[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 61017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17268]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1482


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, E.I. du Pont de Nemours 
and Company, Inc., (Crop Protection Products), Valdosta, Georgia Area

    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, Brunswick Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 144, has made application to the Board for authority to 
establish special-purpose subzone status at the manufacturing 
facilities (crop protection products) of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and 
Company, Inc., located in the Valdosta, Georgia area (FTZ Docket 15-
2006, filed 4/27/2006);
    WHEREAS, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (71 FR 26321, 5/4/2006); 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 will be satisfied, and that approval of the 
application will be in the public interest;
    NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to crop protection products at the 
manufacturing facilities of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc. 
(Subzone 144A), as described in the application and Federal Register 
notice, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, 
including Section 400.28.
    Signed at Washington, DC, this 6\th\ day of October 2006.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commercefor Import Administration,Alternate 
ChairmanForeign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-17268 Filed 10-16-06; 8:45 am]
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