DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 384]
53 FR 26095
July 11, 1988
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the Industrial Development
Board of Blount County, Tennessee, for a Foreign-Trade Zone in the Knoxville
Customs Port of Entry Area
TEXT: 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 Industrial Development Board of
Blount County, Tennessee, a Tennessee public corporation, filed with the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) on May 12, 1987, requesting a grant
of authority for establishing, operating, and maintaining a general-purpose
foreign-trade zone at sites in Knox, Blount, and Anderson Counties,
Tennessee, adjacent to the Knoxville 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.
Grant of Authority To Establish, Operate, and Maintain a Foreign-Trade
Zone in Knox, Blount, and Anderson Counties, Tennessee, Adjacent to the
Knoxville 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 Industrial Development Board of Blount County, Tennessee
(the Grantee), a Tennessee public corporation, has made application (filed
May 12, 1987, FTZ Docket 4-87, 52 FR 19547) in due and proper form to the
Board, requesting the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a
foreign-trade zone at sites in Knox, Blount, and Anderson Counties,
Tennessee, adjacent to the Knoxville 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. 148, 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 the following express conditions and limitations:
Operation of the foreign-trade zone 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 sites
in the performance of their official duties.
The grant does not include authority for manufacturing operations, and
the Grantee shall notify the Board for approval prior to the commencement
of any manufacturing 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, or maintenance of said zone, 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 28th day of June, 1988, pursuant to Order
of the Board.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
C. William Verity,
Chairman and Executive Officer.
Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 88-15494 Filed 7-8-88; 8:45 am]
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