83 FR 25 pg. 5243 - Re-Establishment and Expansion of Site—Foreign-Trade Zone 276, Kern County, California

Type: NOTICEVolume: 83Number: 25Page: 5243
Docket number: [Order No. 2046]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2018-02317 Filed 2-5-18; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Page: 5243

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2046]

Re-Establishment and Expansion of Site-Foreign-Trade Zone 276, Kern County, California

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 , Kern County, California, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 276, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-75-2017, docketed November 21, 2017) for authority to re-establish FTZ 276 adjacent to the Los Angeles/Long Beach U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port of entry, expand Site 2 and remove Sites 1 and 3;

Whereas , notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (82 FR 56213-56214, November 28, 2017) 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 re-establish FTZ 276 adjacent to the Los Angeles/Long Beach CBP port of entry 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: January 31, 2018.

Christian B. Marsh,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement & Compliance, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

[FR Doc. 2018-02317 Filed 2-5-18; 8:45 am]

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