[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 23895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6216]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1446]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 49, Newark, New Jersey, 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 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 49, submitted an application to the Board for 
authority to expand FTZ 49 to include a new site (Site 6, 407 acres) in 
Kearny, New Jersey, within Newark/New York Customs port of entry (FTZ 
Docket 41-2005, filed 8/9/05);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (70 FR 48535, 8/18/05) 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 would be satisfied, and that approval of the 
application would be in the public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to expand FTZ 49 is approved, subject to the FTZ 
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 general-purpose zone project.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th 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. E6-6216 Filed 4-24-06; 8:45 am]
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