DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 413]
53 FR 51575
December 22, 1988
Authority for Temporary Time Extension for Subzones 78c and 78D,
Tennessee Valley Authority, Hartsville and Phipps Bend, TN
TEXT: Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Act
of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a through 81u), and the FTZ Board
(the Board) Regulations (15 CFR Part 400), the Board adopts the following
order:
Whereas, FTZ Subzones 78C and 78D at Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA)
nuclear facilities in Hartsville and Phipps Bend, Tennessee, were approved
for a five-year period (Board Order 246, 3/30/84) to provide duty deferral
on certain unused nuclear power plant equipment stored at the facilities;
Whereas, TVA has experienced delays in selling the equipment;
Whereas, the Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Port Authority,
grantee of FTZ 78, has applied to the Board for a time extension to allow
TVA to proceed with a proposed sale of the equipment;
Whereas, the extension application was accepted for filing on October 25,
1988, and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register
on October 28, 1988 (FTZ Docket 34-88, 53 FR 43748);
Whereas, the U.S. Customs Service and the examiners committee assigned
to the case recommend approval;
Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended, and the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that
approval of the application is in the public interest;
Now, Therefore, the Board hereby orders:
That the time limits for Subzones 78C and 78D are extended to October
25, 1993, and December 31, 1989, respectively, in accordance with the
application filed October 25, 1988. The grant does not include authority
for manufacturing operations. 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 16th day of December, 1988.
Jan W. Mares,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Chairman,
Committee of Alternates Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest: John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 88-29399 Filed 12-21-88; 8:45 am]
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