DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                           Foreign-Trade Zones Board

                                [Order No. 396]

                                  53 FR 48003

                               November 29, 1988


Resolution and Order Approving the Application of the Greater Baton Rouge
Port Commission for a Foreign-Trade Zone in the Baton Rouge, LA, Area 

TEXT: Proceedings of the Foreign-Trade Zone Board, Washington, DC 


Resolution and Order

   Pursuant to the authority granted in the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June
18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a through 81u), the Foreign-Trade Zones
Board has adopted the following Resolution and Order:

   The Board, having considered the matter, hereby orders: 

   After consideration of the application of the Greater Baton Rouge Port
Commission, filed with the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) on October
13, 1987, requesting a grant of authority for establishing, operating, and
maintaining a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in East Baton
Rouge, West Baton Rouge, and Iberville Parishes, Louisiana, within the
Baton Rouge Customs port of entry, the Board, finding that the requirements
of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended, and the Board's regulations
are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the public interest, approves
the application. 

   As the proposal involves open space on which buildings may be constructed
by parties other than the grantee, this approval includes authority to the
grantee to permit the erection of such buildings, pursuant to Section
400.815 of the Board's regulations, as are necessary to carry out the zone
proposal, providing that prior to its granting such permission it shall
have the concurrences of the local District Director of Customs, the U.S.
Army District Engineer, when appropriate, and the Board's Executive
Secretary. Further, the grantee shall notify the Board for approval prior
to the commencement of any manufacturing operation within the zone. The
Secretary of Commerce, as Chairman and Executive Officer of the Board, is
hereby authorized to issue a grant of authority and appropriate Board Order.


FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD

   Grant of Authority to Establish, Operate, and Maintain a Foreign-Trade
Zone in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Area

   Whereas, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act "To
provide for the establishment, operation, and maintenance 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
through 81u) (the Act), the foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) is
authorized and empowered to grant to corporations the privilege of
establishing, operating, and maintaining foreign-trade zones in or adjacent
to ports of entry under the jurisdiction of the United States;

   Whereas, The Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission (the Grantee) has made
application (filed October 13, 1987, FTZ Docket 21-87, 52 FR 39673) in due
and proper form to the Board, requesting the establishment, operation, and
maintenance of a foreign-trade zone at sites in East Baton Rouge, West Baton
Rouge, and Iberville Parishes, Louisiana, within the Baton Rouge Customs
port of entry;

   Whereas, notice of said application has been given and published, and
full opportunity has been afforded all interested parties to be heard; and,

   Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the Act and the
Board's regulations (15 CFR Part 400) are satisfied;

   Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants to the Grantee the privilege of
establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone, designated
on the records of the Board as Zone No. 154, at the locations mentioned
above and more particularly described on the maps and drawings accompanying
the application in Exhibits IX and X, subject to the provisions, conditions,
and restrictions of the Act and the regulations issued thereunder, to the
same extent as though the same were fully set forth herein, and also the
following express conditions and limitations:

   Operation of the foreign-trade zone shall be commenced by the Grantee
within a reasonable time from the date of issuance of the grant, and prior
thereto the Grantee shall obtain all necessary permits from Federal, state,
and municipal authorities.

   The Grantee shall allow officers and employees of the United States free
and unrestricted access to and throughout the foreign-trade zone sites in
the performance of their official duties.

   The grant does not include authority for manufacturing operations, and
the Grantee shall notify the Board for approval prior to the commencement
of any manufacturing operations within the zone.

   The grant shall not be construed to relieve the Grantee from liability
for injury or damage to the person or property of others occasioned by the
construction, operation, or maintenance of said zone, and in no event shall
the United States be liable therefor.

   The grant is further subject to settlement locally by the District
Director of Customs and the Army District Engineer with the Grantee
regarding compliance with their respective requirements for the protection
of the revenue of the United States and the installation of suitable
facilities. 

   In witness whereof, The Foreign-Trade Zones Board has caused its name
to be signed and its seal to be affixed hereto by its Chairman and
Executive Office at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of November, 1988,
pursuant to Order of the Board. 

   Foreign-Trade Zones Board.


C. William Verity,

   Chairman and Executive Officer.

   Attest:


John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

   Executive Secretary.  
[FR Doc. 88-27500 Filed 11-28-88; 8:45 am]

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