[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15858]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No 1041]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Komatsu Latin-America 
Corporation (Construction/Mining Equipment Components and Products), 
Miami, Florida

    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, and when the activity results 
in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
    Whereas, the Greater Miami Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 32, has made application to the Board for authority 
to establish special-purpose subzone status at the construction and 
mining equipment components and products warehousing/distribution (non-
manufacturing) facility of Komatsu Latin-America Corporation, located 
in Miami, Florida, (FTZ Docket 19-98, filed 4/6/98, and amended 11/30/
98);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (63 FR 18363, 4/15/98 and 63 FR 67645, 12/8/98); 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, as amended, is in the public interest;
    Now, Therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status at the construction and mining equipment parts warehousing/
distribution facility of Komatsu Latin-America Corporation, located in 
Miami, Florida, (Subzone 32B), at the location described in the 
application, as amended, and 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 11th day of June 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-15858 Filed 6-21-99; 8:45 am]
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