DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 201]
47 FR 44593
October 8, 1982
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the Little Rock Port
Authority for a Special-Purpose Subzone in Forrest City, Arkansas, Adjacent
to the Memphis Customs Port of Entry; Proceedings of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Board, Washington, D.C.
TEXT: 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 Zones Board has
adopted the following Resolution and Order:
The Board, having considered the matter, hereby orders:
After consideration of the application of the Little Rock Port Authority
submitted on behalf of the State of Arkansas, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone
14, filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) on September 10,
1981, requesting authority for a special-purpose subzone at the television
and microwave oven manufacturing facility of Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation
(SMC) in Forrest City, Arkansas, adjacent to the Memphis Customs port of
entry, the Board, finding that the requirements of the Foreign-Trade Zones
Act, as amended, and the Board's regulations would be satisfied and that
the proposal would be in the public interest if a restriction is adopted
requiring that full Customs duties be paid on foreign television picture
tubes used at the facility, approves the application subject to the
condition that SMC be required to elect privileged foreign status (19 CFR
146.21) on all such picture tubes used at the facility that are sourced
abroad.
The grantee shall notify the Board's Executive Secretary for approval
concerning any manufacturing operation proposed to be conducted under
subzone procedures at the facility, which operation was not reviewed as
part of the application resulting in this action. 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 of Authority To Establish a Foreign-Trade Subzone in Forrest City,
Arkansas, Adjacent to the Memphis Customs Port of Entry
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 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 Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.304) provide for the
establishment of special-purpose subzones when existing zone facilities
cannot serve the specific use involved, and where a significant public
benefit will result;
Whereas, the Little Rock Port Authority, on behalf of the State of
Arkansas, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 14, Little Rock, has made
application (filed September 10, 1981) in due and proper form to the Board
for authority to establish a special-purposes subzone at the television
and microwave oven manufacturing facilities of Sanyo Manufacturing
Corporation in Forrest City, Arkansas, adjacent to the Memphis 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;
Whereas, the Board, pursuant to its authority to restrict or prohibit
operations detrimental to the public interest (19 U.S.C. 81o), considered
the possible impact of the proposed subzone on competing domestic
industries; and
Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the Act and the
Board's regulations would be satisfied and that the proposal would be in
the public interest if a restriction is adopted requiring that full Customs
duties be paid on foreign television picture tubes used at the facility;
Now, therefore, in accordance with the application filed September 10,
1981, the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a subzone at the
manufacturing facilities of Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation in Forrest
City, Arkansas, designated on the records of the Board as Foreign-Trade
Subzone 14A at the location mentioned above and more particularly described
on the maps and drawings accompanying the application, said grant of
authority being subject to the provisions and restrictions of the Act and
the Regulations issued therunder, to the same extent as though the same
were fully set forth herein, and also to the following express conditions
and limitations:
Activation of subzone procedures at the facility shall be commenced
within a reasonable time from the date of issuance of the grant, and prior
thereto, any necessary permits shall be obtained from Federal, State, and
municipal authorities.
Any foreign picture tubes used at the facility shall be dutiable at the
full rate applicable to such tubes (foreign privileged status), unless the
finished product is exported.
Officers and employees of the United States shall have free and
unrestricted access to and throughout the foreign-trade subzone in the
performance of their official duties.
The grant shall not be construed to relieve responsible parties from
liability for injury or damage to the person or property of others
occasioned by the construction, operation, or maintenance of said subzone,
and in no event shall the United States be liable therefor.
The grant is futher subject to settlement locally by the District
Director of Customs and District Army 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 30th day of September 1982
pursuant to Order of the Board.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Malcolm Baldridge,
Chairman and Executive Officer.
Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 82-27746 Filed 10-7-82; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-25-M