[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 223 (Monday, November 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 67098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19599]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1487


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 163, Ponce, Puerto Rico, 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, Codezol, C.D., grantee of FTZ 163, submitted an 
application to the Board for authority to expand FTZ 163 to include a 
site (Site 8 - 6 acres, Lugo warehouse) in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, 
adjacent to the Ponce Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 10-2006; filed 
4/3/06);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (71 FR 18276, 4/11/06), 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 163 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 November 1, 2011, unless the site is activated during 
that time period pursuant to 19 CFR Part 146 of the U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection regulations.
    Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of November 2006.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commercefor Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary
[FR Doc. E6-19599 Filed 11-17-06; 8:45 am]
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