[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 78 (Monday, April 23, 2012)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9745]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1826]


Reorganization/Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 127 Under 
Alternative Site Framework, Columbia, SC Area

    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 1170-1173, 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 Richland-Lexington Airport District, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 127, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ 
Docket 57-2011, filed 09/23/11) for authority to reorganize and expand 
under the ASF with a service area of Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, 
Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, 
Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland, Saluda and Sumter Counties, 
South Carolina, within and adjacent to the Columbia Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry, FTZ 127's existing Site 1 would be 
categorized as a magnet site, and Site 2 would be categorized as a 
usage-driven site;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (76 FR 61075-61076, 10/03/11) 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, and that the proposal is in the 
public interest;
    Now, Therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to reorganize and expand FTZ 127 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 April 30, 
2015.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of April 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    ATTEST:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-9745 Filed 4-20-12; 8:45 am]
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