Notice2025-19405
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 2 (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site Framework; New Orleans, Louisiana
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Published
October 3, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentForeign-Trade Zones Board
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 190 (Friday, October 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48021-48022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19405]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 2176]
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 2 (Expansion of Service
Area) Under Alternative Site Framework; New Orleans, Louisiana
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 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 Port of New Orleans, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 2,
submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-60-2024, docketed
December 2, 2024) for authority to expand the service area of the zone
to include St. Tammany Parish, as described in the application,
adjacent to the New Orleans Customs and Border Protection port of
entry;
Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal
Register (89 FR 96638, December 5, 2024) 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' report, 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 2 to expand the service area
under the
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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.
Dated: September 24, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-19405 Filed 10-2-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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