Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Columbia Specialties, Inc.; (Room Air Conditioners, Dehumidifiers) Columbia, TN

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Order No. 776]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Columbia Specialties,

Inc.; (Room Air Conditioners, Dehumidifiers) Columbia, TN

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;

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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 Metropolitan Nashville Port

Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 78, for authority to establish

special-purpose subzone status at the room air conditioner and

dehumidifier manufacturing plant of Columbia Specialties, Inc., in

Columbia, Tennessee, was filed by the Board on October 28, 1994, and

notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ

Docket 33-94, 59 FR 56034, 11-10-94); and,

Whereas, the Board has found 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 78G) at the Columbia Specialties, Inc., plant in

Columbia, Tennessee, 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 13th day of October 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate

Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Attest:

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95-26330 Filed 10-23-95; 8:45 am]

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