[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 118 (Monday, June 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 29475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14627]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1626]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Thor Industries, Inc. 
(Recreational Vehicle and Commercial Bus Manufacturing), Goshen, 
Elkhart, Topeka, Bristol, Middlebury, Syracuse, Nappanee and Howe, 
Indiana

    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 a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
    Whereas, the St. Joseph County Airport Authority, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 125, has made application to the Board for authority 
to establish a special-purpose subzone at the recreational vehicle and 
commercial bus manufacturing facilities of Thor Industries, Inc., 
located in Goshen, Elkhart, Topeka, Bristol, Middlebury, Syracuse, 
Nappanee and Howe, Indiana (FTZ Docket 67-2008, filed 12/4/08);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (73 FR 76612-76613, 12/17/08); 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 recreational vehicle and commercial bus 
manufacturing at the facilities of Thor Industries, Inc., located in 
Goshen, Elkhart, Topeka, Bristol, Middlebury, Syracuse, Nappanee and 
Howe, Indiana (Subzone 125E), 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, D.C., this 12th day of June 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. E9-14627 Filed 6-19-09; 8:45 am]
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