[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26133]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1188]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Atlantic Marine, Inc., 
(Shipbuilding), Jacksonville, FL

    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, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act ``To 
provide 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,'' as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the FTZ Act), 
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) is authorized 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, an application from the Jacksonville Port Authority, 
grantee of FTZ 64, for authority to establish special-purpose subzone 
status for the shipbuilding facility of Atlantic Marine, Inc., in 
Jacksonville, Florida, was filed by the Board on December 5, 2000, and 
notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ 
Docket 68-2000, 65 FR 77850, 12-13-2000); 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 would be satisfied, and that approval of the 
application would be in the public interest if approval were given 
subject to the standard shipyard restriction on foreign steel mill 
products;
    Now, Therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status at the shipbuilding facility of Atlantic Marine, Inc., in 
Jacksonville, Florida (Subzone 64A), at the location described in the 
application, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, 
including Sec. 400.28, and subject to the following special conditions:
    1. Any foreign steel mill product admitted to the subzone, 
including plate, angles, shapes, channels, rolled steel stock, bars, 
pipes and tubes, not incorporated into merchandise otherwise 
classified, and which is used in manufacturing, shall be subject to 
Customs duties in accordance with applicable law, unless the Executive 
Secretary determines that the same item is not then being produced by a 
domestic steel mill.
    2. In addition to the annual report, Atlantic Marine, Inc., shall 
advise the Board's Executive Secretary (Sec. 400.28(a)(3)) as to 
significant new contracts with appropriate information concerning 
foreign purchases otherwise dutiable, so that the Board may consider 
whether any foreign dutiable items are being imported for manufacturing 
in the subzone primarily because of subzone status and whether the 
Board should consider requiring Customs duties to be paid on such 
items.
    3. All foreign-origin quota-class merchandise must be admitted to 
the subzone under privileged domestic status (19 CFR 146.43(a)(2)).

    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. 01-26133 Filed 10-16-01; 8:45 am]
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