Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 223 (Thursday, November 19, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72412-72414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29580]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-78-2015]

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 45--Portland, Oregon; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity; Lam Research Corporation; Subzone 45H;
(Semiconductor Production Equipment, Subassemblies and Related Parts)
Tualatin and Sherwood, Oregon

    The Port of Portland, grantee of FTZ 45, submitted a notification
of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Lam
Research Corporation (Lam), operator of Subzone 45H, at sites in
Tualatin and Sherwood, Oregon. The notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on November 6, 2015.
    The facilities are used for the production of semiconductor
production equipment, subassemblies and related parts. 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 Lam from customs duty
payments on the foreign-status components used in export production. On
its domestic sales, Lam would be able to choose the duty rate during
customs entry procedures that applies to semiconductor production

equipment, subassemblies and related parts (duty free) for the foreign-
status inputs noted below. Customs duties also could possibly be
deferred or reduced on foreign-status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Clean
room grease and lubricants; caulking compounds; petroleum-based greases
and similar lubricants; polymer-based adhesives; wafers and partial-
wafers principally of silicon or germanium intended for testing
purposes and not for commercial production of semi-conductors; PH
buffer solutions and litmus paper; fluorinated and other polyether-
based lubricants; polyethylene tubes, pipes and hoses; polypropylene
tubing; PVC tubing; plastic tubing; flexible tubes, pipes and hoses of
plastics; flexible plastic tubing with/without fittings; plastic tube
fittings; foam tapes; scotch tapes, packing tapes, and similar tapes;
electrical tapes; reflective tapes; plastic labels; plastic signs and
similar plates of

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polymer plastics; polycarbonate windows; shims of polyester plastics;
Teflon wraps and pads; protection and insulation pads of polyurethane
plastics; wipes of polyurethane plastics; plastic templates for
facilities layout; plastic film sheets and foam strips for packaging;
plastic boxes and crates; reservoirs and tanks of plastics principally
in the form of polypropylenes and fluoropolymers; plastic caps; plastic
packing materials; plastic o-rings, gaskets, washers, seals, and timing
belts; plastic clips and similar attaching devices; plastic tinting
lenses; plastic bushings; plastic hole plugs; plastic screws, pins, and
similar fasteners; plastic brackets and mounts; plastic wafer clamps;
plastic parts not otherwise identified in the HTSUS*; unreinforced
rubber tubing with fittings; reinforced rubber tubing with/without
fittings; transmission belts; rubber gaskets, washers and seals; rubber
caps; rubber sheets, grommets, bladders, collars and parts not
otherwise identified in the HTSUS*; wooden crates for packing; paper

labels; gaskets, washers and other seals of paper; technical manuals,
procedures, and work instructions; certificates, brochures, other work
documents other than manuals; duct tape; nonelectrical components and
accessories of graphite and carbon fiber made predominantly in the form
of fiber plate disks or grafoil liner ``choke'' rings*; porcelain or
china ceramic machinery components, rings, disks, RF ``window'' disks,
plates, liners, shields, guards, end effectors, plugs, screws,
components and accessories*; ceramic components, rings, RF ``window''
disks, plates, guards, end effectors, plugs, and screws*; quartz
reactor tubes; fused silica and fused quartz components, disks,
windows, liners, rings, tubes, holders, and funnels*; sapphire pins,
balls, shims, windows/viewports, liners, tubes, components and
accessories*; steel pipes; cast steel fittings; stainless flanges;
stainless steel pipes- sleeves; stainless steel pipes- elbows;
stainless steel, not cast, fittings for tubes and pipes; other steel

