[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 38 (Monday, February 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 9613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3809]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1369]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 57, Charlotte, NC

    Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 
June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), the Foreign-
Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order:

    Whereas, the North Carolina Department of Commerce, grantee of FTZ 
57, submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand the 
zone to include sites at the Lakemont West Business Park, the West 
Logistics facility, the West Pointe Business Park, and the Ridge Creek 
Distribution Center in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County), within the 
Charlotte Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 41-2004; filed 9/2/04);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (69 FR 55405, 9/14/04) 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 57 is approved, subject to the Act 
and the Board's regulations, including section 400.28, and subject to 
the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit for the overall zone 
project, and further subject to a sunset provision that would terminate 
authority for the proposed sites on January 31, 2012, unless the sites 
are activated under FTZ procedures.

    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. 05-3809 Filed 2-25-05; 8:45 am]
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