[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35057-35058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09369]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2161]


Approval of Expansion of Subzone 183B; Samsung Austin 
Semiconductor, LLC; Taylor, 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 Foreign-Trade Zones 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's regulations (15 CFR part 400) provide for the 
establishment of subzones for specific uses;
    Whereas, the Foreign Trade Zone of Central Texas, Inc., grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 183, has made application to the Board for an 
expansion of Subzone 183B on behalf of Samsung

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Austin Semiconductor, LLC, to include a site located in Taylor, Texas 
(FTZ Docket B-66-2023, docketed December 28, 2023);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (89 FR 319, January 3, 2024) 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' memorandum, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act 
and the Board's regulations are satisfied;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby approves the expansion of Subzone 
183B on behalf of Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC, located in Taylor, 
Texas, as described in the application and Federal Register notice, 
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including section 
400.13.

    Dated: April 25, 2024.
Dawn Shackleford,
Executive Director of Trade Agreements Policy & Negotiations, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2024-09369 Filed 4-30-24; 8:45 am]
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