[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 24798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12129]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1620]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Grafil, Inc. (Carbon 
Fiber), Sacramento, CA

    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 Sacramento-Yolo Port District, grantee of FTZ 143, has 
made application to the Board for authority to establish special-
purpose subzone status at the carbon fiber manufacturing plant of 
Grafil, Inc., located in Sacramento, California (FTZ Docket 37-2007, 
filed 8/14/2007);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (72 FR 48612, 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 would be satisfied, and that approval of the 
application would be in the public interest, if approval were subject 
to the condition listed below;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to the manufacture of carbon fiber at the 
Grafil, Inc., facilities, located in Sacramento, California (Subzone 
143D), as described in the application and Federal Register notice, 
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 
400.28, and also subject to the condition that approval is for an 
initial period of five years, subject to extension upon review.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of May 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-12129 Filed 5-22-09; 8:45 am]
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