[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 77986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28435]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1362]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Mitsubishi Electric Power 
Products, Inc., (Circuit Breakers), Warrendale and Freedom, PA

    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 (the 
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 Regional Industrial Development Corporation of 
Southwestern Pennsylvania, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 33, has made 
application for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status 
at the circuit breaker manufacturing facilities of Mitsubishi Electric 
Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI), located in Warrendale and Freedom, 
Pennsylvania (FTZ Docket 35-2003, filed 7-16-2003);
    Whereas, the application was amended on January 20, 2004, to expand 
the list of foreign-sourced components to be included within the scope 
of authority;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (68 FR 44281, 7-28-2003; 69 FR 8379, 2-24-2004); and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the 
application, as amended, is in the public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status at the circuit breaker manufacturing facilities of Mitsubishi 
Electric Power Products, Inc., located in Warrendale and Freedom, 
Pennsylvania (Subzone 33D), at the locations described in the 
application, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, 
including section 400.28.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th day of December, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-28435 Filed 12-28-04; 8:45 am]
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