[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 65141] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-27425] [[Page 65141]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 2078] Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 163; Ponce, Puerto Rico 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 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 CODEZOL, C.D., grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 163, submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand FTZ 163 to include a site at the Ponce Regional Distribution Center (Site 17) in Ponce, Puerto Rico, adjacent to the San Juan Customs and Border Protection port of entry (B-38-2018, docketed June 13, 2018); Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (83 FR 28411-28412, June 19, 2018) 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 are satisfied; 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. Dated: December 13, 2018. Christian B. Marsh, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. [FR Doc. 2018-27425 Filed 12-18-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P