[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 97 (Friday, May 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 29277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10029]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1389]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 154, Baton Rouge, LA, 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 Baton Rouge Port Commission, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 154, submitted an application to the Board for 
authority to expand FTZ 154 to include a site (120 acres) within the 
155-acre St. Martin Parish Industrial Park located near St. 
Martinville, Louisiana (Site 5), adjacent to the Baton Rouge Customs 
port of entry (FTZ Docket 29-2004; filed 7/28/04); Whereas, notice 
inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (69 FR 47865, 
8/6/04) 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 addendum report, and finds that the requirements 
of the FTZ Act and Board's regulations would be satisfied, and that the 
proposal would be in the public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to expand FTZ 154 to include a site (designated as 
FTZ 154--Site 5) is approved, subject to the Act and the Board's 
regulations, including Section 400.28, and subject to the conditions 
and restrictions listed below:
    1. The approval for FTZ 154--Site 5 is for an initial period of 
five years (to April 30, 2010) subject to extension upon review.
    2. The applicant is required to submit annually special reports on 
developments at FTZ 154--Site 5, including information relating to 
changes in the site status or plans, changes in ownership, new activity 
under zone procedures, and other relevant information as directed by 
the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary.
    3. The site will be subject to special monitoring visits by the FTZ 
staff.
    4. Activation at the general-purpose zone project overall is 
subject to the Board's standard 2,000-acre limit.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of May, 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. 05-10029 Filed 5-19-05; 8:45 am]
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