[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 172 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 42279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18903]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2039]


Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 193 Under 
Alternative Site Framework; Pinellas County, Florida

    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 (FTZ) 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) (15 
CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization 
of zones;
    Whereas, Pinellas County, Florida, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
193, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-50-2016, 
docketed August 2, 2016) for authority to reorganize and expand under 
the ASF with a service area of Pinellas, Hernando and Pasco Counties, 
Florida, in and adjacent to the St. Petersburg Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry, FTZ 193's existing Sites 1, 2 and 3 would be 
categorized as magnet sites, and the zone would have four initial 
usage-driven sites (Sites 4, 5, 6 and 7), with Temporary Site 8 
maintaining its current designation;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (81 FR 52401, August 8, 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 and expand FTZ 193 under the ASF is 
approved, 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 zone, to an ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would 
terminate authority for Sites 2 and 3 if not activated within five 
years from the month of approval, and to an ASF sunset provision for 
usage-driven sites that would terminate authority for Sites 4, 5, 6 and 
7 if no foreign-status merchandise is admitted for a bona fide customs 
purpose within three years from the month of approval.

    Dated: August 25, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Operations performing the non-
exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement & Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board.
[FR Doc. 2017-18903 Filed 9-6-17; 8:45 am]
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