[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 67407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28325]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1796]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 37 (Expansion of Service 
Area) Under Alternative Site Framework Orange County, NY

    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, Orange County, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 37, submitted 
an application to the Board (FTZ Docket 42-2011, filed 6/15/2011) for 
authority to expand the service area of the zone to include Duchess 
County, as described in the application, adjacent to the New York/
Newark Customs and Border Protection port of entry;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (76 FR 36080, 06/21/11) 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 37 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 24th day of October 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2011-28325 Filed 10-31-11; 8:45 am]
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