[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 14516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5715]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1508


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Medline Industries, Inc., 
(Medical Supply Distribution), Lathrop, 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 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 Port of Stockton (California), grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 231, has made application for authority to establish 
special-purpose subzone status at the medical supply warehousing and 
distribution facility of Medline Industries, Inc., in Lathrop, 
California (Docket 26-2006, filed 6-15-2006);
    WHEREAS, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (71 FR 35610, 6-21-2006); and,
    WHEREAS, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
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 medical supply warehousing and 
distribution at the Medline Industries, Inc., facility located in 
Lathrop, California (Subzone 231A), 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 20\th\ day of March 2007.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commercefor Import Administration,Alternate 
ChairmanForeign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-5715 Filed 3-27-07; 8:45 am]
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