82 FR 60369 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 41-Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; AFE, Inc. (Monitors/Displays/Televisions); Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 243 (December 20, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-27406

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-78-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 41--Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; AFE, Inc. (Monitors/Displays/
Televisions); Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

    The Port of Milwaukee, grantee of FTZ 41, submitted a notification 
of

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proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of AFE, Inc., 
located in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The notification conforming to 
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on November 30, 2017.
    The applicant has submitted a separate application for subzone 
designation at AFE, Inc.'s facility under 15 CFR 400.38. The facility 
would be used to produce whiteboard monitors/interactive displays and 
televisions with and without tuners. 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 AFE, Inc., from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components noted below, the company would be able to choose the duty 
rates during customs entry procedures that apply to whiteboard 
monitors/interactive displays, tuner-free televisions, and televisions 
with tuners (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 3.9%). The company 
would be able to avoid duty on foreign-status components which become 
scrap/waste. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced 
on foreign-status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Printed 
wire boards (PWBs) for monitors; PWBs for keyboards; infrared light 
detecting units for remote controllers; open cell liquid crystal 
displays (LCDs); monitor chassis components and assemblies of plastic 
and metal; stainless steel screws; reflector sheets; lens sheets; 
diffusion sheets; light emitting diode (LED) wires; PWBs for LEDs; 
plastic tapes; bezels; LCD modules; rear cover cable assemblies; power 
supply and drive units; power cables; LCD control cables; Wi-Fi cables; 
keyboard cables; speakers; A/C cords; remote controls; flexible flat 
cable for printed wire boards; AAA batteries; Wi-Fi units; plastic 
labels; TV stands and stand support brackets; plastic bags; printed 
setup guides; plastic cable clamps; molded paper packaging; paper 
packaging; cardboard cartons; plastic packaging; printed instructions; 
self-tapping screws; wire holders of plastic; plastic spacers; plastic 
insulator for coolers; keyboard cover assemblies; wooden pallets; PWBs 
for tuner TV keyboards; infrared light detecting units for tuner TV 
remote controllers; open cell LCDs for tuner TVs; monitor chassis 
components and assemblies of plastic and metal for tuner TVs; reflector 
sheets for tuner TVs; lens sheets for tuner TVs; diffusion sheets for 
tuner TVs; bezels for tuner TVs; LCD modules for tuner TVs; rear cover 
cable assemblies for tuner TVs; and, stands for tuner TVs (duty rate 
ranges from duty-free to 10.7%).
    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 January 29, 2018.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Christopher Wedderburn at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1963.

