[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 2313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-982]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1264]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Deepsea Flexibles, Inc. 
(Flexible Pipeline); Galveston, Texas

    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 Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 36, has made application to the Board for authority 
to establish a special-purpose subzone at the flexible pipeline 
manufacturing and warehousing facilities of Deepsea Flexibles, Inc., 
located in Galveston, Texas (FTZ Docket 10-2002, filed 2/6/02);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (67 FR 7133, February 15, 2002); 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 would be in the public interest if approval was subject to 
restriction;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status at the flexible pipeline manufacturing and warehousing 
facilities of Deepsea Flexibles, Inc., located in Galveston, Texas 
(Subzone 36A), at the location described in the application, and 
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec.  
400.28, and further subject to a restriction requiring that all aramid 
fiber be admitted to the subzone in privileged foreign status.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of January, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-982 Filed 1-15-03; 8:45 am]
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