Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 240 / Monday, December 15, 1997 / Notices 65655

Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of

December 1997.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32692 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 81–97]

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone:

Lakewood, New Jersey; Application

and Public Hearing

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board

(the Board) by the Township of

Lakewood, New Jersey, to establish a

general-purpose foreign-trade zone in

Lakewood, New Jersey, adjacent to the

Philadelphia Consolidated Customs port

of entry. The application was submitted

pursuant to the provisions of the FTZ

Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),

and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR

Part 400). It was formally filed on

December 8, 1997. The applicant is

authorized to make the proposal under

New Jersey Statutes Annotated 12:13–1. The proposed zone would be the third

general-purpose zone in the New Jersey

portion of the Philadelphia

Consolidated Customs port of entry

area. The existing zones are: FTZ 142 at

sites in Salem/Millville, New Jersey

(Grantee: South Jersey Port Corporation,

Board Order 358, 52 F.R. 33855, 9/8/87);

and FTZ 200 in Mercer County, New

Jersey (Grantee: County of Mercer, New

Jersey, Board Order 683, 59 F.R. 13698,

3/23/94).

The proposed new zone would

consist of 2 sites (2,248 acres) in the

Township of Lakewood: Site 1 (3

contiguous parcels, 1,996 acres)—Parcel

A (1,540 acres)—Lakewood Industrial

Park (includes the Lakewood Airport),

State Highway Route 70, Lakewood;

Parcel B (47 acres)—Pine Street South

Industrial District, Pine Street,

Lakewood; Parcel C (409 acres)—

Lakewood Industrial Campus West,

Cedar Bridge Avenue, Lakewood; and

Site 2 (252 acres)—Prospect Street

Industrial Park, Prospect and James

Streets, Lakewood. Parcel A in Site 1

and Site 2 are located within a State

Urban Enterprise Zone, and Parcels B

and C are expected to be included in a

proposed expansion of the Urban

Enterprise Zone. The applicant or the

Lakewood Industrial Commission owns

a substantial portion of the land, with

the remaining property being privately

owned.

The application contains evidence of

the need for foreign-trade zone services

in the Lakewood area. Several firms

have indicated an interest in using zone

procedures for warehousing/distribution

activity. Specific manufacturing

approvals are not being sought at this

time. Requests would be made to the

Board on a case-by-case basis. In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

As part of the investigation, the

Commerce examiner will hold a public

hearing on January 15, 1998, 1:00 p.m.,

Conference Room C, Township of

Lakewood Municipal Building, 231

Third Street, Lakewood, New Jersey

08701.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and 3 copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is February 13, 1998. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period to March 2, 1998. A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

during this time for public inspection at

the following locations:

Office of the Municipal Clerk, Township

of Lakewood Municipal Building, 2nd

Floor—Room 8, 231 Third Street,

Lakewood, NJ 08701

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230

Dated: December 9, 1997.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 939]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status:

The B&F System, Inc. (Consumer

Products/Knife Assembly), Dallas,

Texas

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, by an Act of Congress

approved June 18, 1934, an Act ‘‘To

provide 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,’’ as amended (19 U.S.C.

81a–81u) (the Act), the Foreign-Trade

Zones Board (the Board) is authorized 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, an application from the

Dallas/Fort Worth Maquila Trade

Development Corporation, grantee of

Foreign-Trade Zone 168, for authority to

establish special-purpose subzone status

at the warehousing/distribution and

processing facility of The B&F System,

Inc., in Dallas, Texas, was filed by the

Board on November 6, 1996, and notice

inviting public comment was given in

the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 81–96,

61 FR 58860, 11–19–96); 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 are satisfied, and

that approval of the application is in the

public interest;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby

authorizes the establishment of a

subzone (Subzone 168A) at the The B&F

System, Inc., facility in Dallas, Texas, at

the location described in the

application, subject to the FTZ Act and

the Board’s regulations, including

§ 400.28, and subject to the condition

that foreign origin merchandise related

to the assembly activity shall be

admitted to the subzone in privileged

foreign status.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of

December 1997.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32693 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

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