[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 155 (Monday, August 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45220-45221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15807]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1519


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, M-I L.L.C. (Barite 
Grinding and Milling), Galveston, 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 
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 significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
    Whereas, the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 36, has made application to the Board for authority 
to establish a special-purpose subzone at the barite grinding and 
milling facilities of M-I L.L.C., located in Galveston, Texas (FTZ 
Docket 15-2007, filed 4/16/07);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (72 FR 20323-20324, 4/24/07); and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds the requirements of the FTZ Act and the 
Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the application 
would be in the public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to barite grinding and milling at the 
facilities of M-I L.L.C., located in Galveston, Texas (Subzone 36B), as 
described in the application and Federal Register notice, and subject 
to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.

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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of August 2007.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commercefor Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-15807 Filed 8-10-07; 8:45 am]
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