Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 204 / Tuesday, October 24, 2017 / Notices 49177 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–65–2017] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 92—Harrison 

County, Mississippi; Notification of 

Proposed Production Activity; Vision 

Technologies Marine, Inc. (OceanGoing Vessels) Pascagoula, 

Mississippi 

The Mississippi Coast Foreign-Trade 

Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 92, submitted 

a notification of proposed production 

activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of 

Vision Technologies Marine, Inc., 

located in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The 

notification conforming to the 

requirements of the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 

received on October 10, 2017. 

The Vision Technologies Marine, Inc., 

facility is located within Site 6 of FTZ 

92. The facility is used for the 

construction, repair and refurbishing of 

ocean-going vessels. 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 Vision Technologies 

Marine, Inc., from customs duty 

payments on the foreign-status 

components used in export production. 

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

below, Vision Technologies Marine, 

Inc., would be able to choose the duty 

rates during customs entry procedures 

that apply to: Cargo vessels; passenger 

vessels; tankers; refrigerated vessels; 

offshore service vessels; fishing vessels; 

tugs and pusher craft; dredgers; offshore 

drilling or production platforms; 

floating docks; lifeboats; military 

vessels; and, hulls (duty-free). Vision 

Technologies Marine, Inc., 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: Polymer 

adhesives; floor bonding and coating; 

plastic tubes and joints for generator 

sets; plastic flooring; pipe segment 

insulation; plastic generator set spare 

parts; rubber hoses with fittings; sealing 

rings; curtains; oil booms; rock wool; 

glass partitions; steel bulb flats; pressure 

vessels; fire dampers; galvanized steel 

pipe supports; steel flanges; marine 

doors; steel hatch covers; deck 

transverse stoppers; small steel drums; 

steel gas cylinders; steel metadisc 

fasteners; steel washers; steel fasteners; 

man-holes; ladders, raceways and 

ramps; expansion bellows; deck socket 

fittings; hatch covers; aluminum 

profiles; aluminum wall and ceiling 

panels; copper nickel flanges; bobbins; 

handrails; hollow aluminum profiles; 

aluminum profiles for door and window 

frames; tin battery boxes and parts; 

marine door parts; door mounts; 

aluminum cofferdams; aluminum 

electrodes; chlorine dosing units; diesel 

engines; strainers; diesel engine parts; 

propulsion parts; ride control system 

parts; ride control systems; cables; stern 

tube assemblies; fuel oil separators; 

marine engine spare parts; silencers; 

propulsion equipment; marine engine 

seals; main foil assemblies; vulkan 

shafts; engine manifolds; ride 

controllers; fuel pumps; reciprocating 

pumps; rotary pumps; heaters; 

hydraulic driving systems; N2 booster 

compression units; blower fans; stock 

rudder blades; ventilation equipment; 

cooling plants; heat exchangers; potable 

water skids; intake filters; water 

separators; food waste handling system 

pumps; nitrogen generators; electric 

winches; winches; straddle carriers; 

davits; deck machinery; ships spare 

bushings; computerized monitoring 

systems; solid waste processors; 

controls; thrusters; compressors; cooling 

pumps; pressure valves; solenoid 

valves; non-return valves; safety relief 

valves; butterfly and ball valves; 

hydraulic actuated valves; composite 

parts; shaft bearings; combined ball and 

roller bearing kits; shafts; gears; 

couplings; mechanical seals for water 

jets; propeller blades and systems; 

propeller shafts; anti-vibration mounts; 

propeller nozzles; AC multi-phase 

electric motors; electric motors not 

exceeding 373 kW; electrical generators 

with output exceeding 750 kVA; 

auxiliary engine generator sets; davit 

parts; transformers; converter cabinet 

units; power supplies; horns; bells; 

gongs; windshield wiper parts; 

computer parts; hot water calorifiers; 

ESD shore connections; electrical 

equipment; central control units; power 

supplies; control system containers; 

breakers electrical parts; electrical 

terminals; bridge firefighting control 

panels; control and alarm boards; 

distribution panels; 20A, 20V power 

supplies; switchboards; electrical 

components; electrical cables; vibration 

control equipment; marine evacuation 

equipment; life boats; marine 

evacuation system life rafts and 

components; high pressure flow meters; 

gas detection systems; inert gas systems; 

hydraulic power units; helm chairs; 

table brackets and plates; seats and 

accessories; furniture; seat parts; 

searchlights; bathroom modules; and, 

bilge water separators (duty rate ranges 

from duty-free to 11.3%). The request 

indicates that curtains will be admitted 

to the zone in privileged foreign status 

(19 CFR 146.41) or domestic status (19 

CFR 146.43), thereby precluding 

inverted tariff benefits on such items. 

