[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 9048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4581]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1268]


Approval for Expanded Manufacturing Authority (Industrial 
Automation Products), Within Foreign-Trade Subzone 204A, Siemens Energy 
& Automation, Inc.; Carter County, TN

    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 Tri-Cities Airport Commission, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 204, has applied to expand the scope of manufacturing 
authority for FTZ Subzone 204A (Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. 
facilities in Carter County, Tennessee) to include production of 
additional finished products (e.g., automotive, media, and traffic 
technologies) and components under FTZ procedures (FTZ Doc. 16-2002; 
filed 3-4-2002);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (67 FR 11097, 3-12-2002); and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the application 
is 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 
further subject to a restriction that carrying cases of textile 
materials (HTS 4202.12) be admitted to the subzone in privileged-
foreign status.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of February 2003.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 03-4581 Filed 2-26-03; 8:45 am]
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