[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 38 (Monday, February 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 9614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3805]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1375]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 24, Pittston, PA

    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 Eastern Distribution Center, Inc., grantee of FTZ 24, 
submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand FTZ 24-
Site 1 to include an additional parcel (29 acres, Site 1B) in Pittston 
Township and to include three additional sites (863 acres, Sites 3-5) 
in Pittston Township and Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania, within the 
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 11-2004; filed 
3/17/04);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (69 FR 13812, 3/24/04) 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 expand FTZ 24 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 in Washington, DC, this 9th day of February, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-3805 Filed 2-25-05; 8:45 am]
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