[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17580-17581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9261]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 874]


Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Yuma, 
Arizona 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, Yuma County Airport Authority, Inc., an Arizona non-profit 
civic corporation, (the Grantee) has made application to the Board (FTZ 
Docket 10-96, 61 FR 6972, 2/23/96), requesting the establishment of a 
foreign-trade zone at the Yuma International Airport in Yuma County, 
Arizona, within the San Luis 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

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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. 219, 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 2nd day of April 1997.

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
William M. Daley,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-9261 Filed 4-9-97; 8:45 am]
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