[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64463-64464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25976]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1851]


Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Under 
the Alternative Site Framework; West Tennessee Area

    Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 
June 18, 1934, as

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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 1170-1173, 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 Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority (the 
Grantee) has made application to the Board (Docket 59-2011, filed 9/29/
2011) requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone under the 
ASF with a service area of Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, 
Madison, Obion and Tipton Counties, Tennessee, adjacent to the Memphis 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and proposed Sites 1, 
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (excluding 20 acres recommended for approval as 
Site 10) and 9 would be categorized as magnet sites and Site 10 would 
be categorized as a usage-driven site;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (76 FR 61667-61668, 10/05/2011) 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 
the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal 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 as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 283, as described in the application 
and examiner's report, 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, to an ASF 
sunset provision for magnet sites that would terminate authority for 
Sites 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 if not activated within five years from 
the date of approval and for Site 5 if not activated within ten years 
from the date of approval, and to an ASF sunset provision for usage-
driven sites that would terminate authority for Site 10 if no foreign-
status merchandise is admitted for a bona fide customs purpose within 
three years from date of approval.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of October 2012.
Rebecca Blank,
Acting Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer,Foreign-
Trade Zones Board.

Attest:

Elizabeth Whiteman,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2012-25976 Filed 10-19-12; 8:45 am]
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