[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26583]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1056]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status: E.I. Dupont de Nemours and 
Company, Inc. (Crop Protection Products); Manati'', PR

    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 Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 7, has made application to the Board for authority 
to establish special-purpose subzone status at the crop protection 
products manufacturing facility of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, 
Inc. (DuPont Agricultural Caribe Industries, Ltd.), located in Manati, 
Puerto Rico (FTZ Docket 21-99, filed 5/7/99);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (64 FR 26934, 5/18/99); 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 would be in the public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status at the crop protection products manufacturing facility of E.I. 
DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc., located in Manati, Puerto Rico, 
(Subzone 7E), at the location described in the application, subject to 
the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of September 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-26583 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]
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