[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 170 (Thursday, September 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60340-60341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20995]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-56-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 279--Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Gulf Island Shipyards, 
LLC (Shipbuilding); Houma, Louisiana

    Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC (Gulf Island Shipyards) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facilities in Houma, Louisiana within FTZ 279. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on August 19, 2016.
    The request indicates that a separate application for site 
designation at the Gulf Island Shipyards facilities will be submitted 
pursuant to Section 400.38 of the Board's regulations. The Gulf Island 
Shipyards facilities are used for the repair, maintenance and 
fabrication of tugs, barges, dredges, offshore drilling rigs and other 
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 Gulf Island Shipyards 
from customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in 
export production. On its domestic sales, Gulf Island Shipyards would 
be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that 
applies to: Cargo vessels; passenger vessels; tankers; refrigerated 
vessels; offshore service vessels; fishing vessels; tugs and pusher 
crafts; dredgers; offshore drilling or production platforms; floating 
docks and similar structures; lifeboats and military vessels; and, 
hulls (duty-free) for the foreign-status inputs noted below. Customs 
duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status 
production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Floor-
bonding coats; epoxy resins; fittings; plastic floor coverings; boxes 
and crates; handles and knobs; gaskets; life jackets; insulation; 
plastic tiles; tableware; pipe fittings; flanges; metal elbows; metal 
sleeves; marine doors; steel wall panels; anchors; small steel drums; 
steel metadisc fasteners; steel washers; steel fasteners; ladders and 
raceways; wires; copper fittings; nuts; bolts; washers; screws; nickel 
fittings; aluminum rods, profiles and fittings; hangers; forgings; lead 
pipes and pipe fittings; zinc tubes, pipes and fittings; tin tubes, 
pipes and fittings; metal fittings; flexible tubing; boilers; steam 
turbines; turbine parts; marine inboard engines; diesel engines and 
parts; turbine jets; gas turbines; hydrojet engines; fuel oil pumps; 
cooling pumps; ballast pumps; macerator pumps; hydraulic pumps; bilge, 
sump and dredge pumps; jet pumps; air and liquid compressors; 
turbochargers; pumps and compressors; air conditioner units; HVAC 
units; refrigeration units; fire dampers; heat exchangers; cooling 
equipment; liquid purifying equipment; fuel filters; air filters; 
sprayers; winches; derricks; elevators; drilling risers; deck 
machinery; trash compactors; pressure valves; scupper valves; check 
valves; relief valves; gate valves; roller bearings; Z-drives; 
transmission shafts; housed bearings; gearboxes; pulleys; flywheels; 
clutches; universal joints; acoustic baffles; propellers and blades; AC 
and DC electric motors up to 746W; electric motors and generators 
(>750W); single-phase AC electric motors and generators; multi-phase AC 
electric motors and generators; AC motors and generators (750W-150kW); 
AC generators; generator sets; electrical ballasts; transformers; 
rectifiers; power supplies; inductors; starters; heaters; television 
reception equipment; radar equipment; radio remote control equipment; 
antennas; tuners; signaling devices; motor starters; switches; 
connectors; electrical terminals; switching equipment; electrical 
panels; arc lamps; signal generators; displays; coaxial cables; 
ignition wiring sets; electric conductors; mirrors; optical 
instruments; depth-sounding apparatus; micrometers; calipers; 
thermostats; voltage regulators; marine chronometers; helm chairs; 
table brackets and plates; seats and accessories; furniture; seat 
parts; and, searchlights (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 8.5%). The 
production activity under FTZ procedures would be subject to the 
``standard shipyard restriction'' applicable to foreign origin steel 
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products, which requires that Gulf Island Shipyards 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 October 11, 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 25, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-20995 Filed 8-31-16; 8:45 am]
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