[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63281-63282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26387]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 62-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 78--Nashville, TN, Application for Subzone, 
Hemlock Semiconductor, L.L.C. (Polysilicon); Clarksville, TN

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson 
County, grantee of FTZ 78, requesting special-purpose subzone status 
for the polysilicon manufacturing facility of

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Hemlock Semiconductor, L.L.C. (HSLLC), located in Clarksville, 
Tennessee. 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 
October 5, 2011.
    The HSLLC facility (800 employees, 1,831 acres, 10,000 metric tons 
capacity) is located at 1000 Solar Way, Clarksville, Tennessee. The 
facility will be used for the manufacturing and distribution of 
polysilicon, silicon tetrachloride, trichlorosilane, dichlorosilane, 
hydrogen chloride and direct process residue. Components and materials 
sourced from abroad (representing 5% of the value of the finished 
product) include: silicon metal, silicon tetrachloride, 
trichlorosilanes and dichlorosilanes (duty rate ranges from duty-free 
to 5.5%). HSLLC has indicated that they will accept a restriction 
prohibiting the admission of foreign status silicon metal subject to an 
antidumping or countervailing duty order into the proposed subzone.
    FTZ procedures could exempt HSLLC from customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export production. The company anticipates 
that some 75 percent of the plant's shipments will be exported. On its 
domestic sales, HSC would be able to choose the duty rates during 
customs entry procedures that apply to finished products (duty rate 
ranges from duty-free to 6.5%) for the foreign inputs noted above. FTZ 
designation would further allow HSLLC 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, Elizabeth Whiteman 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 
December 12, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to December 27, 2011.
    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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: October 5, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-26387 Filed 10-11-11; 8:45 am]
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