[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 778-779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-280]


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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. 98-280 Filed 1-6-98; 8:45 am]
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