[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 47816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19684]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1844]


Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Under 
the Alternative Site Framework Miami-Dade County, FL

    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 Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides for ``* * * the 
establishment* * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the 
United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for 
other purposes,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant 
to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade 
zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ports of 
entry;
    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, Miami-Dade County (the Grantee) has made application to 
the Board (Docket 79-2011, filed 12/16/11) requesting the establishment 
of a foreign-trade zone under the ASF with a service area of the 
northern half of Miami-Dade County, Florida, as described in the 
application, within the Miami U. S. Customs and Border Protection port 
of entry, and proposed Sites 1, 2 and 3 would be categorized as magnet 
sites;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (76 FR 80333, 12/23/11) 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 
the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the 
application is in the public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants to the Grantee the 
privilege of establishing a foreign-trade zone, designated on the 
records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 281, as described in the 
application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, 
including Section 400.13, to the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation 
limit for the overall general-purpose zone project, and to ASF sunset 
provisions for magnet sites that would terminate authority for Site 2 
if not activated within ten years from the date of approval and for 
Site 3 if not activated within five years from the date of approval.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of August 2012.
Rebecca Blank,
Acting Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer, Foreign-
Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2012-19684 Filed 8-9-12; 8:45 am]
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