DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 446]
54 FR 47247
November 13, 1989
Approval for Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 86, Tacoma, WA
TEXT: Pursuant to the authority granted in 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 Resolution and Order:
Whereas, the Puget Sound Foreign-Trade Zone Association, Grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone No. 86, has applied to the Board for authority to expand
its general-purpose zone at the Port of Tacoma, Washington, within the
Tacoma Customs port of entry, and for authority for manufacturing within
the zone on behalf of the tubular goods assembly operation of Kawasaki
Thermal System, Inc. (KTS);
Whereas, the application was accepted for filing on January 25, 1988, and
notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register on February
10, 1988 (Docket 6-88, 53 FR 3907);
Whereas, an examiners committee has investigated the application in
accordance with the Board's regulations and recommends approval;
Whereas, the expansion is necessary to improve and expand zone services
in the Tacoma area; 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 the application would be in the public interest, provided approval is
subject to a restriction requiring KTS to elect privileged foreign status
on any foreign steel mill products admitted to its zone manufacturing
operation;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
That, subject to the foregoing restrictions on the KTS activity, the
Grantee is authorized to expand its zone in accordance with the application
filed January 25, 1988. The Grantee shall notify the Board for approval
prior to the commencement of any additional manufacturing or assembly
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 3rd day of November 1989.
Eric I. Garfinkel,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Chairman,
Committee of Alternates, Foreign-Trade Zone.
Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 89-26511 Filed 11-9-89; 8:45 am]
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