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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 2078] 

Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 163; 

Ponce, Puerto Rico 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘. . . the 

establishment . . . of foreign-trade 

zones in ports of entry of the United 

States, to expedite and encourage 

foreign commerce, and for other 

purposes,’’ and authorizes the ForeignTrade Zones Board to grant to qualified 

corporations the privilege of 

establishing foreign-trade zones in or 

adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection ports of entry; 

Whereas, the CODEZOL, C.D., grantee 

of Foreign-Trade Zone 163, submitted 

an application to the Board for authority 

to expand FTZ 163 to include a site at 

the Ponce Regional Distribution Center 

(Site 17) in Ponce, Puerto Rico, adjacent 

to the San Juan Customs and Border 

Protection port of entry (B–38–2018, 

docketed June 13, 2018); 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment has been given in the Federal 

Register (83 FR 28411–28412, June 19, 

2018) and the application has been 

processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to expand FTZ 163 is 

approved, subject to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations, including 

Section 400.13. 

Dated: December 13, 2018. 

Christian B. Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27425 Filed 12–18–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 2077] 

Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 

78 Under Alternative Site Framework; 

Nashville, Tennessee 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘ . . . the 

establishment . . . of foreign-trade 

zones in ports of entry of the United 

States, to expedite and encourage 

foreign commerce, and for other 

purposes,’’ and authorizes the ForeignTrade Zones Board to grant to qualified 

corporations the privilege of 

establishing foreign-trade zones in or 

adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection ports of entry; 

Whereas, the Board adopted the 

alternative site framework (ASF) (15 

CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the 

establishment or reorganization of 

zones; 

Whereas, the Metropolitan 

Government of Nashville and Davidson 

County, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 

78, submitted an application to the 

Board (FTZ Docket B–41–2018, 

docketed June 28, 2018) for authority to 

reorganize under the ASF with a service 

area of the Counties of Cannon, 

Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Macon, 

Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, 

Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, 

Williamson and Wilson, Tennessee in 

and adjacent to the Nashville Customs 

and Border Protection port of entry, FTZ 

78’s existing Sites 6 and 7 would be 

categorized as magnet sites, and existing 

Sites 13, 14 and 15 would be 

categorized as usage-driven sites; 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (83 FR 31368, July 5, 2018) and 

the application has been processed 

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to reorganize FTZ 78 

under the ASF is approved, subject to 

the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.13, to the Board’s 

standard 2,000-acre activation limit for 

the zone, to an ASF sunset provision for 

magnet sites that would terminate 

authority for Site 7 if not activated 

within five years from the month of 

approval, and to an ASF sunset 

provision for usage-driven sites that 

would terminate authority for Sites 13, 

14 and 15 if no foreign-status 

merchandise is admitted for a bona fide 

customs purpose within three years 

from the month of approval. 

Dated: December 13, 2018. 

Christian B. Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27427 Filed 12–18–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 2076] 

Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 

113 (Expansion of Service Area) Under 

Alternative Site Framework, Ellis 

County, Texas 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘. . . the 

establishment . . . of foreign-trade 

zones in ports of entry of the United 

States, to expedite and encourage 

foreign commerce, and for other 

purposes,’’ and authorizes the ForeignTrade Zones Board to grant to qualified 

corporations the privilege of 

establishing foreign-trade zones in or 

adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection ports of entry; 

Whereas, the Board adopted the 

alternative site framework (ASF) (15 

CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the 

establishment or reorganization of 

zones; 

Whereas, the Ellis County Trade Zone 

Corporation, grantee of Foreign-Trade 

Zone 113, submitted an application to 

the Board (FTZ Docket B–37–2018, 

docketed June 4, 2018) for authority to 

expand the service area of the zone to 

include Navarro County, Texas, as 

described in the application, adjacent to 

the Dallas/Fort Worth Customs and 

Border Protection port of entry; 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (83 FR 26947, June 11, 2018) 

and the application has been processed 

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 


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requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to reorganize FTZ 113 

to expand the service area under the 

ASF is approved, subject to the FTZ Act 

and the Board’s regulations, including 

Section 400.13, and to the Board’s 

standard 2,000-acre activation limit for 

the zone. 

Dated: December 13, 2018. 

Christian B. Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27424 Filed 12–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–78–2018] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 99— 

Wilmington, Delaware; Notification of 

Proposed Production Activity; Bloom 

Energy Corporation; (Commercial Fuel 

Cells and Related Subassemblies); 

Newark, Delaware 

The Delaware Department of State, 

grantee of FTZ 99, submitted a 

notification of proposed production 

activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of 

Bloom Energy Corporation (Bloom), 

located at sites in Newark, Delaware. 

