Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.; crop protection products manufacturing facilities,

[Federal Register: October 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 196)]

[Notices]

[Page 55232]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1055]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status: E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company, Inc. (Crop Protection Products); El Paso, IL

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, and when the activity results in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;

Whereas, the Economic Development Council for the Peoria Area, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 114, has made application to the Board for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the crop protection products manufacturing facility of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc., located in El Paso, Illinois (FTZ Docket 20-99, filed5/7/99);

Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (64 FR 26933, 5/18/99); 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 would be in the public interest;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status at the crop protection products manufacturing facility of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc., located in El Paso, Illinois, (Subzone 114D), at the location described in the application, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of September 1999. Robert S. LaRussa, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 99-26582Filed10-8-99; 8:45 am]

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