[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 63285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26376]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1782]


Reorganization/Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 225 under 
Alternative Site Framework, Springfield, MO

    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) in 
December 2008 (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 City of Springfield Airport Board, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 225, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket 32-
2011, filed 5/10/2011) for authority to reorganize and expand under the 
ASF with a service area of Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, 
Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Hickory, Howell (partial), Jasper, Laclede, 
Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Ozark, Polk, Stone, Taney, Texas (partial), 
Vernon, Webster and Wright Counties, Missouri, within and adjacent to 
the Springfield Customs and Border Protection port of entry, FTZ 225's 
existing Site 1 would be categorized as a magnet site, and the grantee 
proposes an initial usage-driven site (Site 2);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (76 FR 28212, 5/16/2011) 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 
Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the 
public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to reorganize and expand FTZ 225 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 three-year ASF sunset provision for usage-driven 
sites that would terminate authority for Site 2 if no foreign-status 
merchandise is admitted for a bona fide customs purpose by September 
30, 2014.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 30th day of September 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
ATTEST: ------------------------------------------------------------
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Andrew McGilvray,
 Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-26376 Filed 10-11-11; 8:45 am]
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