[Federal Register: April 9,
2002 (Volume 67, Number 68)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones
Board
[Order No. 1219]
Approval for Extension of
Authority of Board Order 745; Foreign-
Trade Subzone 59A; Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.
(Multi-
Axis Industrial Robots); Lincoln, Nebraska
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, Board Order 745 (60 FR 30517, 6-9-95)
granted authority on
behalf of Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. (KMM)
to
manufacture multi-axis industrial robots with six or more axes
of
motion under FTZ procedures for a limited time period (expires
April 1,
2002), subject to extension;
Whereas, KMM, operator of Subzone 59A, has
requested authority to
extend its manufacturing authority for multi-axis industrial robots
on
a permanent basis;
Whereas, notice inviting public comment was
given in the Federal
Register (64 FR 25477, 5-12-99);
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
request
would be in the public interest;
Now therefore, the Board hereby approves the
request subject to the
FTZ Act and the Board's
regulations, including Section 400.28, and
subject to the restriction that the scope of authority is limited
to
the manufacture of multi-axis industrial robots having six or more
axes
of motion.
Signed at
Washington, DC, this 29th day of March, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, for Import Administration,
Alternate
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-8565 Filed 4-8-02; 8:45 am]
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