[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 13836-13837] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-7484] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 956] Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson and Surry Counties, NC 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 Piedmont Triad Partnership (the Grantee), a North Carolina non-profit corporation, has made application to the Board (FTZ Docket 21-97, 62 FR 15460, 4/1/97; [[Page 13837]] amended, 62 FR 44642, 8/22/97 ), requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone at sites in Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson and Surry Counties, North Carolina, adjacent to the Winston-Salem Customs port of entry; Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register; and, Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner's report and finds 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. 230, at the sites described in the application, as amended, subject to the Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and subject to the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit. Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of March 1998. Foreign-Trade Zones Board. William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer. Attest: Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 98-7484 Filed 3-20-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P