[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 169 (Thursday, August 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45400-45401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22126]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Order No. 836]


Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone 
Olympia, Washington, Area

    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 Port of Olympia (the Grantee) has made application to 
the Board (FTZ Docket 5-95, 60 FR 10352, 2/24/95), requesting the 
establishment of a foreign-trade zone at sites in the four-county area 
of Thurston, Lewis, Mason and Kitsap Counties, Washington

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in and adjacent to the Port of Olympia 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. 216, 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 16th day of August 1996.
Michael Kantor,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.
Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-22126 Filed 8-28-96; 8:45 am]
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