[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 75541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24357]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2150]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 281 (Expansion of Service 
Area) Under Alternative Site Framework; Miami, 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 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, Miami-Dade County, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 281, 
submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-22-2023, docketed 
March 22, 2023) for authority to expand the service area of the zone to 
include all of Miami-Dade County, Florida, as described in the 
application, within the Miami Customs and Border Protection port of 
entry;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (88 FR 18295-18296, March 28, 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 FTZ 281 to expand the service area 
under the ASF is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including section 400.13, and to the Board's standard 
2,000-acre activation limit for the zone.

    Dated: October 30, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2023-24357 Filed 11-2-23; 8:45 am]
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