82_FR_56438 82 FR 56211 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230-Piedmont Triad Area, North Carolina; Authorization of Production Activity Klaussner Home Furnishings (Upholstered Furniture) Asheboro and Candor, North Carolina

82 FR 56211 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230-Piedmont Triad Area, North Carolina; Authorization of Production Activity Klaussner Home Furnishings (Upholstered Furniture) Asheboro and Candor, North Carolina

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 227 (November 28, 2017)

Page Range56211-56212
FR Document2017-25657

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56211-56212]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25657]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-48-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230--Piedmont Triad Area, North 
Carolina; Authorization of Production Activity Klaussner Home 
Furnishings (Upholstered Furniture) Asheboro and Candor, North Carolina

    On July 24, 2017, Klaussner Home Furnishings submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility within Subzone 230D, in Asheboro and Candor, North Carolina.
    The notification was processed in accordance with the regulations 
of the FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including notice in the Federal 
Register inviting public comment (82 FR 37191-37192, August 9, 2017). 
On November 21, 2017, the applicant was notified of the FTZ

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Board's decision that no further review of the activity is warranted at 
this time. The production activity described in the notification was 
authorized, subject to the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board's regulations, 
including Section 400.14, and further subject to a restriction 
requiring that lithium ion batteries be admitted to the subzone in 
privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) or domestic status (19 CFR 
146.43).

