[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55221-55222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14661]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2164]


Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 96 Under 
Alternative Site Framework; Eagle Pass, 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 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

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CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of 
zones;
    Whereas, the City of Eagle Pass, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 96, 
submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-4-2024, docketed 
January 16, 2024) for authority to reorganize and expand under the ASF 
with a service area of Maverick County, Texas, in and adjacent to the 
Eagle Pass Customs and Border Protection port of entry, FTZ 96's 
existing Sites 1, 2 and 4 would be removed from the zone and modified 
Site 3 would be categorized as a magnet site;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (89 FR 3909-3910, January 22, 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' 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 96 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: June 28, 2024.
Dawn Shackleford,
Executive Director of Trade Agreements Policy & Negotiations, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2024-14661 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
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