NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(Order No. 587)
Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the New Hampshire State
Port
Authority for Special-Purpose Subzone Status; ABB Combustion Engineering,
Inc.
(Industrial/Nuclear Equipment) Newington, NH
Thursday, July 9, 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 New Hampshire State Port
Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 81, filed with the Foreign-Trade
Zones Board (the Board) on September 18, 1991, requesting special-purpose
subzone status at the industrial/nuclear equipment manufacturing plant of
ABB Combustion Engineering, Inc. (subsidiary of ABB Asea Brown Boveri Group,
Switzerland), in Newington, New Hampshire, within the Portsmouth 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 § 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
ABB Combustion Engineering, Inc. Newington, NH
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 privilege 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;
Whereas, The New Hampshire State Port Authority, Grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone No. 81, has made application (filed 9-18-91, FTZ Docket 54-91, 56 FR
49742, 10- 1-91) to the Board for authority to establish a special-purpose
subzone at the ABB Combustion Engineering, Inc., plant in Newington, New
Hampshire;
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 authorizes the establishment of a subzone
at the ABB Combustion Engineering, Inc., plant in Newington, New Hampshire,
designated on the records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Subzone 81C, at the
location described in the application, subject to the FTZ Act and the
Board's regulations (as revised, 56 FR 50790-50808, 10-8-91), including
Section 400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of June 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. 92-16007 Filed 7-8-92; 8:45 am)