[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 27985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12880]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1276]


Expansion and Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 226 Merced, 
Madera, Fresno and Tulare Counties, CA

    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 County of Merced, California, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 226, submitted an application to the Board for authority 
to expand and reorganize FTZ 226 to relocate Site 2 (251 acres) to 
the Mid-State 99 Distribution Center, to expand Site 10 to include a 
temporary area (25 acres) at the Fresno Yosemite International 
Airport and to delete certain parcels/sites from the zone plan, 
within and adjacent to the Fresno Customs port of entry area (FTZ 
Docket 33-2002; filed 8/26/02);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (67 FR 56984, 9/6/02) 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 226 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 14th day of May 2003.
Jeffrey A. May,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-12880 Filed 5-21-03; 8:45 am]
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