[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 9177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4693]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 955]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Toyota Motor Manufacturing 
West Virginia, Inc. (Automobile Engines), Buffalo, West Virginia

    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 FTZ 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 West Virginia Economic Development 
Authority, grantee of FTZ 229, for authority to establish special-
purpose subzone status for the automobile engine manufacturing plant of 
Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia, Inc., in Buffalo, West 
Virginia, was filed by the Board on July 22, 1997, and notice inviting 
public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 62-97, 62 
FR 40333, 7-28-97); and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds 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 grants authority for subzone 
status at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia, Inc., plant in 
Buffalo, West Virginia (Subzone 229A), at the location described in the 
application, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, 
including Sec. 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of February 1998.

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
William M. Daley,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.

    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-4693 Filed 2-23-98; 8:45 am]
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