[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 31583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13572]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1764]


Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 203 Under 
Alternative Site Framework, Moses Lake, WA

    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, 01/12/2009; correction 74 FR 3987, 01/22/2009; 75 FR 71069-
71070, 11/22/2010) as an option for the establishment or reorganization 
of general-purpose zones;
    Whereas, the Port of Moses Lake Public Corporation, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 203, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ 
Docket 56-2010, filed 09/23/2010) for authority to reorganize and 
expand under the ASF with a service area of Benton, Chelan, Columbia, 
Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln and Walla Walla Counties 
and portions of Okanogan and Yakima Counties, Washington, within and 
adjacent to the Moses Lake, Washington U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry, FTZ 203's existing Site 1 would be 
categorized as a magnet site, and the grantee proposes two initial 
usage-driven sites (Sites 2 and 3);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (75 FR 59688-59689, 09/28/2010) 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 and expand FTZ 203 under the 
alternative site framework is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the 
Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, to the Board's standard 
2,000-acre activation limit for the overall general-purpose zone 
project, and to a three-year ASF sunset provision for usage-driven 
sites that would terminate authority for Sites 2 and 3 if no foreign-
status merchandise is admitted for a bona fide customs purpose by May 
31, 2014.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of May 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
 Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-13572 Filed 5-31-11; 8:45 am]
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