NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Order No. 531]
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the Richland-Lexington
Airport District for a Special-Purpose Subzone at the High-Technology
Automotive Electronic Components Manufacturing Facility of Automotive
Electronic Control Systems, Inc., in Anderson, SC; Proceedings of the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Washington, DC
Wednesday, August 21, 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 Richland-Lexington Airport
District, grantee of FTZ 127, filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) on January 28, 1991, requesting special-purpose subzone status at
the high-technology automotive electronic components manufacturing plant of
Automotive Electronic Control Systems, Inc., located in Anderson, South
Carolina (Greenville-Spartanburg area), 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.
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 Richland-Lexington Airport District, Grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone No. 127, has made application (filed January 28, 1991, FTZ Docket 6-91,
FTZ Docket 6-91, 56 FR 5974, 02-14-91) in due and proper form to the Board
for authority to establish a special-purpose subzone at the high-
technology automotive electronic components manufacturing plant of
Automotive Electronic Control Systems, Inc., in Anderson, South Carolina;
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 January 28, 1991,
the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a subzone at the
Automotive Electronic Control Systems, Inc., plant in Anderson, South
Carolina, designated on the records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Subzone
127A, 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 the
regulations issued thereunder, to the same extent as though the same were
fully set forth herein, 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 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 August, 1991,
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.
[FR Doc. 91-20035 Filed 8-20-91; 8:45 am]