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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Order No. 871]
Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 147; Reading, Pennsylvania, 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, an application from the Foreign Trade Zone Corporation of
Southeastern Pennsylvania, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 147, for
authority to expand Foreign-Trade Zone 147 to expand an existing site
and include additional sites in Berks and York Counties, Pennsylvania,
was filed by the Board on January 17, 1996 (FTZ Docket 3-96, 61 FR
2487, 1/26/96); and,
Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in Federal
Register and the application has been processed
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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 147 is approved, subject to the Act
and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and subject to
the standard 2,000-acre activation limit.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of February 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration,
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 97-5631 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am]
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