[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72643-72644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33661]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1069]


Approval for Extension of Authority of Board Order 732; Foreign-
Trade Subzone 149A BASF Corp. (Caprolactam Extract, Cyclohexanone), 
Freeport, TX

    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, Subzone 149A was approved by the Board with authority to 
manufacture polycaprolactam and its related chemical precursors 
(caprolactam extract and cyclohexanone) under FTZ procedures up to a 
combined level of 45 million kilograms annually (Board Order 732 60 FR 
15903, March 28, 1995), subject to the following conditions: (1) 
Privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) shall be elected on all 
foreign merchandise admitted to the subzone, except that nonprivileged 
foreign (NPF) status may be elected for foreign caprolactam extract 
(HTSUS 2933.71.0000) and cyclohexanone (2914.22.1000); and, (2) the 
authority with regard to the NPF option is initially granted until 
December 31, 1999, subject to extension.
    Whereas, BASF Corporation, operator of FTZ Subzone 149A, located in

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Freeport, Texas, has required an extension (to December 31, 2003) of 
authority for the NPF option of Board Order 732 (FTZ Doc. 10-99, filed 
March 17, 1999);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (64 FR 14689, March 26, 1999);
    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 request 
is in the public interest;
    Now therefore, the Board hereby approves the request subject the 
FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28, and further 
subject to the other condition (Condition #1) of Board Order 732.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of December 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. 99-33661 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am]
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