[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 2486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1241]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[ORDER NO. 798]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status Pier 1 Imports, Inc. 
(Distribution Facility); Grove City, Ohio

    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, 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 
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 Rickenbacker Port Authority, 
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 138, for authority to establish special-
purpose subzone status for the distribution facility of Pier 1 Imports, 
Inc., located in Grove City, Ohio, was filed by the Board on February 
8, 1995, and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (FTZ Docket 4-95, 60 FR 9005, 2/16/95); 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 138B) at the Pier 1 Imports, Inc., facility in Grove 
City, Ohio, at the location described in the application, subject to 
the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28. As 
indicated in the application, no processing or manufacturing will be 
conducted under zone procedures, including any such activity involving 
foreign textile products.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of January 1996.
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. 96-1241 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am]
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