[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17580-17581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9261]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 874]
Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Yuma,
Arizona Area
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, Yuma County Airport Authority, Inc., an Arizona non-profit
civic corporation, (the Grantee) has made application to the Board (FTZ
Docket 10-96, 61 FR 6972, 2/23/96), requesting the establishment of a
foreign-trade zone at the Yuma International Airport in Yuma County,
Arizona, within the San Luis Customs port of entry; and,
Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the
Federal Register, and 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
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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. 219, at the site
described in the application, subject to the Act and the Board's
regulations, including Section 400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of April 1997.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
William M. Daley,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-9261 Filed 4-9-97; 8:45 am]
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