[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 32929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13478]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1830]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 163; Ponce, PR

    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 Foreign-Trade Zone 163, 
submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand FTZ 163 
to include existing Sites 14 and 15 in Caguas on a permanent basis and 
to include a site (Site 16) in Ponce, Puerto Rico, within and adjacent 
to the Ponce Customs and Border Protection port of entry (FTZ Docket 
52-2011, filed 8/9/2011);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (76 50455, 8/15/2011) 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 
the Board's regulations would be satisfied, and that the proposal would 
be in the public interest if subject to a time limit;
    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 400.13, and to a 
time limit for Sites 14, 15, and 16 that would terminate authority on 
May 31, 2017, subject to extension upon review.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of May 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Attest:
Andrew McGilvray.
 Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-13478 Filed 6-1-12; 8:45 am]
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