[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1322-1323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-460]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Order No. 794]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status BASF Corporation (Chemical 
Pigments/Dyes); Rensselaer, NY

    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 

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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 
qualified 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 Capital District Regional Planning 
Commission, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 121, for authority to 
establish special-purpose subzone status at the chemical pigment/dye 
manufacturing facility of BASF Corporation in the Rensselaer, New York 
area, was filed by the Board on March 11, 1994, and notice inviting 
public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 11-94, 59 
FR 13697, 3-23-94); and,
    Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the FTZ Act 
and 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 121B) at the plant site of BASF Corporation in 
Rensselaer, New York, at the location described in the application, 
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including 
Sec. 400.28. The scope of authority does not include authority for the 
election of nonprivileged foreign status (19 CFR Sec. 146.42) on 
foreign items used in manufacturing and processing activity which 
results in articles subject to a lower (actual or effective) duty rate 
than any of their foreign components.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of December 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-460 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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