Notice2023-12897
Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Under the Alternative Site Framework in Western North Carolina
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June 16, 2023
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Commerce DepartmentForeign-Trade Zones Board
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 116 (Friday, June 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 39399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12897]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 2144]
Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Under the Alternative Site
Framework in Western North Carolina
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 Land of Sky Regional Council (the Grantee), a state
agency, made application to the Board (B-36-2022, docketed August 17,
2022 and amended January 6, 2023) requesting the establishment of a
foreign-trade zone under the ASF with a service area of Henderson
County as well as portions of Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson and
Transylvania Counties, North Carolina, adjacent to the Greenville-
Spartanburg U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and
proposed Subzone 301A would be categorized as an ASF subzone;
Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal
Register (87 FR 51651-51652, August 23, 2022) and the amended
application was processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's
regulations; and,
Whereas, the Board adopted the findings and recommendations of the
examiners' report, and found that the requirements of the FTZ Act and
the Board's regulations are satisfied;
Therefore, on June 12, 2023, the Board granted to the Grantee the
privilege of establishing a foreign-trade zone, designated on the
records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 301, as described in the
application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations,
including Section 400.13, to the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation
limit, and to an ASF sunset provision for subzones that would terminate
authority for Subzone 301A if no foreign non-duty paid merchandise is
admitted to the subzone for a bona fide customs purpose three years
from the month of approval.
Dated: June 12, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance,
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2023-12897 Filed 6-15-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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