[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 39297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10954]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1460]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, WLS Drilling Products, 
Inc. (Mining Drill Bits), Montgomery, Texas

    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 City of Conroe (Texas), grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
265, has made application to the Board for authority to establish 
special-purpose subzone status at the warehousing and distribution 
facility (mining drill bits) of WLS Drilling Products, Inc., located in 
Montgomery, Texas (FTZ Docket 10-2005, filed 2/25/2005);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (70 FR 10951-10952, 3/7/2005); 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 distribution activity involving mining drill bits at the 
warehousing/distribution facility of WLS Drilling Products, Inc., 
located in Montgomery, Texas (Subzone 265A), as described in the 
application and Federal Register notice, for an initial period of five 
years (to July 1, 2011), subject to extension upon review, and subject 
to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of June 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Acting Executive Secretary,
[FR Doc. E6-10954 Filed 7-11-06; 8:45 am]
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