DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 471]
55 FR 17774
April 27, 1990
Approval for Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 70 Detroit, Michigan, Area
TEXT: Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 3,
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 Detroit Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., Grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone 70, has applied to the Board for authority to expand two
of its general-purpose zone sites located at the Detroit Metropolitan
Airport and at the Ecorse Docks in the Detroit, Michigan, area, within the
Detroit Customs port of entry;
Whereas, the application was accepted for filing on September 29, 1989,
and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register on
September 30, 1989 (FTZ Docket 17-89, 54 FR 40153);
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 Detroit 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 September 19, 1989. The grant does not include
authority for manufacturing operations, and 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 20th day of April, 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. 90-9749 Filed 4-26-90; 8:45 am]
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