[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 92 (Friday, May 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 30718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10210]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-32-2023]


Foreign-Trade Zone 128--Whatcom County, Washington; Application 
for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Lummi Indian Business Council, grantee of FTZ 128, 
requesting authority to reorganize the zone 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 Board (15 CFR part 400). It 
was formally docketed on May 9, 2023.
    FTZ 128 was approved by the FTZ Board on September 4, 1986 (Board 
Order 334, 51 FR 32237, September 10, 1986). The current zone includes 
the following sites: Site 1 (123 acres)--Lummi Indian Reservation, 2830 
Kwina Road, Bellingham.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be all 
Lummi Nation property which encompasses the Lummi Indian Reservation 
plus all property owned by the Lummi Nation outside the exterior 
boundaries of the Lummi Indian Reservation in Washington, as described 
in the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve 
sites throughout the service area based on companies' needs for FTZ 
designation. The application indicates that the proposed service area 
is within and adjacent to the Bellingham Customs and Border Protection 
port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include the existing site as a ``magnet'' site. The ASF allows 
for the possible exemption of one magnet site from the ``sunset'' time 
limits that generally apply to sites under the ASF, and the applicant 
proposes that Site 1 be so exempted. No subzones/usage-driven sites are 
being requested at this time.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Qahira El-Amin 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 July 11, 2023. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to July 26, 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 Qahira El-Amin at [email protected].

    Dated: May 9, 2023.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-10210 Filed 5-11-23; 8:45 am]
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