DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 493]
55 FR 50340
December 6, 1990
Resolution and Order Approving With Restriction the Application of the
Greater Kansas City Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., for a Special-Purpose Subzone
for Sink Processing at the Metcraft Plant, Grandview, MO
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 Greater Kansas City
Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 15, filed with the Foreign-Trade
Zones Board (the Board) on September 5, 1989, requesting special-purpose
subzone status for a period not beyond December 31, 1998, for the stainless
steel sink finishing operation at the Metcraft, Inc., manufacturing plant
in Grandview, Missouri, adjacent to the Kansas City Customs port of entry,
the Board, finding that the requirements of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as
amended, and the FTZ Board's regulations would be satisfied, and that the
proposal would be in the public interest if approval were subject to a
restriction that requires that all foreign merchandise admitted to the plant
under foreign-trade zone procedures be reexported or destroyed, approves the
application subject to the foregoing restriction and time period (12/31/98).
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 a Foreign-Trade Subzone in Grandview, MO
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 Greater Kansas City Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone 15, has made application (filed September 5, 1989, FTZ
Docket 15-89, 54 FR 181, 9/20/89), in due and proper form to the Board for
authority to establish a special-purpose subzone at the stainless sink
operation of Metcraft, Inc., located in Grandview, Missouri;
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 would be satisfied and that the proposal would be in
the public interest if approval were given subject to the restriction in
the resolution accompanying this action;
Now, therefore, in accordance with the application filed September 5,
1989, the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a special-purpose
subzone at the Metcraft plant in Grandview, Missouri, designated on the
records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Subzone No. 15F at the location
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 issued thereunder,
to the restriction in the resolution accompanying this action, 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 any necessary
permits shall be obtained from federal, state, and municipal authorities.
Officers and employees of the United States shall have free and
unrestricted access to and throughout the foreign-trade subzone facility 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 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 or his delegate at Washington, DC, this 27th day of November 1990,
pursuant to Order of the Board.
Marjorie A. Chorlins,
Acting 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. 90-28668 Filed 12-5-90; 8:45 am]
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