[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8562-8563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03175]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-3-2022]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 31--Granite City, Illinois; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; M.M.O. Companies, Inc.; (Disassembly 
of Firearms and Ammunition); Mascoutah, Edwardsville and Collinsville, 
Illinois

    America's Central Port District, grantee of FTZ 31, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board (the 
Board) on behalf of M.M.O. Companies, Inc., located in Mascoutah, 
Edwardsville and Collinsville, Illinois within Subzone 31E. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the Board's regulations 
(15 CFR 400.22) was received on February 7, 2022.
    Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ production activity would be 
limited to the specific foreign-status material(s)/component(s) and 
specific finished product(s) described in the submitted notification 
(summarized below) and subsequently authorized by the Board. The 
benefits that may stem from conducting production activity under FTZ 
procedures are explained in the background section of the Board's 
website--accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    The proposed finished products include: Trigger groups, gas piston 
assemblies, sight assemblies, magazines, rail attachments, dust cover 
assemblies, muzzle device assemblies, bolt carriers,

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bolts, operating rods, cocking handles, carrying handles, foregrips/
handguards, buttstocks, pistol grips and bayonet lugs from military 
rifles; empty ammunition cartridge casings; smokeless ammunition 
powder; ammunition primer; slides, hammers, trigger groups, sights, 
magazines, grips, bolt carriers and bolts from pistols; foregrips, 
buttstocks, pistol grips, trigger groups, gas piston assemblies, sight 
assemblies, magazines, rail attachments, dust cover assemblies, muzzle 
device assemblies, bolt carriers, bolts, carrying handles, operating 
rods and cocking handles from rifles; and, foregrips, buttstocks, 
pistol grips, trigger groups, gas piston assemblies, sight assemblies, 
magazines, rail attachments, dust cover assemblies, muzzle device 
assemblies, bolt carriers, bolts, carrying handles, operating rods and 
cocking handles from shotguns (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 
4.2%).
    The proposed foreign-status materials and components include: 
Military rifles; machine guns; semi-automatic pistols; semiautomatic 
rifles (centerfire); military shotguns; semiautomatic shotguns; pump 
action shotguns; and, 5.56mm, 7.62mm, .223, .50BMG, .308, 9mm, .45ACP, 
and .40 ammunition (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 13%). The 
request indicates that certain materials/components are subject to 
duties under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Section 301), 
depending on the country of origin. The applicable 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 and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is March 28, 2022.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Online FTZ Information System'' section of the Board's 
website.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected].

    Dated: February 9, 2022.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-03175 Filed 2-14-22; 8:45 am]
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