[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 52681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21325]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1850]


Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 219 Under 
Alternative Site Framework Yuma, AZ

    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, 01/12/09; correction 74 FR 3987, 01/22/09; 75 FR 71069-71070, 
11/22/10) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of 
zones;
    Whereas, the Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation, grantee 
of Foreign-Trade Zone 219, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ 
Docket 6-2012, filed 01/13/2012) for authority to reorganize and expand 
under the ASF with a service area of Yuma County, Arizona, in and 
adjacent to the San Luis U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of 
entry, FTZ 219's existing Sites 1 and 2 and new Site 4 would be 
categorized as magnet sites, Site 3 would be removed from the zone and 
the grantee proposes one initial usage-driven site (Site 5);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (77 FR 2957-2958, 01/20/2012) and the application has been 
processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendation 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 219 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 
2,000-acre activation limit for the zone, to a five-year ASF sunset 
provision for magnet sites that would terminate authority for Site 2 
and Site 4 if not activated by August 31, 2017, and to a three-year ASF 
sunset provision for usage-driven sites that would terminate authority 
for Site 5 if no foreign-status merchandise is admitted for a bona fide 
customs purpose by August 31, 2015.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of August 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-21325 Filed 8-29-12; 8:45 am]
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