                                               buckles; steel latch plates/drawer locks/               U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th                       Order is certain lined paper products.
                                               hinges/latch sets; steel/plastic casters;               Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,                     The merchandise subject to this order is
                                               aluminum tubes; and, rubber caps (duty                  Washington DC 20230; telephone (202)                    currently classified under the following
                                               rates range from 2.5% to 6.5%).                         482–3797 or (202) 482–1167,                             Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
                                                  Public comment is invited from                       respectively.                                           United States (HTSUS) subheadings:
                                               interested parties. Submissions shall be                                                                        4811.90.9035, 4811.90.9080,
                                                                                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              4820.30.0040, 4810.22.5044,
                                               addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
                                               Secretary at the address below. The                     Background                                              4811.90.9050, 4811.90.9090,
                                               closing period for their receipt is                                                                             4820.10.2010, 4820.10.2020,
                                                                                                          On September 2, 2015, the                            4820.10.2030, 4820.10.2040,
                                               November 23, 2016.                                      Department published a notice of
                                                  A copy of the notification will be                                                                           4820.10.2050, 4820.10.2060, and
                                                                                                       initiation of an administrative review of               4820.10.4000. Although the HTSUS
                                               available for public inspection at the                  the antidumping order on November 9,
                                               Office of the Executive Secretary,                                                                              numbers are provided for convenience
                                                                                                       2015.1 On February 3, 2016, we                          and customs purposes, the written
                                               Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room                         subsequently rescinded the review, in
                                               21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,                                                                             product description remains
                                                                                                       part, with respect to two companies,                    dispositive.6
                                               1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,                           SAB and Super Impex.2
                                               Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the                                                                           Preliminary Determination of No
                                                                                                          As explained in the memorandum
                                               ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ                                                                             Shipments
                                                                                                       from the Acting Assistant Secretary for
                                               Board’s Web site, which is accessible                                                                              In response to the Department’s
                                                                                                       Enforcement and Compliance, the
                                               via www.trade.gov/ftz.                                                                                          quantity and value questionnaire issued
                                                                                                       Department exercised its discretion to
                                                  For further information, contact Diane                                                                       on November 9, 2015, Lodha Offset
                                                                                                       toll all administrative deadlines due to
                                               Finver at Diane.Finver@trade.gov or                                                                             reported that it made no sales of subject
                                                                                                       a closure of the Federal Government. As
                                               (202) 482–1367.                                                                                                 merchandise during the POR.7 On
                                                                                                       a result, the revised deadline for the
                                                 Dated: October 7, 2016.                               preliminary results of this review was                  November 19, 2015, we issued a non-
                                               Andrew McGilvray,                                       June 7, 2016.3 On May 3, 2016, the                      shipment inquiry instruction to U.S.
                                               Executive Secretary.                                    Department extended the deadline for                    Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
                                               [FR Doc. 2016–24900 Filed 10–13–16; 8:45 am]            the preliminary results to October 5,                   confirm Lodha Offset’s claim of non-
                                               BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                  2016.                                                   shipment.8 We did not receive any
                                                                                                          On September 7, 2016, Petitioner                     contradictory information from CBP.
                                                                                                       submitted new factual information                       Based on Lodha Offset’s claim of no
                                               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  regarding Navneet’s U.S. sales data.4                   shipments and because no information
                                                                                                       Given the timing of the submission, the                 to the contrary was received by the
                                               International Trade Administration                      Department could not address this new                   Department from CBP, we preliminarily
                                                                                                       factual information in these preliminary                determine that Lodha Offset had no
                                               [A–533–843]                                             results. The Department invited                         shipments of the subject merchandise,
                                                                                                       interested parties to submit comments                   and, therefore, no reviewable
                                               Certain Lined Paper Products From                       no later than October 24, 2016,5 and                    transactions, during the POR. For a full
                                               India: Preliminary Results of                                                                                   discussion of this determination, see the
                                               Antidumping Duty Administrative                           1 The Department initiated the review with regard     Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
                                               Review; 2014–2015                                       to ten companies: Goldenpalm Manufacturers PVT          Methodology
                                                                                                       Limited (Goldenpalm), Kokuyo Riddhi, Lodha
                                               AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                    Offset, Magic International Pvt. Ltd. (Magic), Marisa     The Department is conducting this
                                               International Trade Administration,                     International (Marisa), Navneet, Pioneer Stationery     review in accordance with section
                                               Department of Commerce.                                 Pvt Ltd (Pioneer), SAB International (SAB), SGM
                                                                                                       Paper Products, and Super Impex. See Initiation of
                                                                                                                                                               751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
                                               SUMMARY: In response to requests from                   Antidumping and Countervailing Duty                     amended (the Act). Constructed export
                                               interested parties, the Department of                   Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 69193 (November 9,        price or export price is calculated in
                                               Commerce (the Department) is                            2015).                                                  accordance with section 772 of the Act.
                                                                                                         2 See Certain Lined Paper Products From India:
                                               conducting an administrative review of                                                                          Normal value is calculated in
                                                                                                       Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
                                               the antidumping duty order on certain                   Administrative Review; 2014–2015, 81 FR 5707            accordance with section 773 of the Act.
                                               lined paper products (CLPP) from India,                 (February 3, 2016).                                     For a full description of the
                                               covering the period September 1, 2014,                    3 See Memorandum to the Record from Ron

                                               through August 31, 2015. We                             Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for                 6 For a complete description of the Scope of the
                                                                                                       Enforcement & Compliance, regarding ‘‘Tolling of        Order, see Memorandum from Christian Marsh,
                                               preliminarily determine that mandatory                  Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the             Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
                                               respondent Navneet Education Ltd.                       Government Closure During Snowstorm ‘Jonas,’’’          Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K.
                                               (Navneet) made sales of subject                         dated January 27, 2016. If the new deadline falls on    Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for
                                               merchandise at less than normal value                   a non-business day, in accordance with the              Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Decision
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                                                                                                       Department’s practice, the deadline will become the     Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
                                               (NV) during the period of review (POR)                  next business day.                                      Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain
                                               and that mandatory respondent Kokuyo                      4 See Letter titled, ‘‘New Factual Information        Lined Paper Products from India; 2014–2015’’ dated
                                               Riddhi Paper Products Private Limited                   Filed by the Association of American School Paper       concurrently with and hereby adopted by this
                                               (Kokuyo Riddhi) did not. Interested                     Suppliers (Petitioner) and Extension of Deadline to     notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
                                               parties are invited to comment on these                 Submit New Factual Information Pertaining to              7 See Lodha Offset’s certified Quantity and Value

                                                                                                       Navneet Education Ltd.’s (Navneet) Sales                response, dated November 11, 2015.
                                               preliminary results.                                    Reporting,’’ dated September 27, 2016.                    8 See CBP message number 5323301, dated

                                               DATES: Effective October 14, 2016.                        5 Id.                                                 November 19, 2015.



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FR Citation81 FR 71045 

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