[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 53887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20154]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1348]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 36, Galveston, TX 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 Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 36, submitted an application to the Board to expand 
and reorganize FTZ 36 to add four parcels (112 acres) to Site 1; to 
remove a parcel from Site 1 (formerly Parcel 1, 2.67 acres); to add 45 
acres to Site 1, Parcel 2; to add a parcel (96 acres) to Site 2; and, 
to add a new site (Site 3: 74 acres, 2 parcels) at Scholes 
International Airport, adjacent to the Houston-Galveston Customs port 
of entry (FTZ Docket 2-2004; filed 1/23/04);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (69 FR 5315, 2/4/04; 69 FR 18530, 4/8/04), 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 reorganize and expand FTZ 36 is approved, 
subject to the Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 
400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of August 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 04-20154 Filed 9-2-04; 8:45 am]
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