Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 191 Under Alternative Site Framework; Palmdale, California

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 City of Palmdale, California, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 191, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-74-2015, docketed November 5, 2015) for authority to reorganize under the ASF with a service area of a portion of Los Angeles County, California, as described in the application, adjacent to the Los Angeles/Long Beach U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry, FTZ 191's existing Sites 1 and 5 would be categorized as magnet sites, existing Site 12 would be categorized as a usage-driven site, acreage would be reduced at Site 1, and Sites 2 through 4 and 6 through 11 would be removed from the zone;

Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (80 FR 69937-69938, November 12, 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 reorganize FTZ 191 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, to an ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would terminate authority for Site 5 if not activated within five years from the month of approval, and to an ASF sunset provision for usage-driven sites that would terminate authority for Site 12 if no foreign-status merchandise is admitted for a bona fide customs purpose within three years from the month of approval.