[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 9479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04502]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2047]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 84 Under Alternative Site 
Framework Houston, Texas

    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, the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 84, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-66-2015, 
docketed October 6, 2015, amended October 17, 2017) for authority to 
expand FTZ 84 under the ASF to include a new magnet site located in 
Hitchcock, Texas, adjacent to the Houston Customs and Border Protection 
port of entry;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (80 FR 61358, October 13, 2015; 82 FR 52265, November 13, 
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 expand FTZ 84 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, and 
to an ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would terminate 
authority for Site 51 if not activated within five years from the month 
of approval.

    Dated: February 28, 2018.
Christian B. Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, performing 
the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board.
[FR Doc. 2018-04502 Filed 3-5-18; 8:45 am]
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