[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 125 (Thursday, June 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 37041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10222]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1458


Grant Of Authority For Subzone Status, Space Systems/Loral, Inc. 
(Satellites and Satellite Systems), Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Mountain 
View, California

    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 and Border Protection 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 City of San Jose, California, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 18, has made application to the Board for authority to establish a 
special-purpose subzone at the satellite and satellite systems 
manufacturing facilities of Space Systems/Loral, Inc., located in Palo 
Alto, Menlo Park and Mountain View, California (FTZ Docket 25-2005, 
filed 5/24/05);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (70 FR 31420-31421, 6/1/05); 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 for activity related to satellite and satellite systems 
manufacturing at the facilities of Space Systems/Loral, Inc., located 
in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Mountain View, California (Subzone 18E), 
as described in the application and Federal Register notice, and 
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec.  
400.28. It is noted that the granting of FTZ status does not reflect an 
intent of the FTZ Board to relieve Space Systems/Loral, Inc. of 
obligations and responsibilities to comply with the Arms Control Export 
Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and license 
requirements and orders, thereunder, including the order requiring the 
company to comply with the Consent Agreement of January 9, 2002.
    Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of June 2006.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-10222 Filed 6-28-06; 8:45 am]
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