[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]


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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

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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]
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