[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 8197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2531]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1139]


Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone, Waco, 
Texas

    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, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides 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,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant 
to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade 
zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry;
    Whereas, the City of Waco, Texas (the Grantee), has made 
application to the Board (FTZ Docket 8-2000, filed 3/6/00 and amended 
on 8/16/00), requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone at 
sites in Waco, Texas, adjacent to the Dallas/Fort Worth Customs port of 
entry;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (65 FR 13938, 3/15/00 and 65 FR 51796, 8/25/00); and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ 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. 246, at the sites 
described in the application, as amended, and subject to the Act and 
the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of January 2001.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Norman Y. Mineta,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.
    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-2531 Filed 1-29-01; 8:45 am]
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