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these petitions are submitted is 11.313, 

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms. 

Irette Patterson, 

Program Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00401 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–WH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–03–2018] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 40— 

Cleveland, Ohio; Notification of 

Proposed Production Activity; 

Swagelok Company (Valve Component 

Parts); Solon, Willoughby Hills, 

Highland Heights, and Strongsville, 

Ohio 

The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port 

Authority, grantee of FTZ 40, submitted 

a notification of proposed production 

activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of 

Swagelok Company (Swagelok) located 

in Solon, Willoughby Hills, Highland 

Heights, and Strongsville, Ohio. The 

notification conforming to the 

requirements of the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 

received on December 26, 2017. 

The Swagelok facilities are located 

within Subzone 40I. The facilities are 

used for production of industrial 

fittings, finished valves, pressure 

reducing valves, and regulators. 

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 Swagelok from customs 

duty payments on the foreign-status 

components used in export production 

(estimated at 13 percent of production). 

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

below, Swagelok would be able to 

choose the duty rates during customs 

entry procedures that apply to: High 

pressure reinforced plastic hoses; teflon 

tubing; plastic tubing with fittings; 

polytetrafluoroethylene and plastic 

hoses; plastic and nylon fittings and 

nuts; plastic and teflon ferrules; rubber 

hoses with and without fittings; rubber 

hoses with fittings reinforced or 

otherwise combined with textile 

materials; non-alloy steel seamless 

tubing; stainless steel tubing; welded 

stainless steel tubing; stainless steel 

flanges; straight or shaped stainless steel 

fittings; stainless steel butt-weld fittings; 

threaded, unthreaded, and welded-ends 

stainless steel fittings; machined flanges 

of alloy steel not including stainless; 

straight or shaped steel fittings; steel 

butt-welded fittings; steel adapter 

fittings without threads; brass tubes 

used in brass valve assemblies; brass 

fittings used in brass valve assemblies; 

brass fitting ferrules; nuts and ferrule 

sets used in brass fittings; nickelchromium alloy tubing; nickel alloy 

fittings; aluminum ferrules, nuts, and 

ferrule kits; stainless steel flexible metal 

tubing; steel flexible tubing with 

fittings; pressure reducing valves; 

hydraulic solenoid valves; check valves; 

relief valves, and diaphragm valves 

(duty rate ranges from duty-free to 

6.2%). Swagelok 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: Plastic 

caps used for component protection in 

shipping; teflon O-rings for valve 

connections; rubber gaskets and O-rings 

to prevent leakage; rubber gripper pads; 

rubber grommets; rubber bands used in 

valve applications; grafoil packing; 

replacement safety glass for pressure 

gauge lenses; glass face plates for 

gauges; forged non-alloy steel bars; 

carbon steel barstock; forged rods; cold 

finished steel bars; circular, hot formed 

or extruded hot rolled stainless steel; 

cold formed stainless steel bars; circular 

bars or rods of stainless steel barstock; 

steel angled shapes and sections to be 

used in valve bodies; unmachined 

stainless steel flanges; empty sample 

cylinders for compressed gases or 

liquids; self-tapping screws of various 

sizes for valve assemblies; nuts and 

bolts; steel screws; threaded hardware 

for valves; nuts for tube support 

systems; lock and spring washers; 

stainless steel washers; cotter pins and 

retaining rings; steel and stainless steel 

non-threaded hardware; helical springs; 

spring kits; disc springs for tube 

supports; circular or hex brass barstock; 

square copper alloy barstock to machine 

fittings; brass tube plugs; brass sleeves; 

nickel alloy barstock; nickel alloy 

gaskets; aluminum barstock; lead seals 

for valves; titanium barstock; steel and 

stainless steel clamps; steel mountings 

for valve applications; brackets for valve 

applications; hydraulic motors to open 

and close valves; non-linear acting air 

operators to open and close valves; air 

operator carbon steel mufflers and 

filters; air and liquid pumps; filters for 

liquids and gases; filter elements; 

cutting dies; drill inserts; cut-off blade 

bases; grooving insert holders; pigging 

machines—push-on tool assembly; 

valve and regulator poppets; linear, ball 

or radial bearings to be used in pumps; 

bearing housings for plain shaft bearings 

to be used in pumps; ball or roller 

screws for gears; machine clutches used 

in fitting manufacturing machines; 

rubber, plastic, and steel O-ring sets; 

direct current (DC) motors between 37.5 

watts and 74.6 watts to open and close 

valves; DC motors between 750 watts 

and 14.92 kilowatts to open and close 

valves; alternating current (AC) electric 

actuators to open and close valves; 

multiphase AC motors to open and close 

valves; power supplies or converters; 

welding machine weld heads; heater 

cartridges for regulators; transceivers; 

optical projectors used in valve 

assemblies; indicator panels for alarms; 

power connection and termination kits; 

