78 FR 238 pgs. 75330-75331 - Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Under the Alternative Site Framework Northwest Iowa
Type: NOTICEVolume: 78Number: 238Pages: 75330 - 75331
Pages: 75330, 75331Docket number: [Order No. 1921]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2013-29461 Filed 12-10-13; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1921]
Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Under the Alternative Site Framework Northwest Iowa
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 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 adopted the alternative site framework (ASF) (15 CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones;
Whereas, the Northwest Iowa Development Corporation (the Grantee) has made application to the Board (B-4-2013, docketed 1/15/2013), requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone under the ASF with a service area of Cherokee, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and Sioux Counties, Iowa, adjacent to the Sioux Falls Customs and Border Protection port of entry, proposed Site 1 would be categorized as a magnet site, and proposed Sites 2 and 3 would be categorized as usage-driven sites;
Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (78 FR 4382-4383, 1/22/2013) and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; and,
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Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants to the Grantee the privilege of establishing a foreign-trade zone, designated on the records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 288, as described in the application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.13, to the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit, to an ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would terminate authority for Site 1 if not activated within five years from the date of approval, and to a three-year ASF sunset provision for usage-driven sites that would terminate authority for Sites 2 and 3 if no foreign-status merchandise is admitted for a bona fide customs purpose within three years from the date of approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of November 2013.
Penny Pritzker,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-29461 Filed 12-10-13; 8:45 am]
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