[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44582-44583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18586]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1843]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 183 Under Alternative Site 
Framework; Austin, TX

    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, January 12, 2009; correction 74 FR 3987, January 22, 
2009; 75 FR 71069-71070, November 22, 2010) as an option for the 
establishment or reorganization of general-purpose zones;
    Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zone of Central Texas, Inc., grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 183, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ 
Docket 8-2012, filed February 09, 2012) for authority to reorganize 
under the ASF with a service area of Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis 
and Williamson Counties, Texas, within and adjacent to the Austin 
Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and FTZ 183's existing 
Sites 1 through 24 would be categorized as magnet sites;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (77 FR 8806, February 15, 2012) 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 FTZ 183 under the alternative site 
framework is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including Section 400.13, to the Board's standard

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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 1 through 24 if not activated by 
July 31, 2017.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of July 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-18586 Filed 7-27-12; 8:45 am]
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