Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 269 Under Alternative Site Framework, Athens, Texas

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identifier: "/us/fr/2017-26298"
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title: "Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 269 Under Alternative Site Framework, Athens, Texas"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2017-26298"
section_name: "Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 269 Under Alternative Site Framework, Athens, Texas"
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currency: "2017-12-06"
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generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Commerce Department"
document_number: "2017-26298"
document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2017-12-06"
agencies:
  - "Commerce Department"
  - "Foreign-Trade Zones Board"
fr_citation: "82 FR 57572"
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docket_ids:
  - "Order No. 2041"
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#  Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 269 Under Alternative Site Framework, Athens, 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 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 Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones;

*Whereas,* the Athens Economic Development Corporation, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 269, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-14-2017, docketed February 22, 2017) for authority to reorganize under the ASF with a service area of the City of Athens, Texas, in and adjacent to the Dallas-Fort Worth Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and FTZ 269's existing Sites 1 and 2 would be categorized as magnet sites;

*Whereas,* notice inviting public comment was given in the *Federal Register* (82 FR 12190, March 1, 2017) 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 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 reorganize FTZ 269 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, and to an ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would terminate authority for Sites 1 and 2 if not activated within five years from the month of approval.

Dated: November 29, 2017.

Gary Taverman,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.