[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76613-76614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29988]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1591]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Sondex, L.P. (Oil and Gas 
Field Services Equipment); Conroe, TX

    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

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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 City of Conroe, Texas, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
265, has made application to the Board for authority to establish a 
special-purpose subzone at the oil and gas field services equipment 
distribution facility of Sondex, L.P., located in Conroe, Texas (FTZ 
Docket 12-2008, filed 2/21/08);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (73 FR 12374, 3/7/08); 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 
is in the public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to oil and gas field services equipment 
distribution at the facility of Sondex, L.P., located in Conroe, Texas 
(Subzone 265B), as described in the application and Federal Register 
notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including 
Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of December 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
 Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-29988 Filed 12-16-08; 8:45 am]
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