[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 202 (Friday, October 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 61782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24748]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1580


Voluntary Relinquishment of The Grant of Authority; Foreign-Trade 
Zone 48; Tuscon, AZ

    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, on March 28, 1979, the Board issued a grant of authority 
to the Papago-Tucson Development Authority (PTDA), authorizing the 
establishment of Foreign-Trade Zone 48 at the San Xavier Industrial 
Park in Tucson, Arizona (Board Order 145);
    WHEREAS, the San Xavier Development Authority, which has since 
merged with the PTDA has made a request (FTZ Docket 3-2008, 1-18-08) to 
the FTZ Board for voluntary relinquishment of the grant of authority 
for FTZ 48, and;
    WHEREAS, the FTZ Board, noting the concurrence of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, adopts the findings of the FTZ staff report and 
concludes that approval of the request is in the public interest;
    NOW, THEREFORE, the Foreign-Trade Zones Board terminates the FTZ 
status of Foreign-Trade Zone No. 48, effective this date.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of October 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    ATTEST:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-24748 Filed 10-16-08; 8:45 am]
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