[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 71934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30627]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1262]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Canon Virginia, Inc. 
Manufacturing Plant (Computer Printers and Related Products); Newport 
News, VA

    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 Virginia Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
20, has made application to the Board for authority to establish 
special-purpose subzone status at the computer printer and related 
products manufacturing plant of Canon Virginia, Inc., located in 
Newport News, Virginia (FTZ Docket 29-2002, filed July 2, 2002);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (67 FR 46632, 7/16/02); 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 computer printer and related products manufacturing plant 
of Canon Virginia, Inc., located in Newport News, Virginia, (Subzone 
20D), at the locations described in the application, subject to the FTZ 
Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec.  400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of November 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 02-30627 Filed 12-2-02; 8:45 am]
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