[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76217-76218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31107]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1121]


Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone; 
Decatur, Illinois

    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

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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 Board of Park Commissioners, Decatur Park District 
(the Grantee), has made application to the Board (FTZ Docket 36-99, 
filed July 14, 1999), requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade 
zone in Decatur, Illinois, adjacent to the Peoria Customs port of 
entry;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (64 FR 39483, July 22, 1999); and
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
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. 245, at the site 
described in the application and serving the area described in the 
application record, subject to the Act and the Board's regulations, 
including Sec. 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of November 2000.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Norman Y. Mineta,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-31107 Filed 12-5-00; 8:45 am]
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