[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 208 (Monday, October 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 74150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23851]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2149]


Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 255 Under 
Alternative Site Framework; Washington County, Maryland

    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 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of 
zones;
    Whereas, the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County, 
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 255, submitted an application to the 
Board (FTZ Docket B-27-2023, docketed April 13, 2023) for authority to 
reorganize and expand under the ASF with a service area of Washington 
County, Maryland, adjacent to the Baltimore Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry, FTZ 255's existing Sites 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7 
would be categorized as magnet sites, and the grantee proposes one 
initial subzone (Subzone 255A);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (88 FR 24161-24162, April 19, 2023) 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 
examiners' 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 255 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 1, 4, 6 and 7 if not activated within 
five years from the month of approval, and to an ASF sunset provision 
for subzones that would terminate authority for Subzone 255A if no 
foreign-status merchandise is admitted for a bona fide customs purpose 
within three years from the month of approval.

    Dated: October 24, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2023-23851 Filed 10-27-23; 8:45 am]
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