83 FR 57409 - Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 81 Under Alternative Site Framework; Portsmouth, New Hampshire

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 221 (November 15, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57409-57410]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24936]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2073]


Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 81 Under Alternative Site 
Framework; Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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 (FTZ) 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 
CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization 
of zones;
    Whereas, the Pease Development Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 81, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-6-2018, 
docketed on January 30, 2018 and amended on August 1, 2018) for 
authority to reorganize under the ASF with a service area of the 
Counties of Rockingham, Strafford, Carroll (partial), Belknap 
(partial), Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack (partial), Sullivan and 
Grafton (partial), New Hampshire, in and adjacent to the Portsmouth 
Customs and Border Protection port of entry, FTZ 81's existing Sites 1, 
2, 4 and 5 would be categorized as magnet sites and existing Site 6 
would be categorized as a usage-driven site;
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (83 FR 4896-4897, February 2, 2018) 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 orders:

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    The amended application to reorganize FTZ 81 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 an ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would 
terminate authority for Sites 1, 2, 4 and 5 if not activated within 
five years from the month of approval, and to an ASF sunset provision 
for usage-driven sites that would terminate authority for Site 6 if no 
foreign-status merchandise is admitted for a bona fide customs purpose 
within three years from the month of approval.

    Dated: November 8, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2018-24936 Filed 11-14-18; 8:45 am]
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