NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 520]
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the City of Phoenix,
Arizona,
for a Special-Purpose Subzone at the Conair Corporation Small Appliance
Plant
in Glendale, AZ; Proceedings of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Washington, DC
Thursday, May 9, 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) adopts the following Resolution and Order.
The Board, having considered the matter, hereby orders:
After consideration of the application of the City of Phoenix, Arizona,
grantee of FTZ 75, filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) on
August 20, 1990, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the small
heating and kitchen appliance and telephone manufacturing plant of Conair
Corporation, located in Glendale, Arizona, the Board, finding that the
requirements of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended, and the FTZ
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 a grant of authority and 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. 81-81u) (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 City of Phoeniz, Arizona, Grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone No.
75, has made application (filed August 20, 1990, FTZ Docket 35-90, 55 FR
35914, 9/4/90) in due and proper form to the Board for authority to
establish a special-purpose subzone at the Conair Corporation plant in
Glendale, Arizona;
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 are satisfied;
Now, Therefore, in accordance with the application filed August 20, 1990,
the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a subzone at the Conair
plant in Glendale, Arizona, designated on the records of the Board as
Foreign-Trade Subzone 75A, at the location mentioned above and more
particularly described on the maps and drawings accompanying the
application, to the same extent as though the same were fully set forth
herein, said grant of authority being subject to the provisions and
restrictions of the Act and the 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, 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 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 other
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 3rd day of May, 1991,
pursuant to Order of the Baord.
Eric I. Garfinkel,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Chairman,
Committee of Alternates Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 91-11095 Filed 5-8-91; 8:45 am]