DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 166]
45 FR 71638
October 29, 1980
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the Brownsville
Navigation District for a Foreign-Trade Zone in Cameron County,
Tex., Within the Brownsville Customs Port of Entry
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 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade Zone
Board has adopted the following Resolution and Order:
The Board, having considered the matter, hereby orders:
After consideration of the application of the Brownsville Navigation
District, a Texas public corporation, filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones
Board (the Board) on October 31, 1979, requesting a grant of authority
for establishing, operating, and maintaining a general-purpose
foreign-trade zone in Cameron County, Texas, within the Brownsville
Customs port of entry, the Board, finding that the requirements of the
Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended, and the Board's regulations are
satisfied, and that the proposal, with the exception of proposed Sites 3
and 4, is in the public interest, approves the application, except for
those sites.
As the proposal includes industrial park 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 not described in the application. 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 Cameron
County, Tex., Within the Brownsville Customs Port of Entry
Whereas, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act "To
provide for the establishment, operation, and maintance 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 U.S.C. 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 Brownsville Navigation District (the Grantee) has made
application (filed October 31, 1979) in due and proper form to the Board,
requesting the establishment, operation and maintenance of a foreign-trade
zone in Cameron County, Texas, within the Brownsville 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 requirements of the Act and the
Board's Regulations (15 CFR Part 400) are satisified;
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. 62 at the location mentioned above
and more particularly described on the maps and drawings accompanying the
application in Exhibits IX and X, with the exception of proposed Sites 3
and 4, said grant being subject to the provisions, conditions, and
restrictions of the Act and the Regulations issued thereunder, to the
same extent as though the same were fully set forth herein, and also to
the following express conditions and limitations:
Operation 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
site 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.
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 20th day of October 1980,
pursuant to Order of the Board.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Homer E. Moyer, Jr.,
Acting Chairman and Executive Officer.
Attest:
John J. DaPonte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 80-33621 Filed 10-28-80; 8:45 am]