[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 5375] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-3069] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 788] Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone; Anniston, AL 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 Anniston Metropolitan Airport Board of Commissioners (formerly the Anniston-Calhoun County Airport Commission), on behalf of the City of Anniston, Alabama (the Grantee), has made application to the Board (FTZ Docket 32-94, 59 FR 54432, 10/31/94), requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone in Anniston, 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 has found 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. 211, 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 22nd day of January 1996. Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Ronald H. Brown, Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer. John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 96-3069 Filed 2-9-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-25-P