[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 190 (Monday, October 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 59891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24125]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1858]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 107 Under Alternative Site 
Framework, Polk County, IA

    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 
zones;
    Whereas, the Iowa Foreign Trade Zone Corporation, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 107, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ 
Docket 10-2012, filed 2/9/2012) for authority to reorganize under the 
ASF with a service area of Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, 
Carroll, Cass, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, 
Hardin, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, 
Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Story, Union, Warren, Wayne and Webster 
Counties, Iowa, adjacent to the Des Moines Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry, and FTZ 107's existing Site 1 would be 
categorized as a magnet site;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (77 FR 8805-8806, 2/15/2012) 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 the proposal is in the 
public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to reorganize FTZ 107 under the alternative site 
framework is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including Section 400.13 and to the Board's standard 
2,000-acre activation limit for the zone.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of September 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-24125 Filed 9-28-12; 8:45 am]
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