DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 39-84]
49 FR 35671
September 11, 1984
Foreign-Trade Zone 84 -- Harris County, TX (Houston Customs Port of Entry);
Application To Amend Zone Plan
TEXT: An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Port of Houston Authority (PHA), grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone 84, requesting authority to amend the plan for Foreign-Trade Zone 84 in
Harris County, Texas, within the Houston Customs port of entry, by replacing
8 of the originally approved sites with 10 new ones. 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 August 29, 1984. The applicant is authorized
to make this proposal under Article 1446.7 of Vernon's Annotated Civil
Statutes.
The PHA received authority from the Board to establish a multi-site
foreign-trade zone in Harris County, Texas on July 15, 1983 (Board Order
214, 48 FR 34792, 8/1/83). While 5 PHA sites were approved as conventional
sites, the remaining sites were approved for 5 years subject to special
conditions. The new sites in this application are non-PHA sites and would
also be subject to these conditions.
The proposed ten new sites total 221 acres, replacing the 8 deleted
sites which total 253 acres. The sites to be added involve 6 privately
owned warehouse/distribution operations, and 4 manufacturing operations. The
manufacturing sites are for Cleanese Chemical Company for the storage and
blending of organic chemicals; Vetco Offshore, Inc., manufacturing oil and
gas drillings equipment from steel tubular products and connectors; Landell
Manufacturing, Inc., manufacturing steel pipe couplings for the petroleum
industry; and United Steel Machinery Corporation, a steel service center
levelling and cutting sheet and plate.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, an examiners committee has
been appointed to investigate the application and report to the Board. The
committee consist of: John J. Da Ponte, Jr. (Chairman), Director, Foreign-
Trade Zones Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230;
Donald Gough, Deputy Assistant Regional Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service,
Southwest Region, Suite 500, 5850 San Felipe St., Houston, TX 77057; and
Colonel Alan L. Laubscher, District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District
Galveston, P.O. Box 1229, Galveston, TX 77553.
Comments concerning the proposed zone amendment 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 October 9, 1984.
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at each of
the following locations:
U.S. Dept. of Commerce District Office,
2625 Federal Bldg.,
515 Rusk St.,
Houston, TX 77002
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1529,
14th and Pennsylvania, NW.,
Washington, D.C. 20230.
Dated: September 5, 1984.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 84-23942 Filed 9-10-84; 8:45 am]
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