[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 35908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17450]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 987]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Komatsu America 
International Company, Inc.; (Construction and Mining Equipment Parts 
Distribution) Ripley, TN

    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 City of Memphis, Tennessee, 
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 77, for authority to establish special-
purpose subzone status at the warehousing/distribution (non-
manufacturing) facility of Komatsu America International Company, Inc., 
located in Ripley, Tennessee, was filed by the Board on June 30, 1997, 
and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register 
(FTZ Docket 57-97, 62 FR 36487, 07/08/97); 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 authorizes the establishment of a 
subzone (Subzone 77C) at the Komatsu America International Company, 
Inc., facility in Ripley, Tennessee, 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 activity 
conducted under FTZ procedures that would result in a change in tariff 
classification.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of June 1998.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-17450 Filed 6-30-98; 8:45 am]
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