DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 307]
50 FR 30986
July 31, 1985
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the Captial District
Regional Planning Commission for a Foreign-Trade Zone in the Albany, New
York Area
TEXT: Proceedings of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Washington, D.C.
Resolution and Order
Pursuant to the authority granted in the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of
June 18, 1934, as amended (19 USC 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
has adopted the following Resolution and Order:
The Board, having considered the matter, hereby orders:
After consideration of the application of the Captial District Regional
Planning Commission, a New York public corporation, filed with the Foreign-
Trade Zones Board (the Board) on December 6, 1984, and amended on January
23, 1985, requesting a grant of authority for establishing, operating, and
maintaining a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in the Albany,
New York, Customs port of entry area, including the manufacture of
specialty trucks and dermatological soaps, the Board, finding that the
requirments of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended, and the Board's
regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the public interest,
approves the application.
As the proposal involves open space on which buildings may be constructed
by parties other than the grantee, this approval includes authority to the
grantee to permit the erection of such buildings, pursuant to Section
400.815 of the Board's regulations, as are necessary to carry out the zone
proposal, providing that prior to its granting such permission it shall
have the concurrences of the local District Director of Customs, the U.S.
Army District Engineer, when appropriate, and the Board's Executive
Secretary. Further, the grantee shall notify the Board's Executive
Secretary for approval prior to the commencement of any manufacturing
operation within the zone other than those mentioned above. The Secretary
of Commerce, as Chairman and Executive Officer of the Board, is hereby
authorized to issue a grant of authority and appropriate Board Order.
Grant To Establish, Operate, and Maintain a Foreign-Trade Zone in the
Albany, New York Area
Whereas, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act "To
provide for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of foreign-trade
zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," as amended (19 USC 81a-81u)
(the Act), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) is authorized and
empowered to grant to corporations the privilege of establishing, operating,
and maintaining foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to ports of entry under
the jurisdiction of the United States;
Whereas, the Capital District Regional Planning Commission (the
Grantee), a New York public corporation, has made application (filed
December 6, 1984, Docket No. 53-84, 49 FR 48584, amended 1/23/85, 50 FR
3946) in due and proper form to the Board, requesting the establishment,
operation, and maintenance of a foreign-trade zone at sites in Albany,
Schenectady and Rensselaer Counties, New York, adjacent to the Albany
Customs port of entry;
Whereas, notice of said application has been given and published, and
full opportunity has been afforded all interested parties to be heard; and,
Whereas, the Board has found that the rquirements of the Act and the
Board's regulations (15 CFR Part 400) are satisfied;
Now therefore, the Board hereby grants to the Grantee the privilege of
establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone, designated
on the records of the Board as Zone No. 121 at the locations mentioned
above and more particularly described on the maps and drawings accompanying
the application in Exhibits IX and X, subject to the provisions,
conditions, and restrictions of the Act and the regulations issue
thereunder, to the same extent as though the same were fully set forth
herein, and also to the following express conditions and limitations:
Activation of the foreign-trade zone shall be commenced by the Grantee
within a reasonable time from the date of issuance of the grant, and prior
thereto the Grantee shall obtain all necessary permits from Federal, State,
and municipal authorities.
The Grantee shall allow officers and employees of the United States free
and unrestricted access to and throughout the foreign-trade zone sites in
the performance of their official duties.
The Grantee shall notify the Executive Secretary of the Board for
approval prior to the commencement of any manufacturing operations within
the zone other than those involving the manufacture of specialty trucks
and dermatological soaps as described in the application record.
The grant shall not be construed to relieve the Grantee from liability
for injury or damage to the person or property of others occasioned by the
construction, operation, or maintenance of said zone, and in no event
shall the United States be liable therefor.
The grant is further subject to settlement locally by the District
Director of Customs and the Army District Engineer with the Grantee
regarding compliance with their respective requirements for the protection
of the revenue of the United States and the installation of suitable
facilities.
In witness whereof, the Foreign-Trade Zones Board has caused its name
to be signed and its seal to be affixed hereto by its Chairman and
Executive Officer at Washington, D.C. this 18th day of July 1985, pursuant
to Order of the Board.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Malcolm Baldrige,
Chairman and Executive Officer.
Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 85-18175 Filed 7-30-85 8:45 a.m]
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