DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(Order No. 620)
Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 94 Laredo, TX
Monday, January 11, 1993
Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Act of June
18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the Act), and the FTZ Board
Regulations (15 CFR part 400), the FTZ Board (the Board) adopts the
following Resolution and Order:
Whereas, an application from the City of Laredo, Texas, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone No. 94, for authority (subject to an activation limit) to expand
its general-purpose zone to include a site at the International Commerce
Center in Laredo, Texas, within the Laredo Customs port of entry, was filed
by the Board on November 6, 1991, and notice inviting public comment was
given in the Federal Register on December 2, 1991 (Docket 77-91, 56 FR
61228);
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 Act and the
Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval, subject to an
activation limit, 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 on November 6,
1991, subject to the Act and the Board's regulations (as revised, 56 FR
50790-50808, 10-8-91) including § 400.28, and subject to the condition that
further Board approval is required prior to activation at the International
Commerce Center site beyond 1,500 acres.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of December, 1992.
Alan M. Dunn,
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. 93-545 Filed 1-8-93; 8:45 am)