Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: California,

[Federal Register: January 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 4)]

[Notices]

[Page 778-779]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 946]

Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Merced, Madera and Fresno Counties, 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, 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 Board of Supervisors of the County of Merced, California (the Grantee) has made application to the Board (FTZ Docket 55-97, 62 FR 36258, 7-7-97), requesting the establishment of a foreign- trade zone at sites in Merced, Madera and Fresno Counties, California, adjacent to the Fresno Customs port of entry; and,

Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal

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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. 226, 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 22nd day of December, 1997.

Foreign-Trade Zones Board. William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer. John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-280Filed1-6-98; 8:45 am]

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