[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 65171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31550]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1009]


Approval of Manufacturing Activity Within Foreign-Trade Zone 226 
Atwater, California; Pacesetter, Inc. (Modular Buildings)

    Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 
June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the Act), the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order:

    Whereas, Merced County, California, grantee of FTZ 226, has 
requested authority under Sec. 400.32(b)(1) of the Board's regulations 
on behalf of Pacesetter, Inc., to manufacture modular buildings for 
export under zone procedures within FTZ 226, Atwater, California (filed 
8-12-98, FTZ Docket 38-98);
    Whereas, pursuant to Sec. 400.32(b)(1), the Commerce Department's 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration has the authority to act 
for the Board in making such decisions on new manufacturing/processing 
activity under certain circumstances, including situations where the 
proposed activity is for export only (Sec. 400.32(b)(1)(ii)); and,
    Whereas, the FTZ Staff has reviewed the proposal, taking into 
account the criteria of Sec. 400.31, and the Executive Secretary has 
recommended approval;
    Now, therefore, the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
acting for the Board pursuant to Sec. 400.32(b)(1), concurs in the 
recommendation and hereby approves the request subject to the Act and 
the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28, and further subject to 
a condition requiring that all foreign-status merchandise admitted to 
FTZ 226 for the Pacesetter, Inc., activity, must be exported.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of November 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-31550 Filed 11-24-98; 8:45 am]
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