[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 31200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15181]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 979]
Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Kodiak
Island, Alaska
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, Kodiak Island Borough (the Grantee), an Alaskan municipal
corporation, has made application to the Board (FTZ Docket 50-95, 60 FR
47547, 9/13/95), requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone
at sites on Kodiak Island, Alaska, adjacent to the Kodiak 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. 232, at the sites
described in the application, subject to the Act and the Board's
regulations, including Section 400.28, and subject to the standard
2,000-acre activation limit.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of May 1998.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
William M. Daley,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-15181 Filed 6-5-98; 8:45 am]
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