[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 63283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26373]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1783]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 59 Under Alternative Site 
Framework; Lincoln, NE

    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) in 
December 2008 (74 FR 1170-1173, 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 Lincoln Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 59, 
submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket 33-2011, filed 5/12/
2011) for authority to reorganize under the ASF with a service area 
that includes Lancaster, Otoe and Seward Counties, Nebraska, within and 
adjacent to the Omaha Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and 
FTZ 59's existing Sites 1 and 2 would be categorized as magnet sites;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (76 FR 28952-28953, 5/19/2011) 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 59 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 five-year ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would 
terminate authority for Site 1 if not activated by September 30, 2016.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of September 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
ATTEST: ------------------------------------------------------------
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Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-26373 Filed 10-11-11; 8:45 am]
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