Notice2023-01564
Foreign-Trade Zone 84-Houston, Texas, Application for Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site Framework
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Published
January 26, 2023
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Commerce DepartmentForeign-Trade Zones Board
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 4969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01564]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-8-2023]
Foreign-Trade Zone 84--Houston, Texas, Application for
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site
Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone
84, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand its service
area under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the FTZ
Board (15 CFR 400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for grantees for the
establishment or reorganization of zones and can permit significantly
greater flexibility in the designation of new subzones or ``usage-
driven'' FTZ sites for operators/users located within a grantee's
``service area'' in the context of the FTZ Board's standard 2,000-acre
activation limit for a zone. The application was submitted pursuant to
the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally
docketed on January 23, 2023.
FTZ 84 was approved by the FTZ Board on July 15, 1983 (Board Order
214, 48 FR 34792, August 1, 1983), reorganized under the ASF on January
30, 2015 (Board Order 1964, 80 FR 7838-7839, February 12, 2015), and
expanded under the ASF on February 28, 2018 (Board Order 2047, 83 FR
9479, March 6, 2018). The zone currently has a service area that
includes Harris County, Texas. There is a separate application pending
with the FTZ Board to expand the service area to include Waller County
(B-4-2023).
The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service
area of the zone to include Wharton County, Texas, as described in the
application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites
throughout the expanded service area based on companies' needs for FTZ
designation. The application indicates that the proposed expanded
service area is adjacent to the Houston Customs and Border Protection
Port of Entry.
In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Camille Evans of
the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts
and information presented in the application and case record and to
report findings and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary and sent to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e081a142e1a1c0f0a0b40090118"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="533527291327213237367d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>. The closing period for their receipt is March 27, 2023.
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to April 11, 2023.
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection
in the ``Online FTZ Information Section'' section of the FTZ Board's
website, which is accessible via <a href="http://www.trade.gov/ftz">www.trade.gov/ftz</a>.
For further information, contact Camille Evans at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c7f5d515550505912794a5d524f7c484e5d5859125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e3d1f131712121b503b081f100d3e0a0c1f1a1b50191108">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: January 23, 2023.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-01564 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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