    Dated: December 14, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-27406 Filed 12-19-17; 8:45 am]
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER dynamic construction industry. These Estimated Time per Response: 15
contains documents other than rules or statistics help state and local minutes.
proposed rules that are applicable to the governments and the Federal Estimated Total Annual Burden
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, government, as well as private industry, Hours: 500 hours.
committee meetings, agency decisions and to analyze this important sector of the Estimated Total Annual Cost to
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
petitions and applications and agency
economy. Public: $0. (Per OMB requirements, this
statements of organization and functions are The Census Bureau uses the Form C– cost does not measure respondents’
examples of documents appearing in this 411 to obtain information needed to time, but the indirect costs respondents
section. update the universe of permit-issuing may incur for such things as purchases
places from state and local building and of specialized software or hardware
zoning officials. Questions on the form needed to report, or expenditures for
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE pertain to the legal requirements for accounting or records maintenance
issuing building or zoning permits in services required specifically by the
U.S. Census Bureau the local jurisdictions. Information is collection.)
obtained on such items as geographic Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Proposed Information Collection; coverage and types of construction for Legal Authority: Title 13, United
Comment Request; Survey of which permits are issued. States Code, Sections 131 and 182.
Residential Building or Zoning Permit The universe of permit-issuing places
Systems is the sampling frame for the Building IV. Request for Comments
AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Permits Survey (BPS) and the Survey of Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
Commerce. Construction (SOC). These two sample the proposed collection of information
ACTION: Notice. surveys provide widely used measures is necessary for the proper performance
of construction activity, including the of the functions of the agency, including
SUMMARY: The Department of monthly Principal Federal Economic whether the information shall have
Commerce, as part of its continuing Indicators Housing Units Authorized by practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
effort to reduce paperwork and Building Permits and Housing Starts. agency’s estimate of the burden
respondent burden, invites the general (including hours and cost) of the
public and other Federal agencies to II. Method of Collection
proposed collection of information; (c)
take this opportunity to comment on One of three variants of the Form C– ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
proposed and/or continuing information 411 is sent to a jurisdiction when the clarity of the information to be
collections, as required by the Census Bureau has reason to believe collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. that a new permit system has been burden of the collection of information
DATES: To ensure consideration, written established or an existing one has on respondents, including through the
comments must be submitted on or changed, based on information the use of automated collection techniques
before February 20, 2018. Census Bureau obtains from a variety of or other forms of information
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments sources including survey respondents technology.
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental and regional planning councils. Staff in Comments submitted in response to
Paperwork Clearance Officer, the Census Bureau’s Geography Division this notice will be summarized and/or
Department of Commerce, Room 6616, also monitor changes in corporate included in the request for OMB
14th and Constitution Avenue NW, status, which indicates if a place is approval of this information collection;
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the incorporated. Responses rates for the they also will become a matter of public
internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov). Form C–411 typically approach 85 record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
percent. There are three versions of the
form: Sheleen Dumas,
Requests for additional information or
• C–411(V) for verification of Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief
copies of the information collection Information Officer.
coverage for jurisdictions with existing
instrument(s) and instructions should
permit systems [FR Doc. 2017–27377 Filed 12–19–17; 8:45 am]
be directed to Erica M. Filipek, U.S. • C–411(M) for municipalities where BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
Census Bureau, MCD, CENHQ Room a new permit system may have been
7K057, 4600 Silver Hill Road, established
Washington, DC 20233, telephone (301) • C–411(C) for counties where new DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
763–5161 (or via the internet at permit systems may have been
Erica.Mary.Filipek@census.gov). established. Foreign-Trade Zones Board
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
III. Data [B–78–2017]
I. Abstract
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OMB Number: 0607–0350. Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 41—
The Census Bureau plans to request a Form Number: C–411(V), C–411(M), Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Notification of
three-year extension of a currently and C–411(C). Proposed Production Activity; AFE,
approved collection of the Form C–411, Type of Review: Regular submission. Inc. (Monitors/Displays/Televisions);
Survey of Residential Building or Affected Public: State and Local Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin
Zoning Permit Systems. The Census Governments.
Bureau produces statistics used to Estimated Number of Respondents: The Port of Milwaukee, grantee of
monitor activity in the large and 2,000 per year. FTZ 41, submitted a notification of

