79 FR 242 pg. 75125 - Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 203 (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site Framework Moses Lake, Washington

Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 242Page: 75125
Docket number: [Order No. 1955]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-29602 Filed 12-16-14; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Page: 75125

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1955]

Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 203 (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site Framework Moses Lake, Washington

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) (15 CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones;

Whereas, the Port of Moses Lake Public Corporation, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 203, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-49-2014, docketed 07/03/2014) for authority to expand the service area of the zone to include Adams County, Washington, as described in the application, adjacent to the Moses Lake, Washington, U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry;

Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (79 FR 39365-39366, 07/10/2014, correction 79 FR 41259, 07/15/2014) 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;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:

The application to reorganize FTZ 203 to expand the service area 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.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of December 2014.

Paul Piquado,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

[FR Doc. 2014-29602 Filed 12-16-14; 8:45 am]

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