82 FR 39560 - Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 12 Under Alternative Site Framework; McAllen, Texas

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 160 (August 21, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 160 (Monday, August 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 39560]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17544]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2036]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 12 Under Alternative Site 
Framework; McAllen, Texas

    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 (FTZ) 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 
CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization 
of zones;
    Whereas, the McAllen Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 12, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-76-
2016, docketed November 10, 2016; amended June 26, 2017) for authority 
to reorganize under the ASF with a service area of Hidalgo County, 
Texas, in and adjacent to the Hidalgo/Pharr Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry, and FTZ 12's existing Sites 1 and 2 would be 
categorized as magnet sites;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (81 FR 81056-81057, November 17, 2016) and the amended 
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 orders:
    The amended application to reorganize FTZ 12 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, and to an ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would 
terminate authority for Site 1 if not activated within five years from 
the month of approval.

    Dated: August 11, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Operations, performing the non-
exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement & Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board.
[FR Doc. 2017-17544 Filed 8-18-17; 8:45 am]
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