[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 13578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04911]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2030]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 283 (Expansion of Service 
Area) Under Alternative Site Framework; West Tennessee Area

    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 Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization 
of zones;
    Whereas, the Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority, grantee 
of Foreign-Trade Zone 283, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ 
Docket B-53-2016, docketed August 11, 2016) for authority to expand the 
service area of the zone to include the Counties of Fayette, Hardeman 
and McNairy as described in the application, adjacent to the Memphis 
Customs and Border Protection port of entry;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (81 FR 54555, August 16, 2016) 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 283 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.

    Dated: March 1, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2017-04911 Filed 3-13-17; 8:45 am]
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