[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 97 (Thursday, May 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28952-28953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12094]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 33-2011]
Foreign-Trade Zone 59--Lincoln, NE; Application for
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the Lincoln Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of
FTZ 59, requesting authority to reorganize the zone under the
alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (74 FR 1170-1173,
01/12/09 (correction 74 FR 3987, 01/22/09); 75 FR 71069-71070, 11/22/
10). The ASF is an option for grantees for the establishment or
reorganization of general-purpose zones and can permit significantly
greater flexibility in the designation of new ``usage-driven'' FTZ
sites for operators/users located within a grantee's ``service area''
in the context of the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit for
a general-purpose zone project. The application was submitted pursuant
to the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the
regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on
May 12, 2011.
FTZ 59 was approved by the Board on August 27, 1980 (Board Order
163,45 FR 58637, 09/04/80), and expanded on June 25, 1993 (Board Order
646, 58 FR 36389, 07/07/93). The current zone project includes the
following sites: Site 1 (5.7 acres)--Lincoln Airpark West Industrial
Park, 4521 NW. 36th Street, Lincoln; and, Site 2 (372 acres)--Lincoln
Airpark North Industrial Park, 2400 West Adams Street, Lincoln.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be
Lancaster, Otoe and Seward Counties, Nebraska. If approved, the grantee
would be able to serve sites throughout the service area based on
companies' needs for FTZ designation. The proposed service area is
within and adjacent to the Omaha Customs and Border Protection port of
entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
zone project to include the existing sites as ``magnet'' sites. The ASF
allows for the possible exemption of one magnet site from the
``sunset'' time limits that generally apply to sites under the ASF, and
the applicant proposes that Site 2 be so exempted. Because the ASF only
pertains to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the
application would have no impact on FTZ 59's authorized subzones.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Camille Evans of the
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and
information presented in the application and case record and to report
findings and recommendations to the Board.
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is
July 18, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to August 2, 2011.
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the
Board's Web site,
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which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz. For further
information, contact Camille Evans at [email protected] or (202)
482-2350.
Dated: May 12, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-12094 Filed 5-18-11; 8:45 am]
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