DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 240]
49 FR 471
January 4, 1984
Removal of Time Limit on Temporary Zone Site of Foreign-Trade Zone No. 31,
Granite City, Illinois, Within the St. Louis Customs Port of Entry
TEXT: Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June
18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
regulations (15 CFR Part 400), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board)
adopts the following order:
Whereas, on November 21, 1980, the Tri-City Regional Port District (Port
District), grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 31 in Granite City, Illinois,
received authority from the Board to establish a temporary zone site on
South State Street in Granite City until December 31, 1983 (Board Order
169, 45 FR 79520);
Whereas, the Port District has applied to the Board for authority to
remove the time limitation on zone status for the South State Street site;
Whereas, the application was accepted for filing on September 26, 1983,
and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register on
October 6, 1983 (Docket No. 36-83, 48 FR 45579);
Whereas, the temporary site has provided zone services in a satisfactory
manner from the standpoint of both the grantee and local Customs officials;
Whereas, the FTZ Staff has investigated the proposal in accordance with
the Board's regulations and, finding continuation of zone services at the
site to be in the public interest, has recommended approval; and;
Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended, and the Board's regulations are satisfied;
Now, Therefore, the Board hereby orders:
That the time limitation on the South State Street zone site of FTZ 31
is removed. The Grantee shall notify the Executive Secretary of the Board
for approval prior to the commencement of any manufacturing operations. The
authority given in this Order is subject to settlement locally by the
District Director of Customs and the District Army Engineer regarding
compliance with their respective requirements relating to foreign-trade
zones.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 27th day of December 1983.
William T. Archey.
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Administration Chairman,
Committee of Alternates.
ATTEST:
John T. DuPonte
Executive Secretary
[FR Doc. 84-64 Filed 1-3-84; 8:45 am]
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