    Dated: November 21, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-25657 Filed 11-27-17; 8:45 am]
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                                               shipping container and vibration                        A/C engine; vacuum capsules; pressure                    The proposed subzone (50 acres) is
                                               mounts; steel nipples; turbo and                        reducing, hydraulic, safety, solenoid                 located at 260 Jordan Road, Tifton,
                                               rotorcraft nozzles; steel, nickel and                   and regulator valves; turbo and                       Georgia (Tift County). The proposed
                                               titanium nuts; oil coolers; turbofan                    rotorcraft vanes; silicone, fabric, steel             subzone would be subject to the existing
                                               orifices; overspeed governors;                          locking, steel, copper, nickel and                    activation limit of FTZ 144. No
                                               overtorque limiters; aluminum packing;                  aluminum washers; wheels; nickel wire;                authorization for production activity has
                                               turbofan pad assemblies; turbofan                       steel wire rope; wiring harnesses;                    been requested at this time.
                                               panels; oil filter replacement parts kits;              wrapper assemblies; and, yokes (duty                     In accordance with the Board’s
                                               filter parts kits; fuel filter replacement              rate ranges from duty-free to 49.5¢/kg +              regulations, Qahira El-Amin of the FTZ
                                               parts kits; steel, copper, nickel and                   7.5%). DAI would be able to avoid duty                Staff is designated examiner to review
                                               aluminum pins; turbofan pipes;                          on foreign-status components which                    the application and make
                                               turbofan valve pistons; plastic, glass,                 become scrap/waste. Customs duties                    recommendations to the Executive
                                               steel, identification, pump, gear and                   also could possibly be deferred or                    Secretary.
                                               thermocouple plates; shipping, metal,                   reduced on foreign-status production                     Public comment is invited from
                                               electrical, chip and collector plugs;                   equipment.                                            interested parties. Submissions shall be
                                               plungers; potentiometers; power section                    The components and materials                       addressed to the Board’s Executive
                                               modules; pressure transmitters;                         sourced from abroad include: Turbojet                 Secretary at the address below. The
                                               propeller governor controls; oil and fuel               aircraft engines; and, turbopropeller                 closing period for their receipt is
                                               pumps; turbofan quadrants; steel                        engines (duty rate ranges from duty-free              January 8, 2018. Rebuttal comments in
                                                                                                       to 2.5%).                                             response to material submitted during
                                               turbofan receptacles; reducing unions;
                                                                                                          Public comment is invited from                     the foregoing period may be submitted
                                               reduction gear boxes; oil level indicator               interested parties. Submissions shall be
                                               reflectors; regulators; variable and fixed                                                                    during the subsequent 15-day period to
                                                                                                       addressed to the Board’s Executive                    January 22, 2018.
                                               resistors; retainer turbofans; plastic,                 Secretary at the address below. The
                                               rubber, steel and nickel turbofan rings;                                                                         A copy of the application will be
                                                                                                       closing period for their receipt is                   available for public inspection at the
                                               steel, nickel and aluminum tubular                      January 8, 2018.
                                               rivets; plain bearing rod ends; steel,                                                                        Office of the Executive Secretary,
                                                                                                          A copy of the notification will be
                                               nickel, turbofan, pump and valve rods;                                                                        Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
                                                                                                       available for public inspection at the
                                               roller bearings; turbo and rotorcraft                                                                         21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
                                                                                                       Office of the Executive Secretary,
                                               rotors; turbine helicopter engines; pulse                                                                     1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                                                                       Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
                                               pick-up runners; scavenge pumps; oil                                                                          Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
                                                                                                       21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
                                               scoops; turbofan pump and valve                                                                               ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s
                                                                                                       1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                               screens; steel, nickel and aluminum                                                                           Web site, which is accessible via
