[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20295-20296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07868]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1890]


Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Under 
the Alternative Site Framework Caledonia, Essex and Orleans Counties, 
Vermont

    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 Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides for `` * * * the 
establishment * * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the 
United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for 
other purposes,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant 
to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade 
zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ports of 
entry;
    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 Northeastern Vermont Development Association (the 
Grantee) has made application to the Board (Docket 25-2012, filed 03/
23/2012) requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone under the 
ASF with a service area of the Counties of Caledonia, Essex and 
Orleans, Vermont, as described in the application, within and adjacent 
to the Derby Line U. S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry, 
proposed Sites 1, 2 and 3 would be categorized as magnet sites and Site 
4 would be categorized as a usage-driven site;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (77 FR 19003, 03/29/2012) 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;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants to the Grantee the 
privilege of establishing a foreign-trade zone,

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designated on the records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 286, 
as described in the application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the 
Board's regulations, including Section 400.13, to the Board's standard 
2,000-acre activation limit, and to ASF sunset provisions for magnet 
sites that would terminate authority for Sites 1 and 3 if not activated 
by March 31, 2018 and for usage-driven sites that would terminate 
authority for Site 4 if no foreign-status merchandise is admitted for a 
bona fide customs purpose by March 31, 2016.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of March 2013.
Rebecca Blank,
Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer, Foreign-
Trade Zones Board.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-07868 Filed 4-3-13; 8:45 am]
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