[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54708-54709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23796]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2065]


Production Authority Not Approved; PBR, Inc. d/b/a SKAPS 
Industries; Foreign-Trade Zone 26; (Non-Woven Geotextiles); Athens, 
Georgia

    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 (FTZ) Act provides for ``. . . the 
establishment . . . of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the 
United

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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 Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 26, 
has requested production authority on behalf of PBR, Inc. d/b/a SKAPS 
Industries, located in Athens, Georgia (B-22-2014, docketed March 12, 
2014);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (79 FR 15725-15726, March 21, 2014; 79 FR 17500, March 
28, 2014) 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 have not been satisfied;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby does not approve the application 
requesting production authority under zone procedures within FTZ 26 at 
the facility of PBR, Inc. d/b/a SKAPS Industries, located in Athens, 
Georgia, as described in the application and Federal Register notice.

    Dated: October 25, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2018-23796 Filed 10-30-18; 8:45 am]
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