Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 171, Liberty County, Texas

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21951]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1049]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 171, Liberty County, Texas

    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 Liberty County Economic Development Corporation, 
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 171, submitted an application to the 
Board for authority to expand FTZ 171 to include a new site at the 
Sjolander Plastics Storage Railyard facility (Site 5), in Dayton, 
Texas, within the Houston, Texas, Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 43-
98; filed 9/9/98);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (63 FR 52241, 9/30/98) 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 
the 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 171 is approved, subject to the Act 
and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of August, 1999.
Robert LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-21951 Filed 8-23-99; 8:45 am]
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