Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 149 Under Alternative Site Framework Freeport, Texas

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identifier: "/us/fr/2016-18784"
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title: "Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 149 Under Alternative Site Framework Freeport, Texas"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2016-18784"
section_name: "Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 149 Under Alternative Site Framework Freeport, Texas"
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currency: "2016-08-09"
last_updated: "2016-08-09"
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generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Commerce Department"
document_number: "2016-18784"
document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2016-08-09"
agencies:
  - "Commerce Department"
  - "Foreign-Trade Zones Board"
fr_citation: "81 FR 52614"
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  - "Order No. 2009"
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#  Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 149 Under Alternative Site Framework Freeport, Texas

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 Board adopted the alternative site framework (ASF) (15 CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones;

*Whereas* , Port Freeport, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 149, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-65-2015, docketed September 22, 2015) for authority to expand existing Site 1 of the zone under the ASF to include additional acreage in Freeport, Texas, adjacent to the Freeport Customs and Border Protection port of entry;

*Whereas* , notice inviting public comment was given in the *Federal Register* (80 FR 58464, September 29, 2015) and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; and,

*Whereas* , the Board adopts the findings and recommendation 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:

The application to expand FTZ 149—Site 1 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.

Signed at Washington, DC, this  29th day of  2016.

Ronald K. Lorentzen,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.