[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 26074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8791]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1511]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Academy Sports and 
Outdoors (Apparel, Footwear, and Sporting Goods), Katy and Brookshire, 
Texas

    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 Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides for ''. . . the 
establishment . . . of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the 
United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for 
other purposes,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant 
to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade 
zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry;
    Whereas, the Board's regulations (15 CFR Part 400) provide for the 
establishment of special-purpose subzones when existing zone facilities 
cannot serve the specific use involved, and when the activity results 
in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
    Whereas, the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 84, has made application for authority to establish special-
purpose subzone status at the apparel, footwear, and sporting goods 
warehousing and distribution facilities of Academy Sports and Outdoors 
in Katy and Brookshire, Texas (Docket 22-2006, filed 6-13-2006);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (71 FR 35612, 6-21-2006); 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 approval of the application 
is in the public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to apparel, footwear, and sporting goods 
warehousing and distribution at the Academy Sports and Outdoors 
facilities located in Katy and Brookshire, Texas (Subzone 84S), as 
described in the application and Federal Register notice, and subject 
to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.
    Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of April 2007.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-8791 Filed 5-7-07; 8:45 am]
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