[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 214 (Thursday, November 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29671]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1005]
Grant of Authority for Subzone Status Lucent Technologies Inc.
(Telecommunications Equipment), Columbus, Ohio
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 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;
Whereas, the Rickenbacker Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone 138, has made application to the Board for authority to establish
special-purpose subzone status at the telecommunications equipment
manufacturing facility of Lucent Technologies Inc., located in
Columbus, Ohio, (FTZ Docket 73-97, filed 9/29/97);
Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the
Federal Register (62 FR 52683, 10/9/97); 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 are satisfied, and that approval of the
application is in the public interest;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone
status at the telecommunications equipment manufacturing facility of
the Lucent Technologies Inc., located in Columbus, Ohio, (Subzone
138E), at the location described in the application, and subject to the
FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of October 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-29671 Filed 11-4-98; 8:45 am]
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