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proposed production activity to the FTZ TVs; monitor chassis components and with respect to 23 companies that
Board on behalf of AFE, Inc., located in assemblies of plastic and metal for tuner timely withdrew their requests for
Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The TVs; reflector sheets for tuner TVs; lens administrative review. Interested parties
notification conforming to the sheets for tuner TVs; diffusion sheets for are invited to comment on these
requirements of the regulations of the tuner TVs; bezels for tuner TVs; LCD preliminary results.
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was modules for tuner TVs; rear cover cable DATES: Applicable December 20, 2017.
received on November 30, 2017. assemblies for tuner TVs; and, stands for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The applicant has submitted a tuner TVs (duty rate ranges from duty- Ariela Garvett or Thomas Martin, AD/
separate application for subzone free to 10.7%). CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement
designation at AFE, Inc.’s facility under Public comment is invited from and Compliance, International Trade
15 CFR 400.38. The facility would be interested parties. Submissions shall be Administration, U.S. Department of
used to produce whiteboard monitors/ addressed to the Board’s Executive Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
interactive displays and televisions with Secretary at the address below. The NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
and without tuners. Pursuant to 15 CFR closing period for their receipt is (202) 482–3609 or (202) 482–3936,
400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited January 29, 2018. respectively.
to the specific foreign-status materials A copy of the notification will be
and components and specific finished SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
available for public inspection at the
products described in the submitted Office of the Executive Secretary, Background
notification (as described below) and Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room On February 8, 2017, the Department
subsequently authorized by the FTZ 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, notified interested parties of the
Board. 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Production under FTZ procedures opportunity to request an administrative
Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the review of orders, findings, or suspended
could exempt AFE, Inc., from customs ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s
duty payments on the foreign-status investigations with anniversaries in
website, which is accessible via February 2017, including the
components used in export production. www.trade.gov/ftz.
On its domestic sales, for the foreign- antidumping duty order on solar
For further information, contact products from Taiwan.1 On February 28,
status materials/components noted Christopher Wedderburn at
below, the company would be able to 2017, SolarWorld Americas Inc. (the
Chris.Wedderburn@trade.gov or (202) petitioner), as well as various exporters
choose the duty rates during customs 482–1963.
entry procedures that apply to and exporters, requested that the
whiteboard monitors/interactive Dated: December 14, 2017. Department conduct an administrative
displays, tuner-free televisions, and Andrew McGilvray, review of certain exporters covering the
televisions with tuners (duty rate ranges Executive Secretary. POR. On April 10, 2017, the Department
from duty-free to 3.9%). The company [FR Doc. 2017–27406 Filed 12–19–17; 8:45 am]
published a notice initiating an AD
would be able to avoid duty on foreign- administrative review of solar products
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status components which become scrap/ from Taiwan covering 34 companies for
waste. Customs duties also could the POR.2
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE In the Initiation Notice, the
possibly be deferred or reduced on
Department stated that if it limited the
foreign-status production equipment.
The components and materials International Trade Administration number of respondents for individual
sourced from abroad include: Printed examination, it intended to select
[A–583–853] respondents based on volume data
wire boards (PWBs) for monitors; PWBs
for keyboards; infrared light detecting contained in responses to its quantity
Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic
units for remote controllers; open cell and value (Q&V) questionnaire.3 On
Products From Taiwan: Preliminary
liquid crystal displays (LCDs); monitor April 10, 2017, the Department issued
Results of Antidumping Duty
chassis components and assemblies of Q&V questionnaires to all 11 companies
Administrative Review and Partial that appeared in the U.S. Customs and
plastic and metal; stainless steel screws; Rescission of Antidumping Duty
reflector sheets; lens sheets; diffusion Border Protection (CBP) data for import
Administrative Review; 2016–2017 and merchandise value.4 We received
sheets; light emitting diode (LED) wires;
PWBs for LEDs; plastic tapes; bezels; AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, Q&V questionnaire responses from 11
LCD modules; rear cover cable International Trade Administration, companies 5 named in the Initiation
assemblies; power supply and drive Department of Commerce.
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
units; power cables; LCD control cables; SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
Wi-Fi cables; keyboard cables; speakers; (the Department) is conducting an To Request Administrative Review, 82 FR 9709
A/C cords; remote controls; flexible flat administrative review of the (February 8, 2017).
cable for printed wire boards; AAA antidumping duty (AD) order on certain 2 See Initiation of Antidumping and

batteries; Wi-Fi units; plastic labels; TV crystalline silicon photovoltaic products Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR
17188, 17189 (April 10, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
stands and stand support brackets; (solar products) from Taiwan. The 3 Id. at 17189.
plastic bags; printed setup guides; period of review (POR) is February 1, 4 The Department explained in the Initiation
plastic cable clamps; molded paper 2016, through January 31, 2017. This Notice that the units used to measure the imported
packaging; paper packaging; cardboard administrative review covers 11 quantities of solar cells and solar modules in the
cartons; plastic packaging; printed exporters of the subject merchandise, CBP data are in ‘‘piece’’ units, and it would not be
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meaningful to sum the number of imported solar
instructions; self-tapping screws; wire including one mandatory respondent, cells and the number of imported solar modules in
holders of plastic; plastic spacers; Motech Industries, Inc. (Motech). The attempting to determine the largest Taiwan
plastic insulator for coolers; keyboard Department preliminarily determines exporters of subject merchandise by volume. Id.
cover assemblies; wooden pallets; PWBs that Motech made sales of subject Therefore, the Department stated that it would limit
the number of Q&V questionnaires issued based on
for tuner TV keyboards; infrared light merchandise at less than normal value the import values in CBP data. Id.
detecting units for tuner TV remote during the POR. Additionally, we are 5 The 11 companies that submitted a Q&V

controllers; open cell LCDs for tuner rescinding this administrative review questionnaire response include: AU Optronics

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82 FR 60369 - Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 41-Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; AFE, Inc. (Monitors/Displays/Televisions); Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

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