31612 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 113 / Tuesday, June 12, 2001 / Notices

The application to expand FTZ 44 is

approved, subject to the Act and the

Board’s regulations, including Section

400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of

May 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14795 Filed 6–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1169]

Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 54,

Clinton County, NY

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 County of Clinton, New

York, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 54,

submitted an application to the Board

for authority to expand FTZ 54 to

include a site at the former Plattsburgh

Air Force Base located in Plattsburgh,

New York (Site 4), within the

Champlain Customs port of entry (FTZ

Docket 57–2000; filed 11/13/00);

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment was given in the Federal

Register (65 FR 70693, 11/27/00) 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 are satisfied, and

that the proposal is in the public

interest;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby

orders:

The application to expand FTZ 54 is

approved, subject to the Act and the

Board’s regulations, including Section

400.28, and further subject to the

Board’s standard 2,000-acre activation

limit.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of

May 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14796 Filed 6–11–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1175]

Approval of Manufacturing Activity

Within Foreign–Trade Zone 246 Waco,

TX; Caterpillar Inc. (Construction

Equipment)

Pursuant to its authority under the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u)

(the Act), the Foreign-Trade Zones

Board (the Board) adopts the following

Order:

Whereas, the City of Waco (Texas),

grantee of FTZ 246, has requested

authority on behalf of Caterpillar Inc., to

manufacture construction equipment

under zone procedures within FTZ 246,

Waco, Texas (filed 12–15–2000, FTZ

Docket 69–2000);

Whereas, pursuant to § 400.32(b)(1),

the Commerce Department’s Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration has

the authority to act for the Board in

making such decisions on new

manufacturing/processing activity

under certain circumstances, including

situations where the proposed activity is

the same, in terms of products involved,

as activity recently approved by the

Board and similar in circumstances

(§ 400.32(b)(1)(i));

Whereas, the Board’s Executive

Secretary has determined that the

application meets the criteria for review

under § 400.32(b)(1)(i); and,

Whereas, the FTZ staff has reviewed

the proposal, taking into account the

criteria of § 400.31, and the Executive

Secretary has recommended approval;

Now, therefore, the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration,

acting for the Board pursuant to

§ 400.32(b)(1), concurs in the

recommendation and hereby approves

the request subject to the Act and the

Board’s regulations, including § 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of

May 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

Attest:

Dennis Puccinelli,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14798 Filed 6–11–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1170]

Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 115

Beaumont, TX Area

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 Zone of

Southeast Texas, Inc., grantee of

Foreign-Trade Zone 115, submitted an

application to the Board for authority to

expand FTZ 115 to include a site at the

Sun Pipe Line Company crude oil

petroleum terminal (Site 8) in

Nederland, Texas (including certain

areas previously authorized as Subzone

116B), within the U.S. Customs Service

consolidated port of Port Arthur and

Sabine (FTZ Docket 67–2000; filed 11/

29/00 and amended on 2/7/01).

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment was given in the Federal

Register (65 F.R. 77560, 12/12/00, and

as amended, 66 F.R. 10010, 2/13/01),

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 the

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and

that the proposal is in the public

interest;

Now, Therefore, the Board hereby

orders:

The application to expand FTZ 115 is

approved, subject to the Act and the

Board’s regulations, including Section

400.28.