Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 15; Under Alternative Site Framework Kansas City, Missouri

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identifier: "/us/fr/2018-23794"
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title: "Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 15; Under Alternative Site Framework Kansas City, Missouri"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2018-23794"
section_name: "Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 15; Under Alternative Site Framework Kansas City, Missouri"
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currency: "2018-10-31"
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agency: "Commerce Department"
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document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2018-10-31"
agencies:
  - "Commerce Department"
  - "Foreign-Trade Zones Board"
fr_citation: "83 FR 54711"
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  - "Order No. 2069"
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#  Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 15; Under Alternative Site Framework Kansas City, Missouri

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 S. 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones;

*Whereas,* the Greater Kansas City Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 15, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-70-2017, docketed November 8, 2017) for authority to modify the boundaries of existing Site 3 at the Kansas City International Airport facility by removing and adding acreage under the ASF, in the Kansas City Customs and Border Protection port of entry;

*Whereas,* notice inviting public comment was given in the *Federal Register* (82 FR 52878, November 15, 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 expand FTZ 15—Site 3 under the 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: October 25, 2018.

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.