[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 5496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2588]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1073]


Disapproval of Subzone Status, Mani Can Corp. (Steel Cans), 
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

    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 (the 
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 for authority to establish 
special-purpose subzone status at the steel can processing facilities 
of Mani Can Corporation (Inc.), located in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (FTZ 
Docket 36-96, filed May 7, 1996);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (61 FR 24271, May 14, 1996); 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 have not been satisfied, and that approval of the 
application is not in the public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby disapproves the application for 
subzone status at the easy-open steel can processing facilities of Mani 
Can Corporation (Inc.), located in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of January 2000.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-2588 Filed 2-3-00; 8:45 am]
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