NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(Order No. 586)
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the Maine International
Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., Waterville, MA
Wednesday, August 12, 1992
Proceedings of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Washington, DC
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 Maine International Foreign-
Trade Zone, Inc., filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones (the Board) on September
20, 1991, requesting a grant of authority to establish a general-purpose
foreign-trade zone in Waterville, Maine, adjacent to the Belfast Customs
port of entry, the Board, finding that the requirements of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended, and the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that
the proposal is in the public interest, approves the application.
The approval is subject to the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board's regulations (as
revised, 56 FR 50790-50808, 10/8/91), including section 400.28. The
Secretary of Commerce, as Chairman and Executive Officer of the Board, is
hereby authorized to issue an appropriate Board Order.
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 qualified corporations the
privilege of establishing foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs
ports of entry;
Whereas, the Maine International Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc. (the Grantee), a
Maine non-profit corporation, has made application (filed 9/20/91, FTZ
Docket 56-91, 56 FR 50090, 10/3/91) to the Board, requesting the
establishment of a foreign-trade zone in Waterville, Maine, adjacent to the
Belfast Customs port of entry;
Whereas, notice of said application has been given in the Federal Register
and public comment has been invited; and,
Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the Act and the
Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the application is
in the public interest;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants to the Grantee the privilege of
establishing a foreign-trade zone, designated on the records of the Board
as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 186, at the location described in the
application, subject to the Act and the Board's regulations (as revised, 56
FR 50790-50808, 10/8/91), including Section 400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of August, 1992.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Barbara H. Franklin,
Secretary of Commerce.
Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
(FR Doc. 92-19218 Filed 8-11-92; 8:45 am)