The production activity under FTZ 

procedures would be subject to the 

‘‘standard shipyard restriction’’ 

applicable to foreign origin steel mill 

products, which requires that Vision 

Technologies Marine, Inc., pay all 

applicable duties on such items. 

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 

December 4, 2017. 

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 

Web site, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Elizabeth Whiteman at 

Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 

482–0473. 

Dated: October 18, 2017. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23024 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–66–2017] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 134— 

Chattanooga, Tennessee; Notification 

of Proposed Production Activity; 

Volkswagen Group of America— 

Chattanooga Operations, LLC 

(Passenger Motor Vehicles), 

Chattanooga, Tennessee 

Volkswagen Group of America— 

Chattanooga Operations, LLC (VW) 

submitted a notification of proposed 

production activity to the FTZ Board for 

its facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee, 

within FTZ 134. The notification 

conforming to the requirements of the 

regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 

400.22) was received on October 13, 

2017. 


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VW already has authority to produce 

passenger motor vehicles within Site 3 

of FTZ 134. The current request would 

add foreign status materials/components 

to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 

CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority 

would be limited to the specific foreignstatus materials/components described 

in the submitted notification (as 

described below) and subsequently 

authorized by the FTZ Board. 

Production under FTZ procedures 

could exempt VW from customs duty 

payments on the foreign-status 

materials/components used in export 

production. On its domestic sales, for 

the foreign-status materials/components 

noted below, VW would be able to 

choose the duty rates during customs 

entry procedures that apply to passenger 

motor vehicles (duty rate—2.5%). VW 

would be able to avoid duty on foreignstatus components which become scrap/ 

waste. Customs duties also could 

possibly be deferred or reduced on 

foreign-status production equipment. 

The materials/components sourced 

from abroad are anti-theft alarm sensors 

and unframed mirror glass (duty rates— 

1.3% and 7.8%, respectively). 

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 

December 4, 2017. 

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 

Web site, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Christopher Kemp at 

Christopher.Kemp@trade.gov or (202) 

482–0862. 

Dated: October 18, 2017. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23023 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–64–2017] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 153—San 

Diego, California; Notification of 

Proposed Production Activity; 

Plantronics, Inc. (Electronics/ 

Telecommunications) San Diego, 

California 

Plantronics, Inc. (Plantronics), 

submitted a notification of proposed 

production activity to the FTZ Board for 

its facility in San Diego, California. The 

notification conforming to the 

requirements of the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 

received on October 13, 2017. 

Plantronics’ facility is located within 

Site 8 of FTZ 153. The facility is used 

for manufacturing, assembling, 

programming, testing, packaging, final 

stage processing, warehousing, 

repairing, and distribution of audio 

communication devices. 

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 Plantronics from customs 

duty payments on the foreign-status 

components used in export production. 

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

below, Plantronics would be able to 

choose the duty rates during customs 

entry procedures that apply to corded 

headsets, wireless headsets, telephonic 

apparatuses, telecommunication cables, 

and speakers (duty-free to 2.4%). 

Plantronics 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: Cables 

with connectors; microphones; plastic 

headbands, printed circuit boards; 

headset parts; speakers; printed circuit 

boards; lithium ion polymer batteries; 

power supplies; printed paperboard 

insert holders; bound user guides/ 

manuals; labels with adhesive; labels 

non-self-adhesive; printed paperboard 

boxes for packaging; corrugated 

cardboard master shipping boxes; 

corrugated cardboard shipping boxes; 

formed plastic packaging encapsulating 

the product; polyurethane bags for 

packaging, and plastic self-adhesive 

tape for sealing (duty rate ranges from 

duty-free to 5.8%). 

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 

December 4, 2017. 

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 

Web site, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Christopher Wedderburn at 

Chris.Wedderburn@trade.gov or (202) 

482–1963. 

Dated: October 18, 2017. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23025 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–060, A–533–875, A–580–893, A–583– 

860] 

Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber 

From the People’s Republic of China, 

India, the Republic of Korea, and 

Taiwan: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in Less-Than-FairValue Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable October 24, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edythe Artman at (202) 482–3931 (the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC)), 

Patrick O’Connor at (202) 482–0989 

(India), Karine Gziryan at (202) 482– 

4081 (the Republic of Korea (Korea)), 

and Lilit Astvatsatrian at (202) 482– 

6412 (Taiwan), AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 20, 2017, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) initiated 

the less-than-fair-value investigations of 

imports of fine denier polyester staple 

fiber (PSF) from the PRC, India, Korea, 


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