[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5271-5272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2442]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1266]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 12, McAllen, Texas

    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 McAllen Economic Development Corporation, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 12, submitted an application to the Board for 
authority to expand FTZ 12-Site 1 to include two additional parcels (90 
acres) at the McAllen Southwest Industrial Area in Hidalgo County, 
Texas, within the Hidalgo/Pharr Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 27-
2002; filed 6/11/02);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (67 FR 41394, 6/18/02) and the application has been processed 
pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; and,

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    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 12-Site 1 is approved, subject to the 
Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of January 2003.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-2442 Filed 1-31-03; 8:45 am]
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