00-31111. Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 3, San Francisco, 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 San Francisco Port Commission, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 3, submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand FTZ 3 to include the jet fuel storage and distribution system at the San Francisco International Airport and related facilities (261 acres) in the San Francisco, California, area, within the San Francisco Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 16-2000; filed April 28, 2000);

Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (65 FR 30057, May 10, 2000) 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 Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the public interest;

Now, Therefore, the Board hereby orders:

The application to expand FTZ 3 is approved, subject to the Act and the Board's regulations, including § 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of November 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.