[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 19693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5675]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1443]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 94, Laredo, Texas 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 City of Laredo, Texas, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
No. 94, submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand 
FTZ 94 in the Laredo, Texas area, to include a site within the 
Embarcadero Business Park, within the Laredo Customs port of entry (FTZ 
Docket 19-2005, filed 5/9/2005);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (70 FR 25536, 5/13/2005) 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 
the 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 94 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 
general-purpose zone project.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of April 2006.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-5675 Filed 4-12-06; 8:45 am]
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