DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 362]
52 FR 29713
August 11, 1987
Approval of Extension of Manufacturing Authority For the Berg Steel Pipe
Corporation Operation in Foreign-Trade Zone 65, Panama City, FL
TEXT: Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June
18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Regulations (15 CFR Part 400), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board)
adopts the following order:
Whereas, the Panama City Port Authority (PCPA), Grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone (FTZ) 65, has applied to the Board for an extension of Berg Steel Pipe
Corporation's (BSPC) authority to use zone procedures for its steel pipe
manufacturing operations at its plant in FTZ 65:
Whereas, the application was accepted for filing on June 27, 1986, and
notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register on July 11,
1986 (Docket No. 23-86, 51 FR 25225);
Whereas, BSPC was given authority to manufacture pipe in FTZ 65 for a
limited time ending March 1, 1987, when the zone was approved in 1981 (Board
Order 171, 46 FR 8072);
Whereas, BSPC's authority was temporarily extended to August 31, 1987
(Board Order 345, 52 FR 7286);
Whereas, BSPC has made a commitment to purchase only domestic steel and
foreign steel licensed under the President's Steel Program while the program
is in effect;
Whereas, the examiners committee which investigated the application has
found that the proposal would be in the public interest provided that
approval is given for a limited time; and,
Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended, and the Board's regulations would be satisfied, and
that approval of the application would be in the public interest, provided
that approval is subject to a time limit extending one year beyond the
present expiration of the President's Steel Program;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
That BSPC is authorized to use zone procedures for its steel pipe
manufacturing operations in FTZ 65 for a period ending September 30, 1990.
The authority given in this Order is subject to settlement locally by the
District Director of Customs and the District Army Engineer regarding
compliance with their respective requirements relating to foreign-trade
zones.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 31st day of July 1987.
Paul Freedenberg,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Administration, Chairman,
Committee of Alternates, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 87-18231 Filed 8-10-87; 8:45 am]
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