[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6160-6161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02906]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2044]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 281 Under Alternative Site 
Framework; Miami, 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, Miami-Dade County, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 281, 
submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-29-2017, docketed 
May 2, 2017) for authority to expand the zone to include an additional 
magnet site at Miami International Airport, as described in the 
application, adjacent to the Miami, Florida CBP Port of Entry Customs 
and Border Protection port of entry;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (82 FR 26775, June 9, 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:

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    The application to expand FTZ 281 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: February 7, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2018-02906 Filed 2-12-18; 8:45 am]
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