[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52739-52740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26132]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1187]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Roper Corporation, (Home 
Appliances), LaFayette, GA

    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 Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 26, has made application to the Board for authority to 
establish special-purpose subzone at the home appliance manufacturing 
and warehousing facilities of the Roper Corporation, located in 
LaFayette, Georgia (FTZ Docket 5-2001, filed 1/22/01);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (66 FR 8194, 1/30/01); 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

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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 home appliance manufacturing and warehousing facilities 
of the Roper Corporation, located in LaFayette, Georgia (Subzone 26G), 
at the location described in the application, and subject to the FTZ 
Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of September 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 01-26132 Filed 10-16-01; 8:45 am]
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