[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 5354] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-2480] [[Page 5354]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 951] Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Seaway Pipeline Company (Crude Oil Transshipment Terminal), Brazoria County, Texas 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; 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 Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, grantee of FTZ 149, for authority to establish special- purpose subzone status at the crude oil transshipment terminal of Seaway Pipeline Company, in Brazoria County, Texas, was filed by the Board on March 19, 1997, and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 19-97, 62 FR 15461, 4/1/97); 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 approval of the application is in the public interest; Now, Therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status at the crude oil transshipment terminal of Seaway Pipeline Company, located in Brazoria County, Texas (Subzone 149D), 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 23d day of January 1998. Robert S. LaRussa, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Attest: Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 98-2480 Filed 1-30-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P