DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 13-82]
47 FR 24162
June 3, 1982
Foreign-Trade Zone 45, Portland, Oregon; Application for Additional Subzone
TEXT: Notice is hereby given that an application has been submitted to the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Port of Portland, an Oregon
public corporation and grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 45 and Subzone 45A in
Portland, requesting authority to establish an additional subzone in
Clackamas, Oregon, within the Columbia River Customs port of entry. The
application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the
Board (15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed on May 14, 1982. The
applicant is authorized to make this proposal under Section 307.850 of the
Oregon Revised Statutes.
On July 31, 1980, the Port received authority from the Board to
establish a special-purpose subzone for the Beall Pipe and Tank Corporation,
with zone manufacturing restricted to export operations (Board Order 161,
45 FR 52189, August 6, 1980). The facility, which covers 27 acres at 12005
North Burgard Road, Portland, produces straight seam and spiral weld steel
pipe over 10 inches in diameter. The plant began operating under zone
procedures in April 1982.
On January 11, 1982, the Beall Pipe facility was purchased by Northwest
Pipe and Casing Company, a steel pipe producer with a 53-acre plant at
9200 S.E. Lawnfield Road, Clackamas, Oregon. The operations of this
facility are almost identical to those of the company's newly purchased
Portland plant. Both use steel coils of .125 to .156 inches in thickness in
producing electric weld straight seam and spiral weld steel pipe over ten
inches in diameter. The Portland facility has 6 pipe mills and a workforce
of over 100 persons, and the Clackamas plant has 10 mills and employs
120 persons.
The application requests subzone status for Northwest Pipe's Clackamas
plant with the same restrictions that are in effect at the Portland
subzone. Zone procedures would be used for the storage of imported steel
coils and for production of steel pipe for export.
Zone procedures will exempt Northwest Pipe from paying Customs duties
on coil used in its exports. Just as with the Portland subzone, this would
help make the company more competitive in export markets with foreign pipe
manufacturers who have access to low-priced steel coil. By expanding its
markets offshore, the company expects to increase production by up to 20
percent.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, an Examiners Committee has
been appointed to investigate the application and report thereon to the
Board. The committee consists of Dennis Puccinelli (Chairman), Foreign-
Trade Zones Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230;
Gene D. Lawrence, Director (Inspection and Control), U.S. Customs Service,
Region VIII, 511 NW. Broadway, Room 148, Federal Building, Portland, Oregon
97209; and Colonel Terence J. Connell, District Engineer, U.S. Army
Engineer District Portland, P.O. Box 2946, Portland, Oregon 97208.
Comments concerning the proposed zone expansion are invited in writing
from interested persons and organizations. They should be addressed to the
Board's Executive Secretary at the address below and postmarked on or
before June 28, 1982.
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at each of
the following locations:
Office of the Director,
U.S. Dept. of Commerce District Office,
1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Room 618,
Portland, Oregon 97204
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th and E Streets NW., Room 3721,
Washington, D.C. 20230.
Dated: May 27, 1982.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 82-15060 Filed 6-2-82; 8:45 am]
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