[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12734-12735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5562]



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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 Import Administration 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 Import Administration, 
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 Import Administration, Chairman, 
Committee of Alternates Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 95-5562 Filed 3-7-95; 8:45 am]
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