[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 24940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9979]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1556


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Mastex Industries, Inc. 
(Airbag Fabric for Export), Holyoke, Massachusetts

     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 Holyoke Economic Development and Industrial 
Corporation, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 201, has made application to 
the Board for authority to establish a special-purpose subzone for the 
manufacture of airbag fabric for export only at the facility of Mastex 
Industries, Inc., located in Holyoke, Massachusetts (FTZ Docket 39-
2007, filed 8-16-07);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (72 FR 48613, 8/24/07); 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 export-only airbag fabric manufacturing 
at the facility of Mastex Industries, Inc., located in Holyoke, 
Massachusetts (Subzone 201B), 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 28th day of April 2008.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
 Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-9979 Filed 5-5-08; 8:45 am]
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