[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 174 (Thursday, September 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 54197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23002]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1115]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 84 Houston, TX

    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 Port of Houston Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 84 (Houston, Texas), submitted an application to the Board for 
authority to expand FTZ 84 to include the jet fuel storage and 
distribution system at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport 
(22 acres) in Houston, Texas (Site 14), within the Houston Customs port 
of entry (FTZ Docket 58-99; filed 11/17/99);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (64 FR 66879, 11/30/99) 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 84 is approved, subject to the Act 
and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of August 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-23002 Filed 9-6-00; 8:45 am]
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