[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8920-8921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4051]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1653]


Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone, Kern 
County, CA

    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 (FTZ) 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 and Border Protection (CBP) ports 
of entry;
    Whereas, the County of Kern Department of Airports (the Grantee) 
has made application to the Board (FTZ Docket 18-2009, filed 04/28/09) 
requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone at sites in Kern 
County, California;
    Whereas, the Meadows Field Airport (proposed Site 1) was designated 
as a CBP user fee airport facility on October 31, 2006;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (74 FR 20459, 05/04/09; correction 74 FR 27506, 06/10/
09), and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and 
the Board's regulations; and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the

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examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
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. 276, at the sites 
described in the application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the 
Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this January 19, 2010.
    Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Gary Locke,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer.
ATTEST:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-4051 Filed 2-25-10; 8:45 am]
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