DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 354]
52 FR 12218
April 15, 1987
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the City of Flint, for a
Foreign-Trade Zone and Subzone in Michigan
TEXT: Proceeding of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Washington, DC.
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 City of Flint, Michigan, filed with
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) on May 15, 1985, requesting a
grant of authority for establishing, operating, and maintaining a general-
purpose foreign-trade zone in Flint, Michigan, and a special-purpose subzone
for the General Motors Corporation's automobile manufacturing plant in
Flint, within the Saginaw/Bay City/Flint 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.
As the proposal involves open space on which buildings may be constructed
by parties other than the grantee, this approval includes authority to the
grantee to permit the erection of such buildings, pursuant to @ 400.815 of
the Board's regulations, as are necessary to carry out the zone proposal,
providing that prior to its granting such permission it shall have the
concurrences of the local District Director of Customs, the U.S. Army
District Engineer, when appropriate, and the Board's Executive Secretary.
Further, the grantee shall notify the Board for approval prior to the
commencement of any manufacturing operation within the zone. 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.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board Washington, DC.
Grant to Establish, Operate, and Maintain a Foreign-Trade Zone and Subzone
in Flint, MI
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 City of Flint, Michigan (the Grantee), has made application
(filed May 15, 1985, Docket No. 11-85, 50 FR 21638) in due and proper form
to the Board, requesting the establishment, operation, and maintenance of
a foreign-trade zone in Flint, Michigan, including a manufacturing operation
for Cirtek Corporation, and a special-purpose subzone for the General Motors
Corporation automobile manufacturing plant in Flint, within the Saginaw/Bay
City/Flint 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 satisfied;
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. 140 and Subzone No. 140A at the
locations mentioned above and more particularly described on the maps and
drawings accompanying the application in Exhibits IX and X, 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 and subzone 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 and subzone
sites in the performance of their official duties.
The grant does not include authority for manufacturing operations other
than the two mentioned in the application, and the Grantee shall notify the
Board for approval prior to the commencement of any other manufacturing or
assembly 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, maintenance of said zone and 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 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, DC, this 3rd day of April 1987, 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. 87-8460 Filed 4-14-87; 8:45 am]
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