NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(Order No. 601)
Resolution and Order Approving With Restriction the Application of the St.
Joseph County Airport Authority for Special-Purpose Subzone Status Coachmen
Recreational Vehicle Co. (Micro-Mini Recreational Vehicles), Middlebury, IN
Monday, October 19, 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 St. Joseph County Airport
Authority, grantee of FTZ 125, filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones board (the
Board) on May 31, 1991, requesting special-purpose subzone status for
manufacturing Class C Compact (micro-mini) recreational vehicles at the
Coachmen Recreational Vehicle Company plant in Middlebury, Indiana, 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 146.41) be
elected on shipments of foreign pickup cab/chassis should shipments of such
items exceed 5,000 units in a calendar year, approves the application
subject to the foregoing restriction.
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 a grant of authority and appropriate Board Order.
Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Coachmen Recreational Vehicle Co.;
Middlebury, IN
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, an application from the St. Joseph County Airport Authority, Inc.,
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 125, for authority to establish a
special-purpose subzone for the micromini recreational vehicle
manufacturing operation at the Coachmen Recreational Vehicle Company plant,
in Middlebury, Indiana, was filed by the Board on May 31, 1991 (FTZ Docket
33-91, 56 FR 28370, 06-20-91); 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 a restriction;
Now, Therefore, the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a subzone
(Subzone 125B) for the manufacture of micro-mini recreational vehicles at
the Coachmen Recreational Vehicle Company plant in Middlebury, Indiana, 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, and subject to a restriction requiring that privileged
foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) shall be elected on shipments of foreign
pickup cab/chassis should shipments on such items exceed 5,000 units in a
calendar year.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of October 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. 92-25301 Filed 10-16-92; 8:45 am)