DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 486]
55 FR 39186
September 25, 1990
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the Indianapolis
Airport Authority for Subzone Status at the Alpine Auto Audio Products
Plants Greenwood and Indianapolis, IN
TEXT: Proceedings 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 (the Board) has adopted the following Resolution and Order:
The Board, having considered the matter, hereby orders:
After consideration of the application of the Indianapolis Airport
authority, grantee of FTZ 72, filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones Board on
October 29, 1987, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the
automobile audio and electronic equipment manufacturing plant and warehouse
of Alpine Electronics Manufacturing of America, Inc., located in Greenwood
and Indianapolis, Indiana, adjacent to the Indianapolis 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.
The Secretary of Commerce, as Chairman and Executive Officer of the
Board, is hereby authorized to issue an appropriate Board Order.
Grant of Authority
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 Board's regulations (15 CFR 400.304) provide for the
establishment of special-purpose subzones when existing zone facilities
cannot serve the specific use involved, and where a significant public
benefit will result;
Whereas, the Indianapolis Airport Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone 72, Indianapolis, Indiana, has made application (filed October 29,
1987, FTZ Docket 27-87, 52 FR 43217), in due and proper form to the Board
for authority to establish a special-purpose subzone at the automobile audio
equipement and electronic components manufacturing plant and warehouse
facility of Alpine Electronics Manufacturing of America, Inc., located in
Greenwood and Indianapolis, Indiana, adjacent to the Indianapolis Customs
port of entry;
Whereas, Notice of said application has been given and published, and
full opportunity has been offorded all interested parties to be heard; and,
Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the Act of the
Board's requlations are satisfied and that the proposal is in the public
interest;
Now, therefore, in accordance with the application filed October 29, 1987,
the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a subzone at the Alpine
plants in Greenwood and Indianapolis, designated on the records of the Board
as Foreign-Trade Subzone 72I at the locations mentioned above and more
particularly described on the maps and drawings accompanying the application,
said grant of authority being subject to the provisions and restrictions of
the Act and regulations, and also to the following express conditions and
limitations:
Activation of the subzone shall be commenced within a reasonable time
from the date of issuance of the grant, and prior thereto, and municipal
authorities.
Officers and employees of the United States shall have free and
unrestricted access to and throughout the foreign-trade subzone in the
performance of their official duties.
The grant shall not be construed to relieve responsible parties from
liability for injury or damage to the person or property of others
occasioned by the construction, operation, or maintenance of said subzone,
and in no event shall the United States be liable therefor.
The grant is therefor 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 revene 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 17th day of September, 1990, pursuant to
Order of the Board.
Eric I. Garfinkel,
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. 90-22663 Filed 9-24-90; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M