[Federal Register: March 8, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 45)]
[Notices]
[Page 12734-12735]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Order No. 730]
Foreign-Trade Zones Board; Approval of Export Processing
Activity; Upstate Precision Mfg., Inc. (Office Furniture Systems)
Within Foreign-Trade Zone 54, Clinton County, NY
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 Order:
Whereas, Sec. 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations, requires
approval of the Board prior to commencement of new manufacturing/
processing activity within existing zone facilities;
Whereas, the Clinton County Area Development Corporation, grantee
of FTZ 54, Clinton County, New York, has requested authority under
Sec. 400.32(b)(1) of the Board's regulations on behalf of Upstate
Precision Mfg., Inc. (UPMI), to manufacture modular furniture panels
for export within FTZ 54 (filed 11-23-94, FTZ Docket A(32b1)-4-94; Doc.
7-95, assigned 2/21/95);
Whereas, pursuant to Sec. 400.32(b)(1), the Commerce Department's
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance has the authority to act
for the Board in making such decisions on new manufacturing/processing
activity under certain circumstances, including situations where the
proposed activity is for export only (Sec. 400.32(b)(1)(ii); and,
Whereas, the FTZ Staff has reviewed the proposal, taking into
account the criteria of Sec. 400.31, and the Executive Secretary has
recommended approval;
Now, Therefore, the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
acting for the Board pursuant to Sec. 400.32(b)(1), concurs in the
recommendation and hereby approves the request subject to the Act and
the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28, and subject to the
further condition that all textile products admitted to the zone for
UPMI shall be of U.S. origin or shall be a good originating in the
territory of a NAFTA country (Sec. 202, PL 103-182, 12-8-93).
[[Page 12735]] Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of
February 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Chairman,
Committee of Alternates Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 95-5562 Filed 3-7-95; 8:45 am]
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