DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 365]
52 FR 41599
October 29, 1987
Approval for Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone No. 49, Newark/Elizabeth, New
Jersey Area, Within the New York Customs Port of Entry
TEXT: Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June
18, 1934, as amended (19 USC 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 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone No. 49 has applied to the Board for authority to expand
its general-purpose zone to include a new site at the Global Terminal and
Container Services, Inc., facility on upper New York Bay in Jersey City/
Bayonne, New Jersey, within the New York Customs port of entry;
Whereas, the application was accepted for filing on September 23, 1985,
and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register on
October 7, 1985 (Docket 33-85, 50 FR 40884);
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 New Jersey sector of the Upper New York Bay 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 that
approval of the application is in the public interest;
Now Therefore, the Board hereby orders:
That the Grantee is authorized to expand its zone in accordance with the
applications filed September 23, 1985. 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 23rd day of October 1987.
Gilbert B. Kaplan,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance Chairman,
Committee of Alternates Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
John J. DaPonte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc 87-25070 Filed 10-28-87; 8:45 am]
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