[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 102 (Thursday, May 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29722-29723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12786]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 36-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 18--San Jose, CA; Application for Subzone; Lam 
Research Corporation (Wafer Fabrication Equipment Manufacturing); 
Fremont, Newark, and Livermore, CA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the City of San Jose, grantee of FTZ 18, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the wafer fabrication equipment 
manufacturing facilities of Lam Research Corporation (Lam), located in 
Fremont, California. 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 Board (15 CFR part 400). It was 
formally filed on May 18, 2010.
    The Lam facilities (1,483 employees, 1,020 systems per year 
capacity) consist of 4 sites on 85 acres: Site 1 (29 acres) is located 
at 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont; Site 2 (20 acres) is located at 6120 
Stewart Ave., Fremont; Site 3 (29

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acres) is located at 38505 Cherry Street, Newark; and Site 4 (7 acres) 
is located at 1 Portola Avenue, Livermore. The facilities are used for 
the manufacture, assembly, repair, kitting, de-kitting and distribution 
of wafer fabrication equipment (in particular, single-wafer clean 
equipment and plasma etch equipment). Components and materials sourced 
from abroad (representing 9% of the value of the finished product) 
include: monofilament, tubes, belts, fittings, gaskets, washers, seals, 
valves, taps, bearings, stainless steel screws, pulleys, shaft 
couplings, gears, machinery parts, motors, quartz fittings and parts, 
electrical transformers, electromagnetic couplings, batteries, 
induction equipment, electrothermic appliances, speakers, amplifiers, 
magnetic and optical media, monitors, electrical circuitry and 
components, lamps, wiring, cable, electrical insulators, optical fibers 
and devices, lenses, lasers, liquid crystal devices, self adhesive and 
non-adhesive sheets, tempered glass, laboratory glassware, fittings and 
components of metal (precious, ferrous, and non-ferrous), precious 
stone articles, base metal tools, pumps, fans, sprayers, 
electromechanical drills, calculating instruments, measuring devices, 
time devices, packaging materials, brochures, and printed matter (duty 
rate ranges from duty-free to 9%).
    FTZ procedures could exempt Lam from customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export production. The company anticipates 
that 96.5 percent of the plant's shipments will be exported. On its 
domestic sales, Lam would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to wafer cleaning stand-alone 
systems and wafer etch process modules and systems, (duty-free) for the 
foreign inputs noted above. FTZ designation would further allow Lam to 
realize logistical benefits through the use of weekly customs entry 
procedures. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced 
on foreign status production equipment. The request indicates that the 
savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the plant's 
international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Maureen Hinman of the 
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and 
information presented in the application and case record and to report 
findings and recommendations to the Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
July 26, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to August 10, 2010.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Maureen Hinman at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b060a1e190e0e0545030205060a052b1f190a0f0e450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93fef2e6e1f6f6fdbdfbfafdfef2fdd3e7e1f2f7f6bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 482-0627.

    Dated: May 18, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-12786 Filed 5-26-10; 8:45 am]
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