Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Under the Alternative Site Framework in Clallam County, Washington

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>Foreign-Trade Zones Board</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[Order No. 2173]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Under the Alternative Site Framework in Clallam County, Washington</SUBJECT> 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: <E T="03">Whereas,</E> 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; <E T="03">Whereas,</E> the Board adopted the alternative site framework (ASF) (15 CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones; <E T="03">Whereas,</E> the Port of Port Angeles (the Grantee), a Washington public agency, made application to the Board (B-24- 2024, docketed May 20, 2024) requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone under the ASF with a service area of Clallam County, adjacent to the Port Angeles Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and proposed Sites 1 and 2 would be categorized as magnet sites; <E T="03">Whereas,</E> notice inviting public comment was given in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> (89 FR 45820 and 45821, May 24, 2024) and the application was processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; and, <E T="03">Whereas,</E> the Board adopted the findings and recommendations of the examiners' report, and found that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations are satisfied; <E T="03">Therefore,</E> on January 10, 2025, the Board granted to the Port of Port Angeles the privilege of establishing a foreign-trade zone, designated on the records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 303, as described in the application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including section 400.13, to the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit, and to an ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would terminate authority for Site 2 if not activated within five years from the month of approval. <SIG> <DATED>Dated: January 14, 2025.</DATED> <NAME>Dawn Shackleford,</NAME> Executive Director of Trade Agreements Policy & Negotiations, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. </SIG> <FRDOC>[FR Doc. 2025-01132 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]</FRDOC> </NOTICE>