                                                                                                       Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
                                               screws; silicon, rubber, textile, nickel,                                                                     www.trade.gov/ftz.
                                                                                                       ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s
                                               turbofan, valve, mechanical, oil and                    Web site, which is accessible via                        For further information, contact
                                               electrical motor seals; turbofan and                    www.trade.gov/ftz.                                    Qahira El-Amin at Qahira.El-Amin@
                                               valve seats; oil, rotational speed and                     For further information, contact                   trade.gov or (202) 482–5928.
                                               option sensors; air-oil separators;                     Elizabeth Whiteman at                                   Dated: November 22, 2017.
                                               turbofan and rotorcraft shafts; fuel                    Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202)                 Elizabeth Whiteman,
                                               nozzle sheaths; electrical connector                    482–0473.                                             Acting Executive Secretary.
                                               shells; shield assemblies; aluminum,                      Dated: November 21, 2017.                           [FR Doc. 2017–25652 Filed 11–27–17; 8:45 am]
                                               turbofan and rotorcraft shims; shipping
                                                                                                       Andrew McGilvray,                                     BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                               container skid base assemblies; plastic,
                                                                                                       Executive Secretary.
                                               steel, turbofan, rotorcraft, valve, gear
                                               and insulated sleeves; slider blocks;                   [FR Doc. 2017–25651 Filed 11–27–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                       BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                                                                                                                             DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                               steel snap rings; turbofan and rotorcraft
                                               spacers; speed sensors and probes; steel                                                                      Foreign-Trade Zones Board
                                               spindles; spinners; steel springs; starter
                                               generators; power turbine stators; bleed                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                [B–48–2017]
                                               check valve stoppers; oil strainers;                    Foreign-Trade Zones Board                             Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230—
                                               plastic and steel straps; felt and                                                                            Piedmont Triad Area, North Carolina;
                                               fiberglass strips; steel and nickel studs;              [S–185–2017]
                                                                                                                                                             Authorization of Production Activity
                                               sump accessory gearboxes; rotorcraft                                                                          Klaussner Home Furnishings
                                               and turbofan supports; shock absorber                   Foreign-Trade Zone 144—Brunswick,
                                                                                                       Georgia; Application for Subzone                      (Upholstered Furniture) Asheboro and
                                               suspenders; switch assemblies; swivel                                                                         Candor, North Carolina
                                                                                                       Orgill, Inc. Tifton, Georgia
                                               joint casings; tape with a width less
                                               than 20cm; insulating, electrical and                     An application has been submitted to                  On July 24, 2017, Klaussner Home
                                               rubber tape; steel and aluminum tees;                   the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the                    Furnishings submitted a notification of
                                               temperature sensors; plastic plate                      Board) by the Brunswick and Glynn                     proposed production activity to the FTZ
                                               templates; terminal assemblies; terminal                County Development Authority, grantee                 Board for its facility within Subzone
                                               boards; terminal lugs; thermal                          of FTZ 144, requesting subzone status                 230D, in Asheboro and Candor, North
                                               couplings; immersion and T6                             for the facility of Orgill, Inc. (Orgill),            Carolina.
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                                               thermocouples; tie rods; torque                         located in Tifton, Georgia. The                         The notification was processed in
                                               transducers; bearing tracks; train idlers;              application was submitted pursuant to                 accordance with the regulations of the
                                               transducers; transformer liners;                        the provisions of the Foreign-Trade                   FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including
                                               transmitters; turbofan traps; steel                     Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–                 notice in the Federal Register inviting
                                               trunnions; plastic, steel and aluminum                  81u), and the regulations of the Board                public comment (82 FR 37191–37192,
                                               tubes; turbine stator assemblies;                       (15 CFR part 400). It was formally                    August 9, 2017). On November 21, 2017,
                                               turbofan engines; turboshaft gas turbine                docketed on November 22, 2017.                        the applicant was notified of the FTZ


