[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 42994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20673]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1185]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 149, Freeport, Texas, 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 Brazos River Harbor Navigation District, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 149, submitted an application to the Board for 
authority to expand FTZ 149-Site 6 at the Brazoria County Airport/
Industrial Park; to include three new sites in Pearland (Brazoria/
Harris Counties) at the Northern Industrial Complex (Site 7), the 
Southern Industrial Complex (Site 8), and the Bybee-Sterling Complex 
(Site 9); and, to include a new site in Alvin (Brazoria County) at the 
Santa Fe Industrial Park (Site 10), adjacent to the Freeport Customs 
port of entry (FTZ Docket 14-2000; filed 4/14/00);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (65 FR 24446, 4/26/00) 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 149 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 7th day of August 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 01-20673 Filed 8-15-01; 8:45 am]
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