[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75540-75541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24358]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2154]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 128 Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    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:

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    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 Lummi Indian Business Council, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 128, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-32-
2023, docketed May 9, 2023) for authority to reorganize under the ASF 
with a service area that includes 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 and adjacent to the Bellingham Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry, and FTZ 128's existing Site 1 would be 
categorized as a magnet site;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (88 FR 30718, May 9, 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 128 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.

    Dated: October 30, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2023-24358 Filed 11-2-23; 8:45 am]
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