[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 19246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06705]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2141]


Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 39 Under 
Alternative Site Framework; Dallas/Fort Worth, 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 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 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board, grantee 
of Foreign-Trade Zone 39, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ 
Docket B-51-2022, docketed November 15, 2022) for authority to expand 
the service area of the zone to include Hill County, Texas, as 
described in the application, adjacent to the Dallas/Fort Worth Customs 
and Border Protection port of entry, and to include a usage-driven site 
(Site 34) in Hill County;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (87 FR 70779, November 21, 2022) 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 39 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 usage-driven sites that 
would terminate authority for Site 34 if no foreign-status merchandise 
is admitted for a bona fide customs purpose within three years from the 
month of approval.

    Dated: March 28, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2023-06705 Filed 3-30-23; 8:45 am]
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