[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 5243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02317]


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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2046]


Re-Establishment and Expansion of Site--Foreign-Trade Zone 276, 
Kern County, 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 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, Kern County, California, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
276, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-75-2017, 
docketed November 21, 2017) for authority to re-establish FTZ 276 
adjacent to the Los Angeles/Long Beach U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) port of entry, expand Site 2 and remove Sites 1 and 3;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (82 FR 56213-56214, November 28, 2017) 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 re-establish FTZ 276 adjacent to the Los 
Angeles/Long Beach CBP port of entry 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: January 31, 2018.
Christian B. Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement & Compliance, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2018-02317 Filed 2-5-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P