[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 17048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8565]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1219]


Approval for Extension of Authority of Board Order 745; Foreign-
Trade Subzone 59A; Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. (Multi-
Axis Industrial Robots); Lincoln, Nebraska

    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, Board Order 745 (60 FR 30517, 6-9-95) granted authority on 
behalf of Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. (KMM) to 
manufacture multi-axis industrial robots with six or more axes of 
motion under FTZ procedures for a limited time period (expires April 1, 
2002), subject to extension;
    Whereas, KMM, operator of Subzone 59A, has requested authority to 
extend its manufacturing authority for multi-axis industrial robots on 
a permanent basis;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (64 FR 25477, 5-12-99);
    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 request 
would be in the public interest;
    Now therefore, the Board hereby approves the request subject to the 
FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and 
subject to the restriction that the scope of authority is limited to 
the manufacture of multi-axis industrial robots having six or more axes 
of motion.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of March, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-8565 Filed 4-8-02; 8:45 am]
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