[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 31584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13569]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1765]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 86 Under Alternative Site 
Framework Tacoma, 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) (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 Port of Tacoma, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 86, 
submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket 68-2010, filed 12/03/
2010) for authority to reorganize under the ASF with a service area of 
Pierce County, Washington, within and adjacent to the Tacoma, 
Washington U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and FTZ 
244's existing Site 1 would be categorized as a magnet site;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (75 FR 76951-76952, 12/10/2010) 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 
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 86 under the alternative site 
framework is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including Section 400.28, and 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 Sites 2-7, 10-12 and 14 if not activated 
by May 31, 2016.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of May 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-13569 Filed 5-31-11; 8:45 am]
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