[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 76218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31112]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1131]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 86 Tacoma, Washington, 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, the Port of Tacoma (Washington), grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 86, submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand 
FTZ 86 to include additional FTZ space at Sites 1, 2 and 3, and to 
include four new sites in the Tacoma, Washington, area, adjacent to the 
Tacoma Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 4-2000; filed February 17, 
2000);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (65 FR 11549, March 3, 2000) 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 
the 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 86 is approved, subject to the Act 
and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28, and further subject 
to the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit for the overall 
zone project.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of November 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 00-31112 Filed 12-5-00; 8:45 am]
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