[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 24458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9823]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1823]


Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 109 Under 
Alternative Site Framework, Jefferson 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, 01/12/2009; 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 County of Jefferson, New York, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 109, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket 70-
2011, filed 11/07/2011) for authority to reorganize and expand under 
the ASF with a service area of Jefferson County, New York, adjacent to 
the Alexandria Bay U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry, 
FTZ 109's existing Sites 1 and new Sites 3 and 4 would be categorized 
as magnet sites, and existing Site 2 would be removed from the zone 
project;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (76 FR 70110, 11/10/2011) 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 and expand FTZ 109 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, to an ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would 
terminate authority for Site 3 if not activated by April 30, 2017 and 
Site 4 if not activated by April 30, 2020.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of April 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:

Andrew McGilvray,
 Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-9823 Filed 4-23-12; 8:45 am]
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