[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 46180-46181] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-21949] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 1045] Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone, Santa Maria, 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, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides 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,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry; Whereas, the Santa Maria Public Airport District (the Grantee), has made application to the Board (FTZ Docket 34-98, filed 06/30/98), requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone at sites in the Santa Maria, California area, adjacent to the Port San Luis Customs port of entry; and, Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (63 FR 36875, 7/8/98); and, Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the [[Page 46181]] examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ 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. 237, at the sites described in the application, as amended, subject to the Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and subject to the standard 2,000-acre activation limit. Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of August, 1999. William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer. Attest: Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 99-21949 Filed 8-23-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P