[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14833-14834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06175]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1995]


Approval of Expansion of Subzone 78A Nissan North America, Inc.; 
Smyrna, Tennessee

    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 and Border Protection ports of 
entry;
    Whereas, the Board's regulations (15 CFR part 400) provide for the 
establishment of subzones for specific uses;
    Whereas, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson 
County, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 78, has made application to the 
Board to expand Subzone 78A on behalf of Nissan North America, Inc., 
located in Smyrna, Tennessee (FTZ Docket B-77-2015, docketed November 
12, 2015);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (80 FR 72412, November 19, 2015) 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 memorandum, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act 
and the Board's regulations are satisfied;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby approves the expansion of Subzone 
78A on behalf of Nissan North America, Inc.,

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as described in the application and Federal Register notice, subject to 
the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.13.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of February 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2016-06175 Filed 3-17-16; 8:45 am]
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