[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 77 (Friday, April 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9856]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1163]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 20, Hampton Roads, VA, 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 (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) adopts the following Order:
    Whereas, the Virginia Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
20, submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand FTZ 
20 at the Battlefield Lakes Technical Center (Site 16) and Butts 
Station Commerce Center (Site 17) in Chesapeake, Virginia, and at the 
Port of Cape Charles Sustainable Technologies Industrial Park (Site 18) 
in Northampton County, Virginia, adjacent to the Norfolk-Newport News 
Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 58-2000; filed 11/15/00);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (65 FR 70694, 11/27/00) 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 20 is approved, subject to the Act 
and the Board's regulations, including Section 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 5th day of April 2001.
Timothy J. Hauser,
Acting Under Secretary for International Trade, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 01-9856 Filed 4-19-01; 8:45 am]
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