[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 81293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32779]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-83-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 183--Austin, Texas; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC; 
Subzone 183B (Semiconductors); Austin, Texas

    Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C. (Samsung), operator of Subzone 
183B, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the 
FTZ Board for its facility in Austin, Texas. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on December 14, 2015.
    Samsung already has authority to produce semiconductor memory 
devices for export. The current request would add foreign-status 
hexamethyldisilazane to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific 
foreign-status material described in the submitted notification and 
subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Export production under FTZ procedures could exempt Samsung from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status hexamethyldisilazane (3.7% 
duty rate) and the materials and components in the existing scope of 
authority. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on 
foreign-status production equipment.
    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 8, 
2016.
    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 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: December 22, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-32779 Filed 12-28-15; 8:45 am]
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