[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 65142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27461]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-78-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 99--Wilmington, Delaware; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; Bloom Energy Corporation; (Commercial 
Fuel Cells and Related Subassemblies); Newark, Delaware

    The Delaware Department of State, grantee of FTZ 99, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of Bloom Energy Corporation (Bloom), located at sites in Newark, 
Delaware. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on December 
4, 2018.
    The Bloom facilities are located within Subzone 99I. The facilities 
are used for the production of commercial fuel cells and related 
subassemblies. 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 Bloom 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, Bloom would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to: Piping manifolds; water 
distribution modules; fuel processing units; fuel cell power modules 
(DC generator); nickel iron alloy fuel cell power module enclosures 
(housings); power inverters; and, energy storage and distribution 
modules (duty rates range from duty free to 3.8%). Bloom 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: Glass 
powder; ceramic substrates; plastic labels; plastic containers with 
sleeves; plastic enclosure bags; plastic cable ties; rubber grommets; 
adhesives; cardboard boxes; textile paper filters; zirconia alumina 
shaping stones; ceramic heat plating; glass fiber insulation jackets; 
nickel alloy wire probes; alloy steel adapters; stainless steel tubing; 
stainless steel coated tubing; stainless steel spacers; stainless steel 
pipes; stainless steel flanges; stainless steel pipe fixtures; 
stainless steel clamps; stainless steel screws; stainless steel 
washers; stainless steel cable; stainless steel spacers; nickel plates; 
nickel mesh; chromium alloy powder; iron and steel flexible tubing with 
fittings; cooling fans; prototype compressors; axial fan motors; fan 
cable connectors; fan mount rubber gaskets; aluminum plate-fin heat 
exchangers; heat exchange units; water filtering machinery; stainless 
steel weldments; filtering equipment; gas filtering canisters; gas 
filtering canister brackets; hoists; aluminum screens with frames; 
stainless steel valves; solenoid valves; inlet/outlet manifolds; 
housing units for fuel cells; iron/nickel alloy and ceramic fuel cell 
dielectrics; dielectric transformers for inverters; transformers 1kVA 
power handling capacity; power inverters; fuel cell control units; 
rectifier and static converter power cards; rectifier and static 
converter circuit boards; rectifier and static converter mounting 
brackets; mixed alloy rectifier and static converter casings; static 
converters; holding magnets; electric capacitors; electric capacitor 
caps; programmable controllers; printed circuit boards; electrical 
contactors; electrical terminators; electrical fuses; printed circuit 
boards; contactors; electrical controller backplanes and handles; 
multimodal switchboard antennas; multimodal switchboard mounting 
switches; internal frames for multimodal switchboards; electrical 
controllers; diodes; cables for telemetry equipment; electrical 
conductors fitted with connectors; electrical conductors for 
telecommunication; copper electrical conductors; cables with fitted 
connectors; plastic insulating fittings; thermocouples; probe wires; 
electrical thermocouple assemblies; thermocouple assembly terminals; 
gas flow meters; transducers; electricity meters; programmable load 
boxes; fuel cell output (harmonics, temperature and luminosity) 
measuring devices; mass flow controllers; power conditioning systems 
regulating power control in fuel cell; mixed alloy interconnecting 
plates; and, chromium iron interconnect plates (duty rates range from 
duty-free to 8.5%). The request indicates that textile paper filters 
will be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 
146.41), thereby precluding inverted tariff benefits on such items. The 
request also indicates that certain materials/components are subject to 
special duties under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 
(Section 232) and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Section 301), 
depending on the country of origin. The applicable Section 232 and 
Section 301 decisions require subject merchandise to be admitted to 
FTZs in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41).
    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 28, 2019.
    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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: December 14, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-27461 Filed 12-18-18; 8:45 am]
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