[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 126 (Monday, July 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30821-30822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13945]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-44-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 265--Conroe, Texas; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Bauer Manufacturing LLC dba NEORig 
(Stationary Oil/Gas Drilling Rigs); Conroe, Texas

    The City of Conroe, grantee of FTZ 265, submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Bauer 
Manufacturing LLC dba NEORig (Bauer), located in Conroe, Texas. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on June 5, 2017.
    Bauer already has authority to produce pile drivers and leads, 
boring machinery, foundation construction equipment, foundation casings 
and related parts and sub-assemblies, tools and accessories for pile 
drivers, and

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stationary oil/gas drilling rigs and related subassemblies within Site 
1 of FTZ 265. The current request would add a foreign status material/
component to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), 
additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific foreign-
status material/component described in the submitted notification (as 
described below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Bauer from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status material/component used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status material/
component noted below Bauer would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to the company's finished 
products previously approved by the FTZ Board (duty rate ranges from 
duty-free to 5%). Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or 
reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The material/component sourced from abroad is: Hydraulic roughneck 
(duty-free).
    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 August 14, 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 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: June 27, 2017.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-13945 Filed 6-30-17; 8:45 am]
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