Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 1 New York, New York, Area

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65171-65172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31551]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1010]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 1 New York, New York, Area

    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 City of New York, New York, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 1, submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand 
FTZ 1 to include a new site in Staten Island, New York, within the New 
York Seaport Area Customs port of entry area (FTZ Docket 7-98; filed 2/
5/98);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in Federal 
Register (63 FR 7755, 2/17/98; 63 FR 23720, 4/30/98) 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 
Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the 
public interest;
    Now, Therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to expand FTZ 1 is approved, subject to the Act and 
the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of November 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-31551 Filed 11-24-98; 8:45 am]
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