[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 16650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7555]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1148]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Bahco Tools, Inc. (Hand 
Tools), Throop, PA

    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 Eastern Distribution Center, Inc., grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 24, has made application to the Board for authority to 
establish a special-purpose subzone at the hand tools warehousing 
facilities of Bahco Tools, Inc. (formerly Sandvik Saws and Tools, 
Inc.), located in Throop, Pennsylvania (FTZ Docket 13-99, filed 3/26/
99; amended 7/2000);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (64 FR 16697, 4-6-99); 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 would be satisfied, and that approval of the 
application, as amended, 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 hand tools warehousing facilities of Bahco Tools, Inc., 
located in Throop, Pennsylvania (Subzone 24C), at the location 
described in the application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the 
Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28, for a period of four years, 
subject to extension upon review.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of March 2001.
Timothy J. Hauser,
Acting Under Secretary for International Trade, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 01-7555 Filed 3-26-01; 8:45 am]
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