DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 468]
55 FR 12696
April 5, 1990
Approval for Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 94, Laredo, TX
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 Resolution and Order:
Whereas, the City of Laredo, Texas, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone No. 94,
has applied to the Board for authority to expand its general-purpose zone at
the Laredo International Airport and the Killam Industrial Park in Webb
County, Texas, within the Laredo Customs port of entry;
Whereas, the application was accepted for filing on April 28, 1989, and
notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register on May 16,
1989 (Docket 9-89, 54 FR 21089);
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 Laredo 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 April 28, 1989, subject to a 500-acre activation limit at
each of the two expansion sites. 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 26th day of March 1990.
Lisa B. Barry,
Acting 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. 90-7781 Filed 4-4-90; 8:45 am]
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