fittings; steel roller chains; steel link chains; steel chain links;
steel screws- springs; steel socket head screws; steel grub screws;
steel nuts; other threaded steel fasteners; steel spring washers; iron
or steel washers other than spring washers; steel retaining rings;
steel fasteners without threads; steel springs; steel gas springs, wave
springs, and plunger springs; compression springs; belts and inserts of
steel wire; steel parts, bushings, collars, blocks, rings, seals, and
plates*; bus bars, ground bars, and rods of copper; copper tubing;
copper alloy for tubes and pipes; copper washers; small brass screws;
copper threaded fittings; copper parts, straps, anodes, sleeves,
shields, gaskets, pins, and screens*; nickel screws, shims, orifices,
washers, straps, anodes, sleeves, shields, gaskets, pins, springs,
nuts, and screens; nameplates; rods and rails of aluminum; aluminum
tubing; aluminum alloy tubing; aluminum fittings for tubes and pipes;
aluminum screws; aluminum fasteners; aluminum covers, spinners, sleeves

and screens*; zinc fittings, screws, fasteners, and backshells;
titanium pins, screws, washers, bolts, nuts, inserts, and plates; saw
blades; pliers; knockout punches and hose cutters; hand-operated
adjustable-flat spanners and torque wrenches; hand-operated adjustable
spanners and wrenches--other; socket wrenches; drills; screwdrivers;
other hand tools, extraction tools, debar tools, and epoxy removal
tips, and install tools; grease guns; metal clamps; manual drills;
drill bits; padlocks; locks other than padlocks; keys; hinges and
parts; casters; metal fittings of a type for buildings; metal fittings
of a type for furniture; iron/steel/aluminum/zinc mountings, fittings,
straps, clamps, brackets, levelers, struts and valves; base metal
brackets; braided steel tubing and hoses; braided metal tubing; air
cylinders and other pneumatic power engines; pneumatic power engines
other than linear acting; shock absorbers; parts for pneumatic engines;
diaphragm pumps for liquids and gases; centrifugal pumps for liquids

and gases; syringe and other pumps; parts of centrifugal pumps; vacuum
pumps; fans; parts of fans- metal wires, pump actuators; heat exchange
units; evaporators for use in semi-conductor manufacturing equipment;
heaters for use in semi-conductor manufacturing equipment; parts of
heat exchange units; parts of heaters; water filters; liquid filtration
devices; air and other gas filtration devices; filter parts; chemical
applicators; nozzles and orifices; lift and handling fixtures; housing
bearings and plain shaft bearings; computer laptops; computers;
keyboards and computer peripherals; hard disk drives and optical
drives; hubs; interface and input/output cards and similar interface
articles; ``dongles'': Peripheral pieces of hardware intended to
interface with a computer to enable additional functions such as copy
protection or authentication; optical readers; printed circuit
assemblies; teaching pendants and terminals; valves (pressure reducing,
air flow control, check valves, safety, solenoid, liquid control,

electric, pneumatic, bellows, butterfly, ball and vacuum); other manual
valves of steel; vacuum and other manual valves of fluorocarbons,
polyethers, and polyvinyl chloride; valve parts; bearings (ball,
roller, bearing rings, transmission shaft, roller, housing, and plain
shaft); fixed, multiple and variable ration speed changers, ball or
roller screws; pulleys; shaft couplings; gear parts made of steel;
mechanical gaskets; mechanical seals; gaskets sets; machines for the
production of semiconductors; tools and process modules for chemical
vapor deposition/physical vapor deposition/plasma dry etch/stripping of
photo resist/ultraviolet thermal processing/wafer cleaning for semi-
conductor production; conductor material deposition process modules and
machines for wafer packaging; transport modules; wafer transport
robots; baffles, bellows, bezels, wafer chucks and related parts
designed specifically for semiconductor manufacturing equipment;
complex elements in the form of tubing for distribution of gases and

fluids and pneumatic harnesses, designed specifically for semiconductor
manufacturing equipment; radio frequency and high frequency electrodes
and related parts; drive units for process modules gap management;
structural elements designed specifically for semiconductor
manufacturing equipment and transport modules; fluid and gas
distribution modules and assemblies and structural parts and components
designed for these modules; printed circuit board assemblies and
control assemblies for system management or signal interface and
distribution; metal and plastic (including silicon) parts designed for
semiconductor manufacturing equipment and transport modules; plasma
sources for semiconductor manufacturing equipment; silicon rings; radio
frequency and high frequency coils and electrodes and related parts
designed specifically for semiconductor manufacturing equipment for
plasma generation; radio frequency generators and related structural
components designed specifically for semiconductor manufacturing

equipment; radio frequency matching networks and related structural;
metal and plastic (including silicon) parts designed for semiconductor
transport equipment; fluid management tanks; mechanical brakes;
electric motors; universal AC/DC motors; lamp ballasts; electrical
transformers; power suppliers; static converters; inductors; parts of
power supplies; magnets; magnetic brakes; manganese dioxide batteries;
lithium batteries; portable electric lamps;

