[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 70533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28350]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1920]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 18 (Expansion of Service 
Area) Under Alternative Site Framework, San Jose, California

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) (15 
CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of 
zones;
    Whereas, the City of San Jose, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 18, 
submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-72-2013, docketed 
07-01-2013) for authority to expand the service area of the zone to 
include all of Santa Clara County, California, the cities of Santa Cruz 
and Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz County, California, and the cities of 
Fremont, Hayward, Newark and Union City in Alameda County, California, 
as described in the application, adjacent to the San Jose U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection port of entry;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (78 FR 40691-40692, 07-08-2013) 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;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to reorganize FTZ 18 to expand the service area 
under the ASF 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 8th day of November 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
 Andrew McGilvray,
 Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-28350 Filed 11-25-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P