81 FR 235 pgs. 88213-88214 - Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 20 (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site Framework; Norfolk, Virginia
Type: NOTICEVolume: 81Number: 235Pages: 88213 - 88214
Pages: 88213, 88214Docket number: [Order No. 2020 ]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2016-29350 Filed 12-6-16; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 2020 ]
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 20 (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site Framework; Norfolk, Virginia
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, the Virginia Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 20, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-31-2016, docketed May 9, 2016) for authority to expand the service area of the zone to include Elizabeth City, North Carolina and the Counties of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and Perquimans, North Carolina as described in the application, adjacent to the Norfolk-Newport News Customs and Border Protection port of entry;
[top] Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal
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 20 to expand the service area 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: November 29, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-29350 Filed 12-6-16; 8:45 am]
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