NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(Order No. 576)
Resolution and Order Approving With Restriction the Application of the Port
of
Houston Authority for Special-Purpose Subzone Status Shaffer, Inc., Plant
(Oil
Drilling Equipment) Harris County, TX
Tuesday, May 12, 1992
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) adopts the following Resolution and Order:
The Board, having considered the matter, hereby orders:
After consideration of the application of the Port of Houston Authority,
grantee of FTZ 84, filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones[Image] Board (the
Board) on April 16, 1991, requesting special-purpose subzone status at the
oil drilling equipment manufacturing plant of Shaffer, Inc., in Harris
County, Texas, 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 requiring that privileged-foreign status (19 CFR
146.65) shall be elected on all foreign merchandise that is subject to
Column 2 duty rates (non- MFN merchandise) at the time of admission to the
subzone, approves the application subject to the foregoing restriction.
Approval is subject to the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board's regulations (as
revised, 56 FR 50790-50808, 10/8/91), including § 400.28. 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 for Subzone Status
Whereas, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act "To provide
for the establishment 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 to grant to corporations the privileges of establishing
foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry;
Whereas, the Board's regulations (15 CFR part 400) 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 Port of Houston Authority, grantee of FTZ 84, has made
application (filed 4-16-91, FTZ Docket 24-91, 56 FR 21472, 5-9-91) to the
Board for authority to establish a special-purpose subzone at the oil
drilling equipment manufacturing plant of Shaffer, Inc., in Harris County,
Texas;
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, the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a subzone
at the Shaffer, Inc., plant in Harris County, Texas, designated on the
records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Subzone 84H, at the location
described in the application, subject to the restriction in the resolution
accompanying this action, and to the Act and the Board's Regulations (as
revised, 56 FR 50790- 50808, 10/8/91), including § 400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of May 1992, pursuant to Order of the
Board.
Alan M. Dunn,
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. 92-11119 Filed 5-11-92; 8:45 am)