# Lapse of Authority Provision; Inactive Foreign-Trade Zones
> **US Department of Commerce** · Rule-related notice. · Published 1996-10-11 · Effective 1996-10-11 · 61 FR 53305
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-26215
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Commerce
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 53305
- **CFR reference:** 15 CFR 400
- **Publication date:** 1996-10-11
- **Effective date:** 1996-10-11
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 960912257-6257-01
## Abstract

Upon review of Section 400.28(a)(5) of the regulations of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (15 CFR Part 400) (the ``lapse provision'') and consideration of comments received in response to Federal Register notices given on April 1, 1996 (61 FR 14290) and on July 8, 1996 (61 FR 35711), the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board adopts the following interpretive guidelines and procedures in its implementation of the lapse provision.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/10/11/96-26215/lapse-of-authority-provision-inactive-foreign-trade-zones)
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