[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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