DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 387]
53 FR 27184
July 19, 1988
Approval for Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone No. 124, Gramercy, LA; Adjacent
to the Gramercy 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 South Louisiana Port Commission, Grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone No. 124, Gramercy, Louisiana, has applied to the Board for authority
to expand its general-purpose zone to include an additional site (213 acres)
in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, adjacent to the Gramercy Customs port of
entry;
Whereas, the application was filed on November 19, 1987, and notice
inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register on November 30,
1987 (Docket 36-87, 52 FR 45475);
Whereas, an examiners committee has investigated the application in
accordance with the Board's regulations and recommends approval based on
a finding that the expansion would improve zone services in the Gramercy
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
application filed November 19, 1987. 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 5th day of July 1988.
Jan W. Mares,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administraiton, Chairman,
Committee of Alternates, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 88-16211 Filed 7-18-88; 8:45 am]
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