[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10237-10238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5120]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1608]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 
(Footwear and Apparel), Rockford, Cedar Springs and Howard City, MI

    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 Kent-Ottawa-Muskegon Foreign Trade Zone Authority, 
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 189, has made application to the Board 
for authority to establish a special-purpose subzone at the footwear 
and apparel distribution and processing facilities of Wolverine World 
Wide, Inc., located in Rockford, Cedar Springs and Howard City, 
Michigan (FTZ Docket 47-2008, filed 8/25/08);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (73 FR 51440, 9/03/08); 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 would be in the public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to footwear and apparel distribution and 
processing at the facilities of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., located in 
Rockford, Cedar Springs and Howard City, Michigan (Subzone 189C), 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 26th day of February 2009.

Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-5120 Filed 3-9-09; 8:45 am]
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