DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 428]
54 FR 5992
February 7, 1989
Approval for Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone No. 17, Kansas City, KS
TEXT: Pursuant to the authority granted in 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 Greater Kansas City Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., Grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone No. 17, has applied to the Board for authority to expand
its general-purpose zone in Kansas City, Kansas, to include two additional
public warehouse sites in Kansas City, within the Kansas City Customs port
of entry:
Whereas, the application was accepted for filing on November 10, 1987,
and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register on
November 24, 1987 (Docket 33-87, 52 FR 45003);
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 Kansas City area; and,
Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended, and the Baord'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 10, 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 31st day of January 1989.
Jan W. Mares,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Chairman,
Committee of Alternates Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 89-2862 Filed 2-6-89; 8:45 am]
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