Approval of Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area); Foreign-Trade Zone 147, Berks County, Pennsylvania

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 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones;

Whereas, the FTZ Corp of Southern Pennsylvania, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 147, has made application to the Board to expand the service area of FTZ 147 to include Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (FTZ Docket B-42-2025, docketed September 4, 2025);

Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (90 FR 43168, September 8, 2025; corrected 90 FR 44005, September 11, 2025) 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 examiners' memorandum, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations are satisfied;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:

The application to reorganize FTZ 147 to expand the service area under the ( printed page 58413) ASF is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including section 400.13, and to the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit for the zone.