DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 156]
45 FR 30466
May 8, 1980
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the North Carolina
Department of Commerce, for a Foreign-Trade Zone in Mecklenburg County, N.C.
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 North Carolina Department
of Commerce, filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) on
January 7, 1980, requesting a grant of authority for establishing,
operating, and maintaining a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at two
separate sites in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, adjacent to the
Charlotte 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 is in the public interest, approves
the application.
The grantee shall notify the Board's Executive Secretary for approval
prior to the commencement of any manufacturing operation within the zone
sites. 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.
To Establish, Operate, and Maintain a Foreign-Trade Zone in Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina
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 North Carolina Department of Commerce (the Grantee) has
made application (filed January 7, 1980) in due and proper form to the
Board, requesting the establishment, operation and maintenance of a
foreign-trade zone consisting of two separate sites in Mecklenburg County,
adjacent to the Charlotte 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. 57 at the locations mentioned
above and more particularly described on the maps and drawings accompanying
the application in Exhibits IX and X, 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 28th day of April 1980,
pursuant to Order of the Board.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Philip M. Klutznick,
Chairman and Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 80-14153 Filed 5-7-80; 8:45 am]