[Federal Register: May 22, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 99)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1277]

 
Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 84; Houston, TX

    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 Port of Houston Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 84, submitted an application to the Board for authority to 
expand FTZ 84 to include the Katoen Natie Gulf Coast site (72 acres) 
on a permanent basis and to restore FTZ status to the Bulk Materials 
Handling plant (97 acres) on the Houston Ship Channel, within the 
Houston-Galveston Customs port of entry area (FTZ Docket 36-2002; 
filed 9/12/02);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (67 FR 59250, 9/20/02) 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 84 is approved, subject to the Act 
and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of May 2003.
Jeffrey A. May,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 03-12882 Filed 5-21-03; 8:45 am]