[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 168 (Friday, August 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22167]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1279]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Ricoh Electronics, Inc. 
Manufacturing Facilities (Copier, Printer, Thermal Paper, and Related 
Products), Orange County, CA

    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 Harbor Commissioners of the City of Long 
Beach, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 50, has made application to the 
Board for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the 
copier, printer, thermal paper, and related products manufacturing 
facilities of Ricoh Electronics, Inc., located at sites in the Orange 
County, California area, (FTZ Docket 52-2002, filed November 19, 2002);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (67 FR 72641, 12/06/2002; amended, 68 FR 9973, 3/03/
2003); 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 would be satisfied, and that approval of the 
application, as amended, would be in the public interest, if approval, 
with respect to thermal paper, were subject to the time limit described 
below;
    Now, Therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status at the copier, printer, thermal paper, and related products 
manufacturing plant of Ricoh Electronics, Inc., located at sites in the 
Orange County, California, area (Subzone 50J), at the locations 
described in the application, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including section 400.28. Further, the approval for 
manufacturing of thermal paper under zone procedures is limited to an 
initial period of four years (from activation), subject to extension 
upon review.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of August 2003.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 03-22167 Filed 8-28-03; 8:45 am]
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