limit and proximity switches; crimp 

terminals; insulated ring terminals; butt 

connectors; electrical controllers; USB 

power cables or cords; panel faces for 

valve assembly controllers; lasers used 

for valve assemblies; thermometers; 

flow sensors for measuring and 

checking pressure; pressure gauges; 

pressure gauge cable fittings—fill plugs 

and steam syphons; inspection gauges; 

and, temperature control instruments 

(duty rate ranges from duty-free to 

15%). The request indicates that the 

following components are subject to 

antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/ 

CVD) orders if imported from certain 

countries: Carbon steel barstock; hot 

rolled stainless steel; stainless steel bars; 

stainless steel barstock; empty sample 

cylinders for compressed gases or 

liquids; bolts with nuts; steel screws; 

threaded hardware for valves; lock and 

spring washers; helical springs or kits; 

disc springs for tube supports; brass 

tube plugs; brass sleeves; brackets for 

valve applications; parts for hose 

crimping machines; pigging machines; 

push-on tool assemblies; bearing 

housings for plain shaft bearings to be 

used in pumps; DC motors between 37.5 

watts and 74.6 watts to open and close 

valves; and, heater cartridges for 

regulators. The FTZ Board’s regulations 

(15 CFR 400.14(e)) require that 

merchandise subject to AD/CVD orders, 

or items which would be otherwise 

subject to suspension of liquidation 

under AD/CVD procedures if they 

entered U.S. customs territory, be 

admitted to the zone 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 

February 21, 2018. 


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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 

Chris.Wedderburn@trade.gov or (202) 

482–1963. 

Dated: January 8, 2018. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00436 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–28–2017] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 186—Waterville, 

Maine; Application for Production 

Authority; Flemish Master Weavers; 

Subzone 186A; Invitation for Public 

Comment on Additional Information 

The FTZ Board is inviting public 

comment on a new submission by the 

City of Waterville, Maine, grantee of 

FTZ 186, containing additional 

information pertaining to the 

production application of Flemish 

Master Weavers (FMW). The 

application, which was subject to a 

public comment period through August 

7, 2017, requests unrestricted authority 

for FMW to produce machine-made 

woven area rugs from foreign-status 

continuous filament polypropylene yarn 

within Subzone 186A at the FMW 

facility in Sanford, Maine. The new 

submission on which the FTZ Board is 

now inviting public comment includes 

additional information concerning the 

supply of domestically-produced 

continuous filament polypropylene yarn 

and additional HTSUS Subheadings to 

describe that yarn. 

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 

February 12, 2018. Rebuttal comments 

in response to material submitted 

during the foregoing period may be 

submitted during the subsequent 15-day 

period to February 26, 2018. 

A copy of the submission 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 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: January 8, 2018. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00437 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–02–2018] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 49—Newark/ 

Elizabeth, New Jersey; Application for 

Expansion of Subzone 49C; E.R. 

Squibb & Sons, LLC; New Brunswick, 

New Jersey 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by 

the Port Authority of New York and 

New Jersey, grantee of FTZ 49, 

requesting the expansion of Subzone 

49C for the facility of E.R. Squibb and 

Sons, LLC, located in New Brunswick, 

New Jersey. The application was 

submitted pursuant to the provisions of 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the 

regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 

part 400). It was formally docketed on 

January 3, 2018. 

The proposed expansion of Subzone 

49C will add 0.1258 acres to existing 

Site 1 (96 acres), located at One Squibb 

Drive in New Brunswick. No additional 

authorization for production activity has 

been requested at this time. 

In accordance with the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to review 

the application and make 

recommendations to the FTZ Board. 

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 

February 21, 2018. Rebuttal comments 

in response to material submitted 

during the foregoing period may be 

submitted during the subsequent 15-day 

period to March 8, 2018. 

A copy of the application 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 website, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Kathleen Boyce at Kathleen.Boyce@

trade.gov or (202) 482–1346. 

Dated: January 8, 2018. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00435 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–02–2018] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 49—Newark/ 

Elizabeth, New Jersey; Application for 

Expansion of Subzone 49C; E.R. 

Squibb & Sons, LLC; New Brunswick, 

New Jersey 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by 

the Port Authority of New York and 

New Jersey, grantee of FTZ 49, 

requesting the expansion of Subzone 

49C for the facility of E.R. Squibb and 

Sons, LLC, located in New Brunswick, 

New Jersey. The application was 

submitted pursuant to the provisions of 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the 

regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 

part 400). It was formally docketed on 

January 3, 2018. 

The proposed expansion of Subzone 

49C will add 0.1258 acres to existing 

Site 1 (96 acres), located at One Squibb 

Drive in New Brunswick. No additional 

authorization for production activity has 

been requested at this time. 

In accordance with the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to review 

the application and make 

recommendations to the FTZ Board. 

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 

February 21, 2018. Rebuttal comments 

in response to material submitted 

during the foregoing period may be 

submitted during the subsequent 15-day 

period to March 8, 2018. 

A copy of the application 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 


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