[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 53886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20155]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1349]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Festo Corporation 
(Pneumatic Industrial Automation Products), Hauppauge, NY

    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, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act ``To 
provide 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,'' as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the FTZ Act), 
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) is authorized 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, an application from Suffolk County, New York, grantee of 
FTZ 52, for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status for 
the pneumatic industrial automation (``fluid power'') components 
manufacturing facilities of Festo Corporation, in Hauppauge, New York, 
was filed by the Board on June 23, 2003, and notice inviting public 
comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 32-2003, 68 FR 
39509, 7-2-2003); and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
Board's regulations would be satisfied, and that approval of the 
application would be in the public interest if approval were subject to 
restriction;
    Now, Therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status at the pneumatic industrial automation (``fluid power'') 
components manufacturing facilities of Festo Corporation, in Hauppauge, 
New York (Subzone 52A), at the locations described in the application, 
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 
400.28, and further subject to the following restrictions: (1) All 
foreign-origin steel mill products must be admitted under privileged 
foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) or domestic status (19 CFR 146.43); (2) 
All foreign-origin textile mill products must be admitted under 
privileged foreign status or domestic status; and, (3) Festo will 
submit supplemental annual report data for FTZ Staff monitoring 
purposes.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of August 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 04-20155 Filed 9-2-04; 8:45 am]
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