[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10031-10032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05137]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-14-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 124--Gramercy, Louisiana; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; Offshore Energy Services, Inc. (Casing 
Pipe With Connectors), Broussard, Louisiana

    The Port of South Louisiana, grantee of FTZ 124, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of Offshore Energy Services, Inc. (OES), located in Broussard, 
Louisiana. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on March 12, 
2019.
    The applicant indicates that it has submitted a separate 
application for subzone designation at the OES facility under FTZ 124. 
The facility will be used for the welding of connectors onto casing 
pipe. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to 
the specific foreign-status materials and components and specific 
finished product described in the submitted notification (as described 
below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt OES 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, OES would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry 
procedures that apply to API 5L line pipe with welded pin and box 
connections (duty-free). OES 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 API 
specification 5L line pipe, and welded pin and box threaded connections 
for use in oil and gas drilling operations (duty-free). The request 
indicates that certain materials/components are subject to special 
duties under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 
232), depending on the country of origin. The applicable Section 232 
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

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closing period for their receipt is April 29, 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 Juanita Chen at 
[email protected] or 202-482-1378.

    Dated: March 14, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-05137 Filed 3-18-19; 8:45 am]
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