[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 55578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25281]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-071-2017]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 52--Jamaica, New York; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity; Advanced Optowave Corporation; (Diode
Pumped Solid State Laser Systems/Manufacturing); Ronkonkoma, New York
Suffolk County, grantee of FTZ 52, submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Advanced
Optowave Corporation (Advanced Optowave), located in Ronkonkoma, New
York. The notification conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on November
8, 2017.
The Advanced Optowave facility is located within FTZ 52, Site 5.
The facility will be used for the production of diode pumped solid
state laser systems (including the controller and laser). 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 Advanced Optowave 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, Advanced Optowave would be able to choose the
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to diode pumped
solid state laser systems (including the controller) (duty-free).
Advanced Optowave 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: Optics
(laser crystal--neodymium-doped yttrium orthovanadate (ND:YV04);
lithium triborate crystal; laser mirror; window optics; optical lens;
optical fiber); laser diode; radio frequency driver; thermistor;
thermal electric cooler; printed circuit board (populated); computer
power supply unit; aluminum mechanical parts (second harmonic
generation (SHG) top cover; SHG bottom cover; third harmonic generation
(THG) top cover; THG bottom cover; SHG base; THG base; harmonic base;
clamp; mirror mount; lens barrel mount; lens barrel mount T-base; lens
barrel; lens barrel spacer; laser crystal cover; laser base; desiccant
guard; shutter mount; aperture base small; aperture disc; aperture base
wide; wire adapter; windows mount; Q switch mount; heat sink; housing
body; housing main cover; housing end cover; housing box umbilical
adapter; housing leg double slit; housing leg single slit; housing
diode cooling plate; housing duel fan cooling plate) (duty rate ranges
from duty-free to 5.5%).
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 2, 2018.
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 Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Juanita Chen at
[email protected] or (202) 482-1378.
Dated: November 17, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-25281 Filed 11-21-17; 8:45 am]
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