[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2013)] [Notices] [Pages 57837-57838] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-22949] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 1909] Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Under the Alternative Site Framework; Tunica County, Mississippi 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) (15 [[Page 57838]] CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones; Whereas, Tunica County, Mississippi (the Grantee), has made application to the Board (B-82-2012, docketed 11/09/2012) requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone under the ASF with a service area of Tunica County, adjacent to the Memphis Customs and Border Protection port of entry, proposed Sites 1 and 2 would be categorized as usage-driven sites and proposed Site 3 would be categorized as a magnet site; Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (77 FR 69435-69436, 11/19/2012) 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, designated on the records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 287, 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 for the overall zone, and to the standard three-year ASF sunset provision for usage-driven sites that would terminate authority for Sites 1 and 2 if no foreign-status merchandise is admitted for a bona fide customs purpose. Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of September 2013. Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013-22949 Filed 9-19-13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P