[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 24940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9985]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1558


Expansion of FTZ 44 and Expansion of Scope of Manufacturing, Mt. 
Olive, New Jersey

     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 New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth & Tourism 
Commission, grantee of FTZ 44, submitted an application to the Board 
for authority to clarify the boundaries of Site 1 and to incorporate an 
additional 0.5 acres on a permanent basis, to delete two acres from 
Site 2, to include four additional sites in the Mt. Olive, New Jersey, 
area and to expand the scope of manufacturing authority for the flavor 
and fragrance processing facility of Givaudan Fragrances Corporation, 
located in Site 1 within FTZ 44 in Mt. Olive, New Jersey, area, 
adjacent to the Newark/New York CBP port of entry (FTZ Docket 25-2007, 
filed 7/20/07);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (72 FR 41704, 7/31/07) 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 44 and to expand the scope of 
manufacturing authority for Givaudan Fragrances Corporation is 
approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including 
Section 400.28, and further subject to a sunset provision that would 
terminate authority on April 30, 2013, for Sites 3, 4, and 6 and April 
30, 2015 for Site 5, where no activity has occurred under FTZ 
procedures before those dates. The Secretary of Commerce, as Chairman 
of the Board, is hereby authorized to issue an appropriate Board Order.

     Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of April 2008.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-9985 Filed 5-5-08; 8:45 am]
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