[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 28 (Friday, February 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9321-9322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02882]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-7-2021]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 134--Chattanooga, Tennessee; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Wacker Polysilicon North 
America, LLC (Hydrophilic Fumed Silica); Charleston, Tennessee

    Wacker Polysilicon North America, LLC (Wacker) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Charleston, Tennessee. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on February 5, 2021.
    Wacker already has authority to produce polysilicon within Subzone 
134B using foreign-status silicon metal that is not subject to an 
antidumping or countervailing duty order. The current request would add 
a finished product to the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), additional FTZ authority would be limited to the specific 
finished product described in the submitted notification (as described 
below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Wacker from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status materials/components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status materials/
components in the existing scope of authority, Wacker would be able to 
choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to 
hydrophilic

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fumed silica (duty-free). Wacker 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.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is March 24, 2021.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Reading Room'' section of the Board's website, which is 
accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected].

    Dated: February 8, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-02882 Filed 2-11-21; 8:45 am]
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