NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(Order No. 636)
Proceedings of the Foreign-Trade Zones
Board, Washington, DC; Resolution and
Order
Thursday, May 13, 1993
Resolution and Order
Approving the Application of City of Phoenix, Arizona,
for Special-purpose Subzone Status Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
(Distribution/Processing Facility)
Buckeye, Arizona.
Pursuant to its authority under 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 City of Phoenix, Arizona,
grantee of FTZ 75, filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) on
July 1, 1992, requesting special-purpose subzone status at the distribution/
processing facility of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., in Buckeye, Arizona, 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 propsal
is in the public interest, approves the application.
Approval includes authority to assemble/process stereo systems (using
domestic speakers) and camera kits. No foreign textile products will be
used in any processing or manufacturing under zone procedures.
Approval is subject to the FTZ Act and 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.
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 City of Phoenix, Arizona, Grantee of
Foreign- Trade Zone No. 75, for authority to establish a special-purpose
subzone at the distribution/processing facility of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,
in Buckeye, Arizona, was filed by the Board on July 1, 1992, and notice
inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket
22-92, 57 FR 31354, 7/15/92);
Whereas, the application includes a request for authority to
assemble/process stereo systems and camera kits under zone procedures; 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
(Subzone 75B) at the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., facilities in Buckeye, Arizona,
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. Approval includes authority to assemble/process stereo
systems (using domestic speakers) and camera kits. No foreign textile
products will be used in any processing or manufacturing under zone
procedures.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of May, 1993, pursuant to Order of
the Board.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Chairman,
Committee of Alternates,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
(FR Doc. 93-11415 Filed 5-12-93; 8:45 am)