[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13668]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 889]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 165, Midland, Texas, 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, an application from the City of Midland, Texas, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone No. 165, for authority to expand its general-purpose 
zone to include a site at the Pecos County Airport Industrial Park, 
Fort Stockton (Pecos County), Texas, adjacent to the Midland 
International Airport (a U.S. Customs user-fee airport) filed by the 
Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board on May 29, 1996 (Docket 46-96, 61 FR 
29530, 6/11/96);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act 
and the Board's regulations; and,
    Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the Act and 
the regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the public 
interest;
    Now, Therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The grantee is authorized to expand its zone as requested in the 
application, subject to the Act and the Board's regulations, including 
Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of May 1997.
Jeffrey P. Bialos,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 97-13668 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]
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