[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: 05-3810]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1368]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 176, Rockford, 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 Greater Rockford Airport Authority, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 176, submitted an application to the Board for 
authority to expand FTZ 176 to include three sites (923 acres) in 
Rochelle (Ogle County), Illinois, and a site (74 acres) in Woodstock 
(McHenry County), Illinois, adjacent to the Rockford Customs port of 
entry (FTZ Docket 23-2004; filed 5/25/04; amended 9/24/04);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (69 FR 30871, 6/1/04 and 69 FR 58883, 10/1/04), 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, as amended, 
is in the public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to expand FTZ 176 is approved as amended, 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. 05-3810 Filed 2-25-05; 8:45 am]
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