[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 49]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32296]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1313]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 22; Chicago, IL, 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 Board 
(the Board) adopts the following Order:
    Whereas, the Illinois International Port District, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 22, submitted an application to the Board for 
authority to expand FTZ 22 to include a new site (Site 5) at the 
CenterPoint Intermodal Center in Elwood (Will County), Illinois, within 
the Chicago Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 23-2003; filed 5/12/03);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (68 FR 27527, 5/20/03) 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 
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 22 is approved, subject to the Act 
and the Board's regulations, including Sec.  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 19th day of December, 2003.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-32296 Filed 12-31-03; 8:45 am]
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