[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 214 (Thursday, November 5, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 59762] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-29671] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 1005] Grant of Authority for Subzone Status Lucent Technologies Inc. (Telecommunications Equipment), Columbus, 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, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides 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,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 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, the Rickenbacker Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 138, has made application to the Board for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the telecommunications equipment manufacturing facility of Lucent Technologies Inc., located in Columbus, Ohio, (FTZ Docket 73-97, filed 9/29/97); Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (62 FR 52683, 10/9/97); 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 telecommunications equipment manufacturing facility of the Lucent Technologies Inc., located in Columbus, Ohio, (Subzone 138E), at the location described in the application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28. Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of October 1998. Robert S. LaRussa, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 98-29671 Filed 11-4-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P