DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 353]
52 FR 12217
April 15, 1987
Approval for Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone No. 22, Kankakee County, IL,
Adjacent to the Chicago 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, the Illinois International Port District, formerly the Chicago
Regional Port District, Grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone No. 22, Chicago, has
applied to the Board for authority to expand its general-purpose zone to
include two sites in Manteno Township, Kankakee County, Illinois, adjacent
to the Chicago Customs port of entry;
Whereas, the application was accepted for filing on May 15, 1986, and
notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register on June 6,
1986 (Docket No. 17-86, 51 FR 20684);
Whereas, an examiners committee has investigated the application in
accordance with the Board's regulations and recommends approval;
Whereas, the expansion is necessary to improve and expand zone services
in the Chicago area; and,
Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended, and the Board's regulations are satisfied, and the
approval of the application is in the public interest;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
That the Grantee is authorized to expand its zone plan in accordance with
the application filed May 15, 1986. The grant does not include authority for
manufacturing operations, and the Grantee shall notify the Board for approval
prior to the commencement of any manufacturing or assembly 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, DC, this 9th day of April 1987.
Paul Freedenberg,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Administration, Chairman,
Committee of Alternates Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 87-8458 Filed 4-14-87; 8:45 am]
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