The notification conforming to the 

requirements of the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 

received on December 4, 2018. 

The Bloom facilities are located 

within Subzone 99I. The facilities are 

used for the production of commercial 

fuel cells and related subassemblies. 

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 Bloom from customs duty 

payments on the foreign-status 

components used in export production. 

On its domestic sales, for the foreignstatus materials/components noted 

below, Bloom would be able to choose 

the duty rates during customs entry 

procedures that apply to: Piping 

manifolds; water distribution modules; 

fuel processing units; fuel cell power 

modules (DC generator); nickel iron 

alloy fuel cell power module enclosures 

(housings); power inverters; and, energy 

storage and distribution modules (duty 

rates range from duty free to 3.8%). 

Bloom 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: Glass 

powder; ceramic substrates; plastic 

labels; plastic containers with sleeves; 

plastic enclosure bags; plastic cable ties; 

rubber grommets; adhesives; cardboard 

boxes; textile paper filters; zirconia 

alumina shaping stones; ceramic heat 

plating; glass fiber insulation jackets; 

nickel alloy wire probes; alloy steel 

adapters; stainless steel tubing; stainless 

steel coated tubing; stainless steel 

spacers; stainless steel pipes; stainless 

steel flanges; stainless steel pipe 

fixtures; stainless steel clamps; stainless 

steel screws; stainless steel washers; 

stainless steel cable; stainless steel 

spacers; nickel plates; nickel mesh; 

chromium alloy powder; iron and steel 

flexible tubing with fittings; cooling 

fans; prototype compressors; axial fan 

motors; fan cable connectors; fan mount 

rubber gaskets; aluminum plate-fin heat 

exchangers; heat exchange units; water 

filtering machinery; stainless steel 

weldments; filtering equipment; gas 

filtering canisters; gas filtering canister 

brackets; hoists; aluminum screens with 

frames; stainless steel valves; solenoid 

valves; inlet/outlet manifolds; housing 

units for fuel cells; iron/nickel alloy and 

ceramic fuel cell dielectrics; dielectric 

transformers for inverters; transformers 

1kVA power handling capacity; power 

inverters; fuel cell control units; rectifier 

and static converter power cards; 

rectifier and static converter circuit 

boards; rectifier and static converter 

mounting brackets; mixed alloy rectifier 

and static converter casings; static 

converters; holding magnets; electric 

capacitors; electric capacitor caps; 

programmable controllers; printed 

circuit boards; electrical contactors; 

electrical terminators; electrical fuses; 

printed circuit boards; contactors; 

electrical controller backplanes and 

handles; multimodal switchboard 

antennas; multimodal switchboard 

mounting switches; internal frames for 

multimodal switchboards; electrical 

controllers; diodes; cables for telemetry 

equipment; electrical conductors fitted 

with connectors; electrical conductors 

for telecommunication; copper electrical 

conductors; cables with fitted 

connectors; plastic insulating fittings; 

thermocouples; probe wires; electrical 

thermocouple assemblies; thermocouple 

assembly terminals; gas flow meters; 

transducers; electricity meters; 

programmable load boxes; fuel cell 

output (harmonics, temperature and 

luminosity) measuring devices; mass 

flow controllers; power conditioning 

systems regulating power control in fuel 

cell; mixed alloy interconnecting plates; 

and, chromium iron interconnect plates 

(duty rates range from duty-free to 

8.5%). The request indicates that textile 

paper filters will be admitted to the 

zone in privileged foreign status (19 

CFR 146.41), thereby precluding 

inverted tariff benefits on such items. 

The request also indicates that certain 

materials/components are subject to 

special duties under Section 232 of the 

Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 

232) and Section 301 of the Trade Act 

of 1974 (Section 301), depending on the 

country of origin. The applicable 

Section 232 and Section 301 decisions 

require subject merchandise to be 

admitted to FTZs in privileged foreign 

status (19 CFR 146.41). 

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 28, 2019. 

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 Diane 

Finver at Diane.Finver@trade.gov or 

(202) 482–1367. 

Dated: December 14, 2018. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27461 Filed 12–18–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–222–2018] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 163—Ponce, 

Puerto Rico; Application for Subzone; 

Puerto Rico Steel Products 

Corporation; Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by CODEZOL, C.D., grantee of 

FTZ 163, requesting subzone status for 

the facility of Puerto Rico Steel Products 

Corporation, located in Coto Laurel, 

Puerto Rico. The application was 

submitted pursuant to the provisions of 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 


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