[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18295-18296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06347]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-22-2023]


Foreign-Trade Zone 281--Miami, Florida; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by Miami-Dade County, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 281, 
requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand its service area 
under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for grantees for the establishment 
or reorganization of zones and can permit significantly greater 
flexibility in the designation of new subzones or ``usage-driven'' FTZ 
sites for operators/users located within a grantee's ``service area'' 
in the context of the FTZ Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit 
for a zone. The application was submitted pursuant to the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally docketed on March 22, 
2023.
    FTZ 281 was approved by the FTZ Board on August 2, 2012 (Board 
Order 1844, 77 FR 47816, August 10, 2012) as an ASF zone. The zone 
currently has a

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service area that includes a portion of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include all of Miami-Dade County, as described in 
the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites 
throughout the expanded service area based on companies' needs for FTZ 
designation. The application indicates that the proposed expanded 
service area is within the Miami U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
Port of Entry.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp of 
the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts 
and information presented in the application and case record and to 
report findings and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is May 30, 2023. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to June 12, 2023.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Online FTZ Information Section'' section of the FTZ Board's 
website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 
information, contact Christopher Kemp at [email protected].

    Dated: March 22, 2023.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-06347 Filed 3-27-23; 8:45 am]
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