77 FR 25 pgs. 6058-6059 - Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 118Under Alternative Site Framework,Ogdensburg, NY
Type: NOTICEVolume: 77Number: 25Pages: 6058 - 6059
Docket number: [Order No. 1811]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2012-2786 Filed 2-6-12; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1811]
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 118Under Alternative Site Framework,Ogdensburg, NY
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 Board adopted the alternative site framework (ASF) (74 FR 1170, 01/12/2009; correction 74 FR 3987, 01/22/2009; 75 FR 71069-71070, 11/22/2010) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of general-purpose zones;
Whereas, the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 118, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket 56-2011, filed 09/20/2011) for authority to reorganize under the ASF with a service area of St. Lawrence County, New York, within and adjacent to the Ogdensburg U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and FTZ 118's existing Site 1 and Site 2 would be categorized as magnet sites;
Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (76 FR 60801, 09/30/2011) 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 examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the public interest;
Now, Therefore, the Board hereby orders:
The application to reorganize FTZ 118 under the alternative site framework is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, to the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit for the overall general-purpose zone project, and to a five-year ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would terminate authority for Site 1 if not activated by January 31, 2017.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 31st day of January 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
ATTEST:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-2786 Filed 2-6-12; 8:45 am]
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