[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 59162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25909]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1304]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 31 Granite City, IL

    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 Tri-City Regional Port District, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 31, submitted an application to the Board for 
authority to expand FTZ 31 to include three sites at the Gateway 
Commerce Center in Madison County (Site 5--2,254 acres), River's 
Edge Industrial Park in Granite City (Site 6--458 acres), and 
MidAmerica Airport in St. Clair County (Site 7--3,851 acres), 
Illinois, and to formally delete Site 2 from the zone project, 
within/adjacent to the St. Louis, Missouri, Customs port of entry 
(FTZ Docket 16-2003; filed 3/14/03);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (68 FR 14191, 3/24/03) 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 31 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 3rd day of October, 2003.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 03-25909 Filed 10-10-03; 8:45 am]
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