[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22065]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 997]


Microchip Technology Inc. (Semiconductors), Chandler and Tempe, 
AZ; Grant of Authority for Subzone Status

    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 Phoenix, Arizona, grantee 
of Foreign-Trade Zone 75, for authority to establish special-purpose 
subzone status at the semiconductor manufacturing plants of Microchip 
Technology Inc., located at sites in Chandler and Tempe, Arizona, was 
filed by the Board on October 30, 1997, and notice inviting public 
comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 78-97, 62 FR 
60219, 11/7/97); and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
the 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 semiconductor manufacturing plants of Microchip 
Technology Inc., located at sites in Chandler and Tempe, Arizona 
(Subzone 75H), at the locations described in the application, and 
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including 
Sec. 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 31st day of July 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-22065 Filed 8-14-98; 8:45 am]
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