Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: California,

[Federal Register: August 24, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 163)]

[Notices]

[Page 46180-46181]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1045]

Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone, Santa Maria, California

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 Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides 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,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry;

Whereas, the Santa Maria Public Airport District (the Grantee), has made application to the Board (FTZ Docket 34-98, filed06/30/98), requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone at sites in the Santa Maria, California area, adjacent to the Port San Luis Customs port of entry; and,

Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (63 FR 36875, 7/8/98); and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the

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examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ 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. 237, 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 standard 2,000-acre activation limit.

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of August, 1999. William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.

Attest: Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 99-21949Filed8-23-99; 8:45 am]

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