[Federal Register: February 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 38)] [Notices] [Page 9472] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr26fe99-19] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 1026] Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Rauch Industries, Inc., (Consumer Products Distribution), Mira Loma, California 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; Whereas, the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Long Beach, California, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 50, has made application to the Board for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the warehousing/distribution (non-manufacturing) facility of Rauch Industries, Inc., located in Mira Loma, California, (FTZ Docket 41-98, filed 8/20/98); Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (63 FR 45997, 8/28/98); and, Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the application, as amended, is in the public interest; Now, Therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status at the consumer products warehousing/distribution facility of Rauch Industries, Inc., located in Mira Loma, California (Subzone 50F), at the location described in the application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28. Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of February 1999. Richard W. Moreland, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Attest: Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 99-4857 Filed 2-25-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P