NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 505]
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the Massachusetts Port
Authority for Seven Special-Purpose Subzones for the Polaroid Corp. in the
Boston/New Bedford, MA, Area; Proceedings of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
Washington, DC
Friday, January 18, 1991
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 Massachusetts Port Authority,
grantee of FTZ 27, filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) on
November 8, 1989, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the Polaroid
Corporation's seven manufacturing and distribution facilities (7 sites) in
the Boston/New Bedford, Massachusetts, area within and adjacent to the
Boston and New Bedford, Massachusetts Customs ports 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 is subject to the condition
that Polaroid shall provide the FTZ Board and the District Director of
Customs annually with a list of merchandise admitted to the zone in non-
privileged status for manufacturing, and the resulting products, which
merchandise had not been specifically mentioned in the application, approves
the application, subject to the foregoing condition.
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.
To Establish Special-Purpose Subzones for the Polaroid Corp. Facilities in
the Boston/New Bedford, MA, Area
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 Massachusetts Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone
27, has made application (filed November 8, 1989, FTZ Docket 29-89, 54 FR
48793, 11/27/89), in due and proper form to the Board for authority to
establish special-purpose subzones at the Polaroid Corporation's
manufacturing and distribution facilities (7 sites) in the Boston/New
Bedford, Massachusetts, area;
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 November 8, 1989,
the Board hereby authorizes special-purpose subzone status at seven
facilities of the Polaroid Corporation in the Boston/New Bedford,
Massachusetts area, designated on the records, of the Board as
Foreign-Trade Subzones: 27E (Norwood); 27F (Needham); 27G (New Bedford);
27H (Waltham); 27I (Freetown); 27J (Boston); 27K (Cambridge), and as
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, and to the condition in the resolution
accompanying this action, and also to the following express conditions and
limitations:
Activation of the subzone sites shall be commenced within a reasonable time
from the date of issuance of the grant, and prior thereto the Grantee shall
all necessary permit 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 facilities
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 14th day of January 1991,
pursuant to Order of the Board.
Erie 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. 91-1308 Filed 1-17-91; 8:45 am]