[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 36039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14391]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1563


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Sony Electronics Inc., 
(Audio, Video, Communications and Information Technology Products and 
Accessories), Romeoville, Illinois

    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 Illinois International Port District, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 22, has made application to the Board for authority 
to establish a special-purpose subzone at the warehouse, distribution 
and kitting facility of Sony Electronics Inc., located in Romeoville, 
Illinois (FTZ Docket 49-2007, filed 12/4/07);
    WHEREAS, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (72 FR 70819-70820, 12/13/07); 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 audio, video, communications and 
information-technology products and accessories warehousing, 
distribution and kitting at the facility of Sony Electronics Inc., 
located in Romeoville, Illinois (Subzone 22P), 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 12\th\ day of June 2008.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:

Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-14391 Filed 6-24-08; 8:45 am]
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