15 CFR § 231.119 - Significant renovations.

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title: "15 CFR § 231.119 - Significant renovations."
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title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
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section_name: "Significant renovations."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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# 231.119 Significant renovations.

*Significant renovations* means building new cleanroom space or adding a production line or other physical space to an existing facility that, in the aggregate during the applicable term of the required agreement, increases semiconductor manufacturing capacity by 10 percent or more of the capacity memorialized in the required agreement.