[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 76594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30109]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1923]


Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 146 Under 
Alternative Site Framework Lawrence County, Illinois

    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) (15 
CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of 
zones;
    Whereas, the Bi-State Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 146, 
submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-50-2013, docketed 
5-20-2013) for authority to reorganize under the ASF with a service 
area of Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Hamilton, Lawrence, Richland and Wayne 
Counties, Illinois, in and adjacent to the Evansville, Indiana Customs 
and Border Protection port of entry, FTZ 146's existing Sites 1 and 2 
would be categorized as magnet sites, and the grantee proposes an 
initial usage-driven site (Site 3);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (78 FR 32367, 5/30/2013) 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 would be satisfied;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to reorganize FTZ 146 under the ASF 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 Sites 1 and 2 if not activated by December 31, 
2018, and to a three-year ASF sunset provision for usage-driven sites 
that would terminate authority for Site 3 if no foreign-status 
merchandise is admitted for a bona fide customs purpose by December 31, 
2016.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of December 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2013-30109 Filed 12-17-13; 8:45 am]
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