[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 32290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15609]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 888]
Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone,
Montgomery, Alabama
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 Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (the
Grantee) (an Alabama non-profit organization), has made application to
the Board (FTZ Docket 34-96, 61 FR 20214, 5/6/96), requesting the
establishment of a foreign-trade zone at sites in Montgomery, Alabama,
adjacent to the Birmingham 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 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. 222, at the sites
described in the application, subject to the Act and the Board's
regulations, including Sec. 400.28, subject to the standard 2,000-acres
activation limit.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of May 1997.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
William M. Daley,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.
Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-15609 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am]
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