[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14086-14087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06976]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-22-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 136--Brevard County, Florida; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Airbus OneWeb Satellites, 
LLC (Satellites and Satellite Systems); Merritt Island, Florida

    The Canaveral Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 136, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of Airbus OneWeb Satellites, LLC (Airbus OneWeb) located in Merritt 
Island, Florida. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on April 2, 
2019.
    The Airbus OneWeb facility is located within Site 7 of FTZ 136. The 
facility is used for the production of satellites for commercial, 
private, and military applications. 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 Airbus OneWeb 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, Airbus OneWeb would be able to choose the duty 
rates during customs entry procedures that apply to satellites for 
internet/communications (duty-free). Airbus OneWeb 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: Mapsil 
silicone adhesives; black adhesive tapes; transfer tapes; foil tapes; 
kapton labels and tapes; thermal washers; plastic wire tie wraps; 
harpoon style zip tie wiring harnesses; continuous length rolls of 
hooked (male) and looped (female) velcro style adhesive strip tapes; 
gaskets; stainless steel piping systems; xenon gas tanks; stainless 
steel socket screws of various lengths not exceeding 6mm in diameter; 
metal washers; solar array unit bushings; xenon storage tanks; 
individual aluminum brackets and shims (angled slugs) of varying angles 
and sizes; hall effect thrusters; on board computers; propulsion xenon 
flow systems; power processing units; lithium batteries; kapton 
(polyimide) insulated flexible heaters of varying sizes; wire and cable 
splitters; flexible channelizers; GPS antennas; GPS antenna assemblies 
consisting of base plates, partitions and GWA feeds and latches all for 
sole use with Ku and Ka band antennas; Ku band antennas; crimp style 
wire connectors; grounding straps; coaxial wire connectors; power 
conditioning and distribution units; signal amplifiers; Ka signal 
boosters; coaxial cables with connectors on both ends with flexible 
cable coverings in lengths varying from 96mm to 1065mm; wiring 
harnesses; dual reaction wheels, payload interface units, structure 
panels, crossing heat pipes, and avionics/propulsion/payload modules 
for communications satellites; and, sun sensors and star trackers (duty 
rate ranges from duty-free to 7%). The request indicates that lithium 
batteries 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), depending on the country of origin. The 
applicable Section 232 decisions require subject merchandise to be 
admitted to FTZs in privileged foreign status.
    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 May 20, 2019.

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    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: Christopher Wedderburn at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1963.

    Dated: April 4, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-06976 Filed 4-8-19; 8:45 am]
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