[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50163-50164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18542]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1344]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; E.I. du Pont de Nemours 
and Company, Inc. (Crop Protection Products), Belle, WV

    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

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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 West Virginia Economic Development Authority, grantee 
of Foreign-Trade Zone 229, has made application to the Board for 
authority to establish a special-purpose subzone at the crop protection 
products manufacturing facilities of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and 
Company, Inc., located in Belle, West Virginia (FTZ Docket 5-2004, 
filed 2/25/2004);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (69 FR 11368-11369, 3/10/2004); 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 crop protection products manufacturing facilities of E.I. 
du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., located in the Belle, West 
Virginia (Subzone 229B), at the location described in the application, 
and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including 
section 400.28.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 5th day of August, 2004.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-18542 Filed 8-12-04; 8:45 am]
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