2015-08584. Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 286; (Expansion of Service Area); Under Alternative Site Framework; Caledonia, Essex and Orleans Counties, Vermont

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 Northeastern Vermont Development Association, grantee of FTZ 286, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-60-2014, docketed 08-27-2014) for authority to expand the service area of the zone to include Lamoille County, as described in the application, adjacent to the Derby Line Customs and Border Protection port of entry;

Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (79 FR 52300, 09-03-14) 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 FTZ 286 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.

Signed at Washington, DC this 3rd day of April 2015.

Paul Piquado,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

ATTEST: ___

Andrew McGilvray,

Executive Secretary.