[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 26653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12963]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1623


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status adidas Sales, Inc. 
(Footwear and Apparel Warehousing and Distribution); Spartanburg, South 
Carolina

    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 South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 38, has made application to the Board for authority 
to establish a special-purpose subzone at the warehouse and 
distribution facility of adidas Sales, Inc., located in Spartanburg, 
South Carolina, (FTZ Docket 54-2008, filed 10/20/08);
    WHEREAS, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (73 FR 64600, 10/30/08) and the application has been 
processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; and,
    WHEREAS, the Board adopts the findings and recommendation of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the 
public interest;
    NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to athletic footwear and apparel 
warehousing and distribution at the facility of adidas Sales, Inc., 
located in Spartanburg, South Carolina (Subzone 38H), 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 15th day of May 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. E9-12963 Filed 6-2-09; 8:45 am]
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