# Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 25 Under Alternative Site Framework, Broward County, Florida
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,* Broward County, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 25, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-36-2018, docketed May 30, 2018) for authority to reorganize and expand under the ASF with a service area of Broward County, in and adjacent to the Port Everglades Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and FTZ 25's existing Sites 1 (as modified), 2 through 11, and 13 through 20 would be categorized as magnet sites;
*Whereas,* notice inviting public comment was given in the *Federal Register* (83 FR 26256, June 6, 2018) 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 and expand FTZ 25 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 2 through 11 and 13 through 20 if not activated within five years from the month of approval.
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.