DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 444]
54 FR 46098
November 1, 1989
Approval for Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 62, Brownsville, TX
TEXT: Pursuant to the authority granted in the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of
June 18, 1934, as amended (19 USC 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
adopts the following Resolution and Order:
Whereas, the Brownsville Navigation District, Grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone No. 62, has applied to the Board for authority to expand its general-
purpose zone to include two sites near Valley International Airport in
Harlingen, Texas, within the Brownsville Customs port of entry;
Whereas, the application was accepted for filing on February 24, 1988,
and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register on
March 8, 1988 (Docket 12-88, 53 FR 7382);
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 Brownsville-Harlingen 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 February 24, 1988. 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 24th day of October 1989.
Eric I. Garfinkel,
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. 89-25702 Filed 10-31-89; 8:45 am]
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