[Federal Register: February 12, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 29)]
[Notices]
[Page 5375]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 788]
Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone;
Anniston, AL
Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of
June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade
Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order:
Whereas, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act ``To
provide for the establishment of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry
of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and
for other purposes,'' as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the Act), the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) is authorized to grant to
qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade
zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry;
Whereas, the Anniston Metropolitan Airport Board of Commissioners
(formerly the Anniston-Calhoun County Airport Commission), on behalf of
the City of Anniston, Alabama (the Grantee), has made application to
the Board (FTZ Docket 32-94, 59 FR 54432, 10/31/94), requesting the
establishment of a foreign-trade zone in Anniston, Alabama, adjacent to
the Birmingham Customs port of entry; and,
Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the
Federal Register and the Board has found that the requirements of the
Act and the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the
application is in the public interest;
Now, Therefore, the Board hereby grants to the Grantee the
privilege of establishing a foreign-trade zone, designated on the
records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 211, at the site
described in the application, subject to the Act and the Board's
regulations, including Section 400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of January 1996.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Ronald H. Brown,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-3069 Filed 2-9-96; 8:45 am]