DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 391]
53 FR 27542
July 21, 1988
Temporary Extension of Authority for the Private Zone Sites in Foreign-
Trade Zone 84, Houston, TX
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 Board authorized the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) to
maintain several privately owned and operated sites in FTZ 84, Houston,
Texas, on July 15, 1983 (Board Order No. 214), subject to conditions,
including a time limit of five years, subject to extension after a review;
Whereas, the authorization expires on July 15, 1988;
Whereas, PHA, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 84, has made application to
the Board (FTZ Doc. 8-88, filed 2-8-88, 53 FR 4865) to extend zone status
on a permanent basis for several of the private sites;
Whereas, the application is supported by state and local public
officials, but the Board's review will not be completed by July 15, 1988;
and
Whereas, the FTZ Staff has recommended a temporary extension of authority
while a review of the application for an indefinite extension is being
completed;
Now, Therefore, the Board hereby orders:
That authority for the private sites in FTZ 84 is extended to January
15, 1989, subject to the other conditions in Board Order 214.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of July 1988.
Jan W. Mares,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Chairman,
Committee of Alternates Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 88-16473 Filed 7-20-88; 8:45 am]
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