DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 234]
48 FR 55304
December 12, 1983
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the Massachusetts Port
Authority for a Foreign-Trade Subzone for General Dynamics Corporation in
Quincy, Massachusetts, Within the Boston Customs Port of Entry
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 Massachusetts Port
Authority, filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) on May 12,
1983, requesting authority on behalf of General Dynamics Corporation (GD)
for FTZ subzone status at the GD-Qunicy Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts,
within the Boston 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 approval is subject to certain conditions, approves
the application subject to the following conditions: (1) Any steel plate,
angles, shapes, channels, rolled sheet stock, bars, pipes and tubes,
classified under Schedule 6, Part 2, Subp. B. TSUS, and not incorporated
into merchandise otherwise classified, and which is used in the manufacture
of vessels, shall be subject to Customs duties in accordance with
applicable law, if the same item is then being produced by a domestic steel
mill; and (2) in addition to the annual report, GD-Quincy shall advise the
Board's Executive Secretary as to significant new contracts, other than for
the TAKX project, with appropriate information concerning foreign purchases
otherwise dutiable, so that the Board may consider whether any foreign
dutiable items are being imported for manufacturing in the subzone
primarily because of subzone statuts and whether the Board should consider
requiring Customs duties to be paid on such items.
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 a Foreign-Trade Subzone in Quincy, Massachusetts Within the
Boston 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 Massachusetts Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone
No. 27 in Boston, has made application (filed May 12, 1983, Docket No.
16-83, 48 FR 22604) in due and proper form to the Board for authority to
establish a special-purpose subzone at the shipyard of the Quincy
Shipbuilding Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts,
within the Boston 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 would be satisfied it approval is given subject to the
conditions stated in the resolution accompanying this action;
Now, therefore, in accordance with the application filed May 12, 1983,
the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a subzone at General
Dynamics' Quincy, Massachusetts shipyard, designated on the records of the
Board as Foreign-Trade Subzone No. 27B 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, and those stated in the
resolution accompanying this action, and also to the following express
conditions and limitations:
Activation of the subzone 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.
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 further 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 or his delegate at Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of
December 1983 pursuant to Order of the Boards.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Malcolm Baldrige,
Chairman and Executive Officer.
Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 83-32951 Filed 12-9-83; 8:45 am]
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