[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 48470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24345]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1000]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 2: New Orleans, LA, 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 Port of New Orleans, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 2, for authority to expand FTZ 2 to include two 
sites in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, within the New Orleans Customs 
port of entry area, was filed by the Board on November 18, 1997 (FTZ 
Docket 80-97, 62 FR 63314, 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 2 is approved, subject to the Act and 
the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of August, 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-24345 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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