[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 46141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19851]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2059]


Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 135 Under 
Alternative Site Framework; Palm Beach, 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 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of 
zones;
    Whereas, the Port of Palm Beach District, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 135, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-12-2018, 
docketed February 9, 2018) for authority to reorganize and expand under 
the ASF with a service area of Palm Beach County, Martin County and St. 
Lucie County (with the exception of Sites 1 through 4 of FTZ 218, which 
are located in St. Lucie County), in and adjacent to the West Palm 
Beach Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and FTZ 135's 
existing Sites 1, 4, 5, 6 and 8 would be categorized as magnet sites 
and Sites 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 would be categorized as usage-
driven sites;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (83 FR 7451-7452, February 21, 2018) 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 135 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 4, 5, 6 and 8 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 2, 3, 
7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 if no foreign-status merchandise is admitted for a 
bona fide customs purpose within three years from the month of 
approval.

    Dated: September 6, 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. 2018-19851 Filed 9-11-18; 8:45 am]
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