[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13836-13837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7484]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 956]
Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone
Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson and Surry Counties, NC
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 Piedmont Triad Partnership (the Grantee), a North
Carolina non-profit corporation, has made application to the Board (FTZ
Docket 21-97, 62 FR 15460, 4/1/97;
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amended, 62 FR 44642, 8/22/97 ), requesting the establishment of a
foreign-trade zone at sites in Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson and Surry
Counties, North Carolina, adjacent to the Winston-Salem Customs port of
entry;
Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the
Federal Register; and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the
examiner's report and finds that the requirements of the 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 to the Grantee the
privilege of establishing a foreign-trade zone, designated on the
records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 230, at the sites
described in the application, as amended, subject to the Act and the
Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and subject to the
Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of March 1998.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
William M. Daley,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.
Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-7484 Filed 3-20-98; 8:45 am]
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