[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 102 (Thursday, May 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29722-29723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12786]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 36-2010]
Foreign-Trade Zone 18--San Jose, CA; Application for Subzone; Lam
Research Corporation (Wafer Fabrication Equipment Manufacturing);
Fremont, Newark, and Livermore, CA
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the City of San Jose, grantee of FTZ 18, requesting
special-purpose subzone status for the wafer fabrication equipment
manufacturing facilities of Lam Research Corporation (Lam), located in
Fremont, California. The application was submitted pursuant to the
provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-
81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was
formally filed on May 18, 2010.
The Lam facilities (1,483 employees, 1,020 systems per year
capacity) consist of 4 sites on 85 acres: Site 1 (29 acres) is located
at 4650 Cushing Parkway, Fremont; Site 2 (20 acres) is located at 6120
Stewart Ave., Fremont; Site 3 (29
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acres) is located at 38505 Cherry Street, Newark; and Site 4 (7 acres)
is located at 1 Portola Avenue, Livermore. The facilities are used for
the manufacture, assembly, repair, kitting, de-kitting and distribution
of wafer fabrication equipment (in particular, single-wafer clean
equipment and plasma etch equipment). Components and materials sourced
from abroad (representing 9% of the value of the finished product)
include: monofilament, tubes, belts, fittings, gaskets, washers, seals,
valves, taps, bearings, stainless steel screws, pulleys, shaft
couplings, gears, machinery parts, motors, quartz fittings and parts,
electrical transformers, electromagnetic couplings, batteries,
induction equipment, electrothermic appliances, speakers, amplifiers,
magnetic and optical media, monitors, electrical circuitry and
components, lamps, wiring, cable, electrical insulators, optical fibers
and devices, lenses, lasers, liquid crystal devices, self adhesive and
non-adhesive sheets, tempered glass, laboratory glassware, fittings and
components of metal (precious, ferrous, and non-ferrous), precious
stone articles, base metal tools, pumps, fans, sprayers,
electromechanical drills, calculating instruments, measuring devices,
time devices, packaging materials, brochures, and printed matter (duty
rate ranges from duty-free to 9%).
FTZ procedures could exempt Lam from customs duty payments on the
foreign components used in export production. The company anticipates
that 96.5 percent of the plant's shipments will be exported. On its
domestic sales, Lam would be able to choose the duty rates during
customs entry procedures that apply to wafer cleaning stand-alone
systems and wafer etch process modules and systems, (duty-free) for the
foreign inputs noted above. FTZ designation would further allow Lam to
realize logistical benefits through the use of weekly customs entry
procedures. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced
on foreign status production equipment. The request indicates that the
savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the plant's
international competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Maureen Hinman of the
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and
information presented in the application and case record and to report
findings and recommendations to the Board.
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is
July 26, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to August 10, 2010.
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
Room 2111, 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 http://www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Maureen Hinman at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0627.
Dated: May 18, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-12786 Filed 5-26-10; 8:45 am]
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