[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 22673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9854]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1755]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 176 (Expansion of Service 
Area) Under Alternative Site Framework, Rockford, IL

    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 Board adopted the alternative site framework (ASF) (74 
FR 1170, 01/12/09; correction 74 FR 3987, 01/22/09; 75 FR 71069-71070, 
11/22/10) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of 
general-purpose zones;
    Whereas, the Greater Rockford Airport Authority, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 176, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ 
Docket 62-2010, filed 10/26/2010) for authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include portions of LaSalle and Putnam Counties, as 
described in the application, adjacent to the Rockford Customs and 
Border Protection port of entry;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (75 FR 67081-67082, 11/1/2010) 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 reorganize FTZ 176 to expand the service area 
under the alternative site framework is approved, subject to the FTZ 
Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and to the 
Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit for the overall general-
purpose zone project.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 18th day of April 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    ATTEST:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-9854 Filed 4-21-11; 8:45 am]
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