99-2822. Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 7; Puerto Rico

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 5765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2822]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1020]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 7; Puerto Rico

    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 Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 7, submitted an application to the Board for 
authority to expand FTZ 7 to include multiple sites in Puerto Rico (FTZ 
Docket 18-98; filed 4/3/98);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in Federal 
Register (63 FR 17982, 4/13/98) 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 7 is approved, subject to the Act and 
the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of January 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-2822 Filed 2-4-99; 8:45 am]
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