Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 50, Long Beach, CA, Area

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 City of Long Beach, California, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 50, submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand FTZ 50-Site 2 to include additional areas (143 acres) at the California Commerce Center in Ontario, California, adjacent to the Los Angeles-Long Beach Customs port of entry (FTZ Docket 27-2003; filed 6/9/03);

Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (68 FR 35855, 6/17/03) 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 examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the public interest;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:

The application to expand FTZ 50-Site 2 is approved, subject to the Act and the Board's regulations, including § 400.28, and further subject to the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit for the overall zone project.