Billing Code 3510-DS-P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 2129]
Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone under the Alternative Site
Framework; Smith County, Texas
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 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;
WHEREAS, the Board adopted the alternative site framework (ASF) (15 CFR
400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones;
WHEREAS, the Tyler Economic Development Council (the Grantee), a non-profit
corporation, has made application to the Board (B-69-2021, docketed October 28, 2021)
requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone under the ASF with a service area that
encompasses a portion of Smith County, Texas, adjacent to the Shreveport-Bossier City
Customs and Border Protection port of entry;
WHEREAS, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (86
FR 60791-60792, November 4, 2021) 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 examiners’
report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations are
satisfied;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby grants to the Grantee the privilege of
establishing a foreign-trade zone, designated on the records of the Board as Foreign-Trade
Zone No. 299, as described in the application, and 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.
Dated: September 1, 2022.

Gina M. Raimondo,
Secretary of Commerce,
Chairman and Executive Officer,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2022-19567 Filed: 9/9/2022 8:45 am; Publication Date: 9/12/2022]