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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 884]
Approval of Manufacturing Activity Within Foreign-Trade Zone 39,
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; Selective Technology, Inc. (Automotive Air-
Conditioner Compressors)
Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June
18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u)(the Act), 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 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board, grantee
of FTZ 39, has requested authority under Sec. 400.32(b)(1) of the
Board's regulations on behalf of Selective Technology, Inc., to
manufacture automotive air-conditioner compressors under zone
procedures within FTZ 39, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (filed 10-18-96, FTZ
Docket A(32b1)-4-96; Doc. 22-97, assigned 3-24-97);
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 the same, in terms of products involved, to
activity recently approved by the Board (Sec. 400.32(b)(1)(i)); 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.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of April 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance,
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-10391 Filed 4-21-97; 8:45 am]
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