Federal Register #B-26-2026

Commerce Department notices on FTZ production activity and survey information collection

Department of Commerce notices cover survey information collection and several Foreign-Trade Zones Board actions involving production activity and facility designations. - Government buyer and offices: U.S. Department of Commerce, including the Foreign-Trade Zones Board; the American Community Survey notice concerns the U.S. Census Bureau. - Named companies and OEMs: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, LLC, Tesla, Inc., StandardAero San Antonio, Stadler US Inc., and Eli Lilly and Company. - Authorized production activity: Baker Hughes may produce electrical submersible pumping system components in Claremore, Oklahoma, for a limited two-year period. Tesla may produce battery storage products and components in Brookshire, Texas, for 14 months. StandardAero San Antonio’s activity involving refurbished engines was authorized, with no time limit stated in the excerpt. - Other FTZ actions: Stadler US’s proposed passenger rolling stock production activity in Salt Lake City, Utah, was not authorized. Eli Lilly applied to redesignate and expand its Indiana subzone and terminate one site; no additional production activity was requested. - Information collection: The revised American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey covers household and group-quarters questionnaires, interviews, and reinterviews, with an estimated 3,779,185 respondents and 2,459,232 annual burden hours. - Purchase scope: These notices concern regulatory authorizations, applications, and information collection—not a solicitation for products or services. No product quantities or part numbers are provided.

Description

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board authorized Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, LLC to conduct production activity at its facility in Subzone 53D in Claremore, Oklahoma. The activity involves components for electrical submersible pumping systems. Authorization is on a limited basis, subject to the FTZ Act and Board regulations, including section 400.14, and is further subject to a two-year time period.

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