[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5041-5042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2062]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1658]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Excalibar Minerals LLC 
(Barite Milling), New Iberia, Louisiana

     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 Port of South Louisiana, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
124, has made application to the Board for authority to establish a 
special-purpose subzone at the barite manufacturing and distribution 
facility of Excalibar Minerals LLC, located in New Iberia, Louisiana, 
(FTZ Docket 21-2009, filed 5/6/09);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (74 FR 23394, 5/19/09) and the application has been 
processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and

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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 the manufacturing and distribution of 
ground barite at the facility of Excalibar Minerals LLC, located in New 
Iberia, Louisiana (Subzone 124N), 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 January 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.REAMB>
[FR Doc. 2010-2062 Filed 1-29-10; 8:45 am]
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