[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26129]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1196]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Sony Technology Center--
Pittsburgh (Televisions, Specialty Chemicals, Thermal Transfer Ribbon), 
Mt. Pleasant, 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 Regional Industrial Development Corporation of 
Southwestern Pennsylvania, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 33, has made 
application to the Board for authority to establish a special-purpose 
subzone at the television manufacturing and warehousing facilities 
(televisions, specialty chemicals and thermal transfer ribbon) of the 
Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh, located in Mt. Pleasant, 
Pennsylvania (FTZ Docket 18-2001, filed 4/23/01);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register 66 FR 21740, 5-1-01); 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 is in the public interest;
    Now, Therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status at the television manufacturing and warehousing facilities of 
the Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh, located in Mt. Pleasant, 
Pennsylvania (Subzone 33C), at the location described in the 
application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, 
including Sec. 400.28. The scope of authority includes the manufacture 
of finished and unfinished televisions and television tubes as 
described in the Federal Register notice initiating the review (66 FR 
21740, 5/1/01) and in the examiner's report.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of September 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-26129 Filed 10-16-01; 8:45 am]
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