[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 159 (Thursday, August 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47483-47484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13601]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1473


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 176, Rockford, Illinois, 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 FTZ 
176, submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand FTZ 
176 to include a site (Site 7 - 133 acres) at the

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Crossroads Commerce Center, Rochelle, adjacent to the Rockford Customs 
port of entry (FTZ Docket 66-2005; filed 12/21/05);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (71 FR 326, 1/4/06), 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 176 is approved, subject to the FTZ 
Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and subject 
to a sunset provision that would terminate further authority for the 
proposed site on September 1, 2011, unless the site is activated under 
FTZ procedures before that date.
    Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of August 2006.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
 Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-13601 Filed 8-16-06; 8:45 am]
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