Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 37, Orange County, New York

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 38887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18464]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1044]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 37, Orange County, New York

    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, Orange County, New York, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 37, 
submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand FTZ 37 to 
include five new sites, located at Stewart International Airport/
Northeast Business Center (Site 3), the IBM Hudson Valley Research Park 
(Site 4), the AT&T Rockland Export Center (Site 5), the Port of 
Newburgh (Site 6), and the Goshen/Westgate FTZ Industrial Park (Site 7) 
in the Hudson Valley area, adjacent to the New York Seaport Area 
Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 6-98; filed February 2, 1998, amended 
January 25, 1999);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (63 FR 6890, February 11, 1998) 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 
the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal would be 
in the public interest, if approval is subject to the restrictions 
listed below;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The amended application to expand FTZ 37 is approved, subject to 
the Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28, and further 
subject to the conditions and restrictions listed below.
    1. The approval of FTZ status at Stewart Airport includes only that 
area east of Drury Lane.
    2. The approval of FTZ status of the Port of Newburgh site includes 
only that area bounded by the Hudson River, Quassic Creek, South Water 
Street and South Williams Street.
    3. Based on the amended application, the Middletown/Wallkill and 
Port Jervis CRAFT sites are not included in this action.
    4. Each site, except the amended Stewart Airport site, is subject 
to a sunset provision that terminates FTZ status on December 31, 2004 
unless the site is activated pursuant to 19 CFR part 146 of the U.S. 
Customs Service Regulations.
    5. The zone project is subject to the Board's standard 2,000 acre 
activation limit.
    6. All foreign steel mill products must be entered for consumption 
prior to admission to the Port of Newburgh site.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of July 1999.
Bernard Carreau,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-18464 Filed 7-19-99; 8:45 am]
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