[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 190 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58508-58509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25085]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1120]


GRANT OF AUTHORITY FOR SUBZONE STATUS; ASO Corporation (Adhesive 
Bandages); Sarasota County, 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 (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 Manatee County Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 169, has made application to the Board for authority to 
establish special-purpose subzone status at the adhesive

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bandage facility of Aso Corporation located in Sarasota County, 
Florida, (FTZ Docket 24-98, filed 5-05-98);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (63 FR 26776, 5/14/98 and 65 FR 49536, 8/14/00); 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 would be satisfied, and that approval of the 
application would be in the public interest if approval were subject to 
a time limit;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status at the adhesive bandage facility of Aso Corporation, located in 
Sarasota County, Florida, (Subzone 169A), at the location described in 
the application, for an initial period of four years (of activation), 
subject to extension upon review, and subject to the FTZ Act and the 
Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of September 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-25085 Filed 9-28-00; 8:45 am]
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