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Vehicle/Space Port, southern perimeter

of that portion of the Edwards Air Force

Base, Los Angeles County. Site 1 is

owned by the Lancaster Economic

Development Corporation and several

private owners. Site 2 is presently

owned by the Department of Defense

but will be conveyed to the applicant

and would be annexed into the City

limits and fall under the City’s

jurisdiction.

The application indicates a need for

foreign-trade zone services in the

Lancaster area. Several firms have

indicated an interest in using zone

procedures for research and

development and space launch and

recover operations. 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 August 4, 1998, 9:00 a.m.,

City of Lancaster City Hall, Emergency

Operation Center, 44933 North Fern

Avenue, Lancaster, California 93534.

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 August 31, 1998. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to September 14, 1998).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

during this time for public inspection at

the following locations:

City Clerk’s Office, City of Lancaster,

44933 North Fern Avenue, Lancaster,

California 93534

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: June 18, 1998.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 989]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status;

Artesyn Technologies (Inc.) (Electric

Power Supplies), Broomfield, Colorado

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 FTZ Act), the ForeignTrade 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 City

and County of Denver, Colorado, grantee

of FTZ 123, for authority to establish

special-purpose subzone status for the

electric power supply manufacturing

plant of Artesyn Technologies

(Inc.)(formerly, Zytec Corporation), in

Broomfield, Colorado, was filed by the

Board on August 22, 1997, and notice

inviting public comment was given in

the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 69–97,

62 FR 45794, 8–29–97); and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report, and finds that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and

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

Artesyn Technologies (Inc.), plant in

Broomfield, Colorado (Subzone 123B),

at the location described in the

application, subject to the FTZ Act and

the Board’s regulations, including

§ 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day

of 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

Attest:

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 988]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status;

Artesyn Technologies (Inc.) (Electric

Power Supplies), Redwood Falls,

Minnesota

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 FTZ Act), the ForeignTrade 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

Greater Metropolitan Area Foreign

Trade Zone Commission, Inc., grantee of

FTZ 119, for authority to establish

special-purpose subzone status for the

electric power supply manufacturing

facilities of Artesyn Technologies

(Inc.)(formerly, Zytec Corporation), in

Redwood Falls, Minnesota, was filed by

the Board on August 22, 1997, and

notice inviting public comment was

given in the Federal Register (FTZ

Docket 68–97, 62 FR 45793, 8–29–97);

and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report, and finds that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and

that approval of the application is in the

public interest;
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Now, therefore, the Board hereby

grants authority for subzone status at the

Artesyn Technologies (Inc.), facilities in

Redwood Falls, Minnesota (Subzone

119F), at the locations described in the

application, subject to the FTZ Act and

the Board’s regulations, including

§ 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day

of June 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

Attest:

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17446 Filed 6–30–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 18–98]

Foreign-Trade Zone 7—Mayaguez,

Puerto Rico, Application for

Expansion; Extension of Public

Comment Period

The comment period for the above

case, submitted by the Puerto Rico

Industrial Development Company

(PRIDCO), requesting authority to

expand its zone to include additional

areas of the PRIDCO Industrial Park

System (63 FR 17982, 4/13/98), is

extended to July 13, 1998, to allow

interested parties additional time in

which to comment on the proposal.

Comments in writing are invited

during this period. Submissions should

include three (3) copies. Material

submitted will be available at: Office of

the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade

Zones Board, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 3716, 14th and

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

Dated: June 11, 1998.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 987]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status;

Komatsu America International

Company, Inc.; (Construction and

Mining Equipment Parts Distribution)

Ripley, TN

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the ForeignTrade 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 City

of Memphis, Tennessee, grantee of

Foreign-Trade Zone 77, for authority to

establish special-purpose subzone status

at the warehousing/distribution (nonmanufacturing) facility of Komatsu

America International Company, Inc.,

located in Ripley, Tennessee, was filed

by the Board on June 30, 1997, and

notice inviting public comment was

given in the Federal Register (FTZ

Docket 57–97, 62 FR 36487, 07/08/97);

and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report, and finds that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and

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 77C) at the Komatsu

America International Company, Inc.,

facility in Ripley, Tennessee, at the

location described in the application,

subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s

regulations, including § 400.28. The

scope of authority does not include

activity conducted under FTZ

procedures that would result in a

change in tariff classification.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of

June 1998.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Attest:

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 985]

Designation of New Grantee for

Foreign-Trade Zone 85, Everett,

Washington; Resolution and Order

Pursuant to its authority under the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),

and the Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Regulations (15 CFR Part 400), the

Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board)

adopts the following Order:

After consideration of the request with

supporting documents (Docket 48–96) from

the Puget Sound Foreign-Trade Zones

Association, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone

85, Everett, Washington, for reissuance of the

grant of authority for said zone to the Port of

Everett, a State of Washington municipal

corporation, which has accepted such

reissuance subject to approval of the FTZ

Board, the Board, finding that the

requirements of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act

and the Board’s regulations are satisfied, and

that the proposal is in the public interest,

approves the request and recognizes the Port

of Everett as the new grantee of ForeignTrade Zone 85.

The approval is subject to the FTZ Act and

the FTZ Board’s regulations, including

Section 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of

June 1998.

Richard W. Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Attest:

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17448 Filed 6–30–98; 8:45 am]

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