2010-22668. Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 170 Under Alternative Site Framework; Jeffersonville, IN

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) in December 2008 (74 FR 1170, 01/12/09; correction 74 FR 3987, 01/22/09) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of general-purpose zones;

Whereas, the Ports of Indiana, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 170, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket 12-2010, filed 2/22/2010) for authority to reorganize under the ASF with a service area that includes Jackson, Washington, Harrison, Floyd, Clark and Scott Counties, Indiana, within and adjacent to the Louisville Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and FTZ 170's existing sites would be categorized as magnet sites;

Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (75 FR 11514, 3/11/10) 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 Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the public interest;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:

The application to reorganize FTZ 170 under the alternative site framework is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, to the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit for the overall general-purpose zone project, and to a five-year ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would terminate authority for Sites 2 and 3 if not activated by August 31, 2015.

Signed at Washington, DC, September 3, 2010.

Ronald K. Lorentzen,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Andrew McGilvray,

Executive Secretary.