[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 54554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19514]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-52-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 134--Chattanooga, Tennessee; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Wacker Polysilicon North 
America LLC (Polysilicon); Charleston, Tennessee

    Wacker Polysilicon North America LLC (Wacker) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Charleston, Tennessee within FTZ 134. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on August 5, 2016.
    A separate application for subzone designation at the Wacker 
facility was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.38 of 
the Board's regulations. The facility is used for the production of 
polysilicon. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status materials/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 Wacker from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export 
production (estimated 95 percent of production). On its domestic sales, 
Wacker would be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry 
procedures that applies to hyperpure polysilicon (duty-free) for the 
foreign-status material/component noted below. Customs duties also 
could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production 
equipment.
    The material/component sourced from abroad is: silicon metal (duty 
rate: 5.3%). Wacker has only requested authority to admit silicon metal 
that is not subject to an antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) 
order to the zone in foreign status. Any silicon metal subject to an 
AD/CVD order would be brought into the zone in domestic (duty-paid) 
status.
    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 September 26, 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 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: August 10, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-19514 Filed 8-15-16; 8:45 am]
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