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resistive heating elements; network equipment; training videos on tape;
unrecorded magnetic media; software on CD-ROM or similar optical
storage units; video cameras; LCD computer; general use motors; LED
indicators; electric sound or visual signaling apparatus; tantalum
fixed capacitors; single layer ceramic dielectric fixed capacitors;
multi-layer ceramic dielectric fixed capacitors; fixed electrical
capacitors; variable or adjustable capacitors; composition or film type
fixed carbon resistors and attenuators; other resistors; other fixed
carbon resistors and attenuators; potentiometers; electrical variable
resistors other than other potentiometers; raw circuit boards; ion
bars; fuses made of glass and other materials with both high and low
amps; circuit breakers; electromechanical relays; switches; lamp
holders and contactors; terminals and connectors; connectors--
assemblies, converters, receptacle panels, interlock converters,
electrical ducts and lock-outs; electrical terminals and terminal

blocks; conduit assemblies, backshells, buses, and similar connectors;
control apparatus- assemblies, couplers, cards, valve cards, drivers,
load ports, terminal boards, programmable controllers, and motion
controllers; connector sockets; tungsten lamps; fluorescent lamps; arc
lamps; ultra violet lamps; parts of electrical filament or discharge
lamps; magnetrons and magnetron tubes; diodes; transistors; LED lamps,
oscillators, photo sensors and fiber optic sensors; processor and logic
controller integrated circuits; memory cards; integrated circuit
amplifiers; other non-processor, non-memory integrated circuits;
equipment for performing electrolysis; insulated electrical cable wire;
coax cables; USB, ethernet, and similar cables with connectors; cables
with connectors; insulated wire cable without connectors; fiber optic
cables; ceramic insulators; electrical insulators; insulating
fittings--ceramic; insulating fittings of plastic; quartz rings;
electric filter devices; dollies; optic fibers; optical lenses and

mirrors; optical filters and windows; mounted windows and lenses;
prisms; flat panel displays; optical amplifiers; non-electric levels;
calipers and linear gauges; hand instruments for measuring length;
linear gauge clamps and heads; caliper clamps and heads; face shields
with respirators; electrical temperature, thermocouples and temperature
gauges; flow meters, level gauges and similar fluid measurement
equipment; electrical pressure checking and measurement equipment;
mechanical pressure checking and measurement equipment; leak sensors;
interferometers and hydrogen sensors; gas analysis systems;
spectrometers; optical temperature sensors; PH analysis sensors,
controllers, probes and complete systems; parts of gas analysis
systems; speedometers and tachometers; power analyzers principally in
the form of voltage detectors, probes, monitors and measurement cards;
test fixtures and similar electrical analysis systems; wafer
measurement equipment; leak detectors; parts of equipment used for
checking electrical quantities; equipment for inspecting semiconductor

wafers; optical inspection equipment; measuring equipment associated
with semiconductor production; panels, frames, boards, blocks, doors,
jigs, shafts, sides, and structural bases for test fixtures and
electrical analysis systems; automatic thermostats and temperature
control equipment; automatic manostats; vapor on demand injectors;
process control equipment, (temperature controllers, pressure
controllers, liquid controllers, mass flow controllers, pump
controllers, and similar process control equipment); temperature
controller parts; time switches, time relays and other timers; carts
and racks for servers; and brushes (duty rates range from free to
10.7%). (*See Lam's production notification for additional descriptions
of these products.)
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the
address below. The closing period for their receipt is December 29,
2015.
    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
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at
Diane.Finver@trade.gov or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: November 13, 2015.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-29580 Filed 11-18-15; 8:45 am]
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