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[FR Doc No: 2010-33122]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1731]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, REC Silicon (Polysilicon 
and Silane Gas), Moses Lake, Washington

    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 Moses Lake Public Corporation, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 203, has made application to the Board for authority 
to establish a special-purpose subzone at the polysilicon and silane 
gas manufacturing facility of REC Silicon, located in Moses Lake, 
Washington (FTZ Docket 22-2009, filed 5-21-2009);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (74 FR 25488-25489, 5-28-2009; 74 FR 32112, 7-7-2009; 
74 FR 46975, 9-14-2009; 74 FR 51128, 10-5-2009; 75 FR 31762-31763, 6-4-
2010), a public hearing was held on September 1, 2009 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 
Board's regulations would be satisfied, and that the proposal would be 
in the public interest if subject to the restriction listed below;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to the manufacturing of polysilicon and 
silane gas at the facilities of REC Silicon, located in Moses Lake, 
Washington (Subzone 203B), as described in the application and Federal 
Register notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, 
including Section 400.28, and further subject to a restriction 
prohibiting the admission of foreign status silicon metal subject to an 
antidumping or countervailing duty order.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of December 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-33122 Filed 12-30-10; 8:45 am]
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