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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 159 / Friday, August 20, 2021 / Notices or epoxy coated or may be unpainted. The subject merchandise includes metal lockers imported either as welded or otherwise assembled units ready for installation or use or as knocked down units or kits requiring assembly prior to installation or use.
The subject lockers may be shipped as individual or multiple locker units preassembled, welded, or combined into banks or tiers for ease of installation or as sets of component parts, bulk packed i.e., all backs in one package, crate, rack, carton or container and sides in another package, crate, rack, carton or container or any combination thereof. The knocked down lockers are shipped unassembled requiring a supplier, contractor or end-user to assemble the individual lockers and locker banks prior to installation.
The scope also includes all parts and components of lockers made from flat-rolled metal or expanded metal e.g., doors, frames, shelves, tops, bottoms, backs, side panels, etc. as well as accessories that are attached to the lockers when installed including, but not limited to, slope tops, bases, expansion filler panels, dividers, recess trim, decorative end panels, and end caps that may be imported together with lockers or other locker components or on their own. The particular accessories listed for illustrative purposes are defined as follows:
a. Slope tops: Slope tops are slanted metal panels or units that fit on the tops of the lockers and that slope from back to front to prevent the accumulation of dust and debris on top of the locker and to discourage the use of the tops of lockers as storage areas. Slope tops come in various configurations including, but not limited to, unit slope tops in place of flat tops, slope hoods made of a back, top and end pieces which fit over multiple units and convert flat tops to a sloping tops, and slope top kits that convert flat tops to sloping tops and include tops, backs and ends.
b. Bases: Locker bases are panels made from flat-rolled metal that either conceal the legs of the locker unit, or for lockers without legs, provide a toe space in the front of the locker and conceal the flanges for floor anchoring.
c. Expansion filler panel: Expansion filler panels or fillers are metal panels that attach to locker units to cover columns, pipes or other obstacles in a row of lockers or fill in gaps between the locker and the wall. Fillers may also include metal panels that are used on the sides or the top of the lockers to fill gaps.
d. Dividers: Dividers are metal panels that divide the space within a locker unit into different storage areas.
e. Recess trim: Recess trim is a narrow metal trim that bridges the gap between lockers and walls or soffits when lockers are recessed into a wall.
f. Decorative end panels: End panels fit onto the exposed ends of locker units to cover holes, bolts, nuts, screws and other fasteners. They typically are painted to match the lockers.
g. End caps: End caps fit onto the exposed ends of locker units to cover holes, bolts, nuts, screws and other fasteners.
The scope also includes all hardware for assembly and installation of the lockers and
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locker banks that are imported with or shipped, invoiced, or sold with the imported locker or locker system except the lock.
Excluded from the scope are wire mesh lockers. Wire mesh lockers are those with each of the following characteristics:
1 At least three sides, including the door, made from wire mesh;
2 the width and depth each exceed 25
inches; and 3 the height exceeds 90 inches.
Also excluded are lockers with bodies made entirely of plastic, wood, or any nonmetallic material.
Also excluded are exchange lockers with multiple individual locking doors mounted on one master locking door to access multiple units. Excluded exchange lockers have multiple individual storage spaces, typically arranged in tiers, with access doors for each of the multiple individual storage space mounted on a single frame that can be swung open to allow access to all of the individual storage spaces at once. For example, uniform or garment exchange lockers are designed for the distinct function of securely and hygienically exchanging clean and soiled uniforms. Thus, excluded exchange lockers are a multi-access point locker whereas covered lockers are a single access point locker for personal storage. The excluded exchange lockers include assembled exchange lockers and those that enter in knock down form in which all of the parts and components to assemble a completed exchange locker unit are packaged together. Parts for exchange lockers that are imported separately from the exchange lockers in knock down form are not excluded.
Also excluded are metal lockers that are imported with an installed electronic, internet-enabled locking device that permits communication or connection between the lockers locking device and other internet connected devices.
Also excluded are locks and hardware and accessories for assembly and installation of the lockers, locker banks and storage systems that are separately imported in bulk and are not incorporated into a locker, locker system or knocked down kit at the time of importation. Such excluded hardware and accessories include but are not limited to locks and bulk imported rivets, nuts, bolts, hinges, door handles, door/frame latching components, and coat hooks. Accessories of sheet metal, including but not limited to end panels, bases, dividers and sloping tops, are not excluded accessories.
Mobile tool chest attachments that meet the physical description above are covered by the scope of the orders, unless such attachments are covered by the scope of the orders on certain tool chests and cabinets from China. If the orders on certain tool chests and cabinets from China are revoked, the mobile tool chest attachments from China will be covered by the scope of the orders.
The scope also excludes metal safes with each of the following characteristics: 1 Pry resistant, concealed hinges; 2 body walls and doors of steel that are at least 17 gauge 0.05625 inch or 1.42874 mm thick; and 3
an integrated locking mechanism that includes at least two round steel bolts 0.75

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inch 19 mm or larger in diameter; or three bolts 0.70 inch 17.78 mm or more in diameter; or four or more bolts at least 0.60
inch 15.24 mm or more in diameter, that project from the door into the body or frame of the safe when in the locked position.
The scope also excludes gun safes meeting each of the following requirements:
1 Shall be able to fully contain firearms and provide for their secure storage.
2 Shall have a locking system consisting of at minimum a mechanical or electronic combination lock. The mechanical or electronic combination lock utilized by the safe shall have at least 10,000 possible combinations consisting of a minimum three numbers, letters, or symbols. The lock shall be protected by a casehardened Rc 60+
drill-resistant steel plate, or drill-resistant material of equivalent strength.
3 Boltwork shall consist of a minimum of three steel locking bolts of at least 12 inch thickness that intrude from the door of the safe into the body of the safe or from the body of the safe into the door of the safe, which are operated by a separate handle and secured by the lock.
4 The exterior walls shall be constructed of a minimum 12-gauge thick steel for a single-walled safe, or the sum of the steel walls shall add up to at least 0.100 inches for safes with walls made from two pieces of flatrolled steel.
5 Doors shall be constructed of a minimum one layer of 7-gauge steel plate reinforced construction or at least two layers of a minimum 12-gauge steel compound construction.
6 Door hinges shall be protected to prevent the removal of the door. Protective features include, but are not limited to:
Hinges not exposed to the outside, interlocking door designs, dead bars, jewelers lugs and active or inactive locking bolts.
The scope also excludes metal storage devices that 1 have two or more exterior exposed drawers regardless of the height of the unit, or 2 are no more than 30 inches tall and have at least one exterior exposed drawer.
Also excluded from the scope are free standing metal cabinets less than 30 inches tall with a single opening, single door and an installed tabletop.
The scope also excludes metal storage devices less than 27 inches wide and deep that: 1 Have two doors hinged on the right and left side of the door frame respectively covering a single opening and that open from the middle toward the outer frame; or 2 are free standing or wall-mounted, singleopening units 20 inches or less high with a single door.
The subject certain metal lockers are classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States HTSUS subheading 9403.20.0078. Parts of subject certain metal lockers are classified under HTS subheading 9403.90.8041. In addition, subject certain metal lockers may also enter under HTS
subheading 9403.20.0050. While HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and Customs purposes, the written
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