[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 55578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25281]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-071-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 52--Jamaica, New York; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Advanced Optowave Corporation; (Diode 
Pumped Solid State Laser Systems/Manufacturing); Ronkonkoma, New York

    Suffolk County, grantee of FTZ 52, submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Advanced 
Optowave Corporation (Advanced Optowave), located in Ronkonkoma, New 
York. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on November 
8, 2017.
    The Advanced Optowave facility is located within FTZ 52, Site 5. 
The facility will be used for the production of diode pumped solid 
state laser systems (including the controller and laser). 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 Advanced Optowave from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components noted below, Advanced Optowave would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to diode pumped 
solid state laser systems (including the controller) (duty-free). 
Advanced Optowave would be able to avoid duty on foreign-status 
components which become scrap/waste. Customs duties also could possibly 
be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Optics 
(laser crystal--neodymium-doped yttrium orthovanadate (ND:YV04); 
lithium triborate crystal; laser mirror; window optics; optical lens; 
optical fiber); laser diode; radio frequency driver; thermistor; 
thermal electric cooler; printed circuit board (populated); computer 
power supply unit; aluminum mechanical parts (second harmonic 
generation (SHG) top cover; SHG bottom cover; third harmonic generation 
(THG) top cover; THG bottom cover; SHG base; THG base; harmonic base; 
clamp; mirror mount; lens barrel mount; lens barrel mount T-base; lens 
barrel; lens barrel spacer; laser crystal cover; laser base; desiccant 
guard; shutter mount; aperture base small; aperture disc; aperture base 
wide; wire adapter; windows mount; Q switch mount; heat sink; housing 
body; housing main cover; housing end cover; housing box umbilical 
adapter; housing leg double slit; housing leg single slit; housing 
diode cooling plate; housing duel fan cooling plate) (duty rate ranges 
from duty-free to 5.5%).
    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 January 2, 2018.
    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 Juanita Chen at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: November 17, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-25281 Filed 11-21-17; 8:45 am]
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