[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 29179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14152]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 981]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 33; Pittsburgh, PA

    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 Regional Industrial Development 
Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
33, for authority to expand FTZ 33-Site 1 and Site 2 and to include two 
new sites in Pittsburgh and Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, within the 
Pittsburgh Customs port of entry area, was filed by the Board on 
November 17, 1997 (FTZ Docket 79-97, 62 FR 63315, 11/28/97);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in Federal 
Register and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act 
and the Board's regulations; and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the 
public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to expand FTZ 33 is approved, subject to the Act 
and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and subject to 
the standard 2,000-acre activation limit for the overall zone project.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of May 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-14152 Filed 5-27-98; 8:45 am]
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