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                                               Board’s decision that no further review                    The component/material sourced                     On its domestic sales, for the foreign-
                                               of the activity is warranted at this time.              from abroad is a blend of acetic                      status materials/components noted
                                               The production activity described in the                anhydride and acetic acid (duty rate                  below, MIASF would be able to choose
                                               notification was authorized, subject to                 5%).                                                  the duty rates during customs entry
                                               the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s                            Public comment is invited from                     procedures that apply to yachts,
                                               regulations, including Section 400.14,                  interested parties. Submissions shall be              inflatable boats, boat tenders, and
                                               and further subject to a restriction                    addressed to the Board’s Executive                    outboard motor tenders (duty-rate
                                               requiring that lithium ion batteries be                 Secretary at the address below. The                   ranges from 1% to 2.4%). MIASF would
                                               admitted to the subzone in privileged                   closing period for their receipt is                   be able to avoid duty on foreign-status
                                               foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) or                       January 8, 2018.                                      components which become scrap/waste.
                                               domestic status (19 CFR 146.43).                           A copy of the notification will be                 Customs duties also could possibly be
                                                 Dated: November 21, 2017.                             available for public inspection at the                deferred or reduced on foreign-status
                                               Andrew McGilvray,
                                                                                                       Office of the Executive Secretary,                    production equipment.
                                                                                                       Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room                          The components and materials
                                               Executive Secretary.
                                                                                                       21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,                   sourced from abroad include: Diesel
                                               [FR Doc. 2017–25657 Filed 11–27–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                       1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,                         marine propulsion engines; fuel pumps;
                                               BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                  Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the                 fuel coolers; oil pumps; oil coolers; fuel
                                                                                                       ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s               injectors; fuel injector pumps; heat
                                                                                                       Web site, which is accessible via                     exchangers for marine propulsion
                                               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                                       www.trade.gov/ftz.                                    engines; fine mesh screen filters; cast
                                               Foreign-Trade Zones Board                                  For further information, contact                   iron cylinder liners; cylinder heads;
                                                                                                       Elizabeth Whiteman at                                 pistons; piston rings; engine mounts;
                                               [B–74–2017]                                             Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202)                 crank shafts; cam shafts; thrust bearings;
                                                                                                       482–0473.                                             linear bearings; seal kits; cylinder head
                                               Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 204—Tri-
                                               Cities Area, TN/VA; Notification of                       Dated: November 21, 2017.                           gaskets; rubber hoses; aluminum piping;
                                               Proposed Production Activity Eastman                    Andrew McGilvray,                                     zinc anode kits; turbochargers;
                                               Chemical Company (Acetic Anhydride                      Executive Secretary.                                  aluminum exhausts; rubber v-belts
                                               and Acetic Acid) Kingsport, Tennessee                   [FR Doc. 2017–25654 Filed 11–27–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                             combined with textiles; air filters;
                                                                                                                                                             thermostats; raw water pumps; valves;
                                                                                                       BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                 The Tri-Cities Airport Authority,                                                                           starters; alternators/generators; electric
                                               grantee of FTZ 204, submitted a                                                                               control boxes; sending units; sensors;
                                               notification of proposed production                     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                instrument clusters; stainless steel
                                               activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of                                                                        propellers; brass propellers; stainless
                                               Eastman Chemical Company (Eastman                       Foreign-Trade Zones Board                             steel propeller shafts; brass propeller
                                               Chemical), located in Kingsport,                                                                              shafts; stainless steel couplings; brass
                                               Tennessee. The notification conforming                  [B–68–2017]                                           spool pieces; stainless steel spool
                                               to the requirements of the regulations of               Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 241—Fort                     pieces; bushings for propeller shafts;
                                               the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was                       Lauderdale, Florida; Notification of                  gear boxes for propellers; gear box
                                               received on November 21, 2017.                          Proposed Production Activity; Marine                  mounts; gear coolers; gear box pumps;
                                                 The Eastman Chemical facility is                      Industries Association of South Florida               shaft struts; strut bearings; heat
                                               located within Site 12 of FTZ 204. The                  (Yacht Repair/Refitting), Fort                        exchangers for running gear; hydraulic
                                               facility is used for the separation via                 Lauderdale, Florida                                   valves; stainless steel sprayer rings for
                                               vacuum distillation of an imported                                                                            running gear; gear legs for bow
                                               blend of acetic anhydride and acetic                       The City of Fort Lauderdale, grantee               thrusters; mounting hardware; hydraulic
                                               acid. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ                 of FTZ 241, submitted a notification of               filters; power take offs for bow thrusters;
                                               activity would be limited to the specific               proposed production activity to the FTZ               electrical control heads for bow
                                               foreign-status materials and components                 Board on behalf of the Marine Industries              thrusters; marine steering systems; brass
                                               and specific finished products described                Association of South Florida (MIASF),                 rudders; fiberglass rudders; stainless
                                               in the submitted notification (as                       located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The              steel tie bars; rubber lined naval brass
                                               described below) and subsequently                       notification conforming to the                        bearings; stainless steel quadrants; steel
                                               authorized by the FTZ Board.                            requirements of the regulations of the                hydraulic fittings; rubber hydraulic
                                                 Production under FTZ procedures                       FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was                         hoses; hydraulic pumps; hydraulic
                                               could exempt Eastman Chemical from                      received on November 17, 2017.                        rams; electrical power packs; marine
                                               customs duty payments on the foreign-                      MIASF’s facilities are located within              stabilizers; hydraulic power packs; fins
                                               status components used in export                        Subzone 241A. The facilities are used                 for stabilizers; gyroscopes; cabling;
                                               production. On its domestic sales, for                  for yacht repair and refitting. Pursuant              pulsation dampeners; marine
                                               the foreign-status material/component                   to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would               generators; generator mounts; electrical
                                               noted below, Eastman Chemical would                     be limited to the specific foreign-status             wire windings; aluminum sound
                                               be able to choose the duty rates during                 materials and components and specific                 shields; fuel water separators;
                                               customs entry procedures that apply to                  finished products described in the                    aluminum tank fittings; rubber gaskets;
                                               acetic acid and acetic anhydride (duty                  submitted notification (as described                  fresh water system; fresh water pumps;
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                                               rate ranges from 1.8 to 3.5%). Eastman                  below) and subsequently authorized by                 stainless steel water valves; copper
                                               Chemical would be able to avoid duty                    the FTZ Board.                                        water valves; freshwater maker units;
                                               on foreign-status components which                         Production under FTZ procedures                    hot water tanks; bath and sink taps/
                                               become scrap/waste. Customs duties                      could exempt MIASF from customs                       faucets; copper piping; lube oil systems;
                                               also could possibly be deferred or                      duty payments on the foreign-status                   lubricating oil pumps; stainless steel
                                               reduced on foreign-status production                    components used in export production                  flow control oil valves; fuel systems; fire
                                               equipment.                                              (estimated 95 percent of production).                 control spray heads; fire and smoke


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation82 FR 56211 

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