Designation of New Grantee; Foreign-Trade Zone 219, Yuma, AZ; Resolution and Order, 46088 [E9-21621]

Download as PDF 46088 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 172 / Tuesday, September 8, 2009 / Notices The application to expand the scope of manufacturing authority under zone procedures within Subzone 15E, as described in the application and Federal Register notice, is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, including Section 400.28. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of August 2009. Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–21622 Filed 9–4–09; 8:45 am] AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce. ACTION: Request for comments on foreign policy-based export controls. BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 1642] Designation of New Grantee; ForeignTrade Zone 219, Yuma, AZ; Resolution and Order Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the Foreign-Trade Zones Board Regulations (15 CFR Part 400), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order: jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES The Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board) has considered the application (filed 06/23/2009) submitted by the Yuma County Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 219, Yuma, Arizona, requesting reissuance of the grant of authority for said zone to the Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization, which has accepted such reissuance subject to approval by the FTZ Board. Upon review, the Board finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the public interest. Therefore, the Board approves the application and recognizes the Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation as the new grantee of Foreign Trade Zone 219, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, including Section 400.28. Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of August 2009. Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Attest: Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–21621 Filed 9–4–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:32 Sep 04, 2009 Jkt 217001 Bureau of Industry and Security [Docket No. 0908181241–91250–01] Effects of Foreign Policy-Based Export Controls SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is reviewing the foreign policy-based export controls in the Export Administration Regulations to determine whether they should be modified, rescinded or extended. To help make these determinations, BIS is seeking comments on how existing foreign policy-based export controls have affected exporters and the general public. DATES: Comments must be received by October 8, 2009. ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent by e-mail to publiccomments@bis.doc.gov or on paper to Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 2705, Washington, DC 20230. Include the phrase ‘‘FPBEC Comment’’ in the subject line of the email message or on the envelope if submitting comments on paper. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan Roberts, Foreign Policy Division, Office of Nonproliferation and Treaty Compliance, Bureau of Industry and Security, Telephone: (202) 482–4252. Copies of the current Annual Foreign Policy Report to the Congress are available at https://www.bis.doc.gov/ news/2009/2009-fpr.pdf and copies may also be requested by calling the Office of Nonproliferation and Treaty Compliance at the number listed above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Foreign policy-based controls in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) are implemented pursuant to Section 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended. The current foreign policybased export controls maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) are set forth in the EAR, including in parts 742 (CCL Based Controls), 744 (End-User and End-Use Based Controls) and 746 (Embargoes and Other Special Controls). These controls apply to a range of countries, items, activities and persons, including: entities acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States (§ 744.11); certain general purpose microprocessors for ‘military PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 end-uses’ and ‘military end-users’ (§ 744.17); significant items (SI): hot section technology for the development, production, or overhaul of commercial aircraft engines, components, and systems (§ 742.14); encryption items (§ 742.15); crime control and detection commodities (§ 742.7); specially designed implements of torture (§ 742.11); certain firearms and related items based on the Organization of American States Model Regulations for the Control of the International Movement of Firearms, their Parts and Components and Munitions included within the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (§ 742.17); regional stability items (§ 742.6); equipment and related technical data used in the design, development, production, or use of certain rocket systems and unmanned air vehicles (§§ 742.5 and 744.3); chemical precursors and biological agents, associated equipment, technical data, and software related to the production of chemical and biological agents (§§ 742.2 and 744.4) and various chemicals included in those controlled pursuant to the Chemical Weapons Convention (§ 742.18); nuclear propulsion (§ 744.5); aircraft and vessels (§ 744.7); restrictions to exports on certain persons designated as weapons of mass destruction proliferators (§ 744.8); communication intercepting devices (software and technology) (§ 742.13); embargoed countries (part 746); countries designated as supporters of acts of international terrorism (§§ 742.8, 742.9, 742.10, 742.19, 746.2, 746.4, 746.7, and 746.9); certain entities in Russia (§ 744.10); individual terrorists and terrorist organizations (§§ 744.12, 744.13 and 744.14); certain persons designated by Executive Order 13315 (‘‘Blocking Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials and Their Family Members’’) (§ 744.18); and certain sanctioned entities (§ 744.20). Attention is also given in this context to the controls on nuclearrelated commodities and technology (§§ 742.3 and 744.2), which are, in part, implemented under section 309(c) of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Act. Under the provisions of section 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. §§ 2401– 2420 (2000)) (EAA), export controls maintained for foreign policy purposes require annual extension. Section 6 of the EAA requires a report to Congress when foreign policy-based export controls are extended. The EAA expired on August 20, 2001. Executive Order E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 46088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21621]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1642]


Designation of New Grantee; Foreign-Trade Zone 219, Yuma, AZ; 
Resolution and Order

    Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 
18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board Regulations (15 CFR Part 400), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 
Board) adopts the following Order:

    The Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board) has considered 
the application (filed 06/23/2009) submitted by the Yuma County 
Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 219, Yuma, Arizona, requesting 
reissuance of the grant of authority for said zone to the Greater 
Yuma Economic Development Corporation, a non-profit organization, 
which has accepted such reissuance subject to approval by the FTZ 
Board. Upon review, the Board finds that the requirements of the FTZ 
Act and the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal 
is in the public interest.
    Therefore, the Board approves the application and recognizes the 
Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation as the new grantee of 
Foreign Trade Zone 219, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of August 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-21621 Filed 9-4-09; 8:45 am]
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