[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 191 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61075-61076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25316]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 57-2011]
Foreign-Trade Zone 127--Columbia, SC; Application for
Reorganization/Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the Richland-Lexington Airport District, grantee
of FTZ 127, requesting authority to reorganize and expand the zone
under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (74 FR
1170, 1/12/09 (correction 74 FR 3987, 1/22/09); 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
September 23, 2011.
FTZ 127 was approved by the Board on July 2, 1986 (Board Order 333,
51 FR 25075, 7/10/86). The current zone project includes the following
sites: Site 1 (109 acres)--Richland-Lexington Airport District, 125A
Summer Lake Drive, West Columbia; and, Site 2 (44 acres, expires 3/30/
13)--Urban Outfitters, Inc., Edgefield Industrial Park, 30 Industrial
Park Blvd., Trenton.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Aiken,
Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield, Fairfield,
Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland, Saluda, and
Sumter Counties, South Carolina, as described in the application. 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 Columbia Customs
and Border Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize and expand its
existing zone project to include Site 1 as a ``magnet'' site and
temporary Site 2 as a ``usage-driven site''. 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
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that Site 1 be so exempted. Because the ASF only pertains to
establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the application
would have no impact on FTZ 127's authorized subzones.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Kathleen Boyce 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
December 2, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to December 19, 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 website, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz. For
further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at Kathleen.Boyce
@trade.gov or (202) 482-1346.
Dated: September 23, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-25316 Filed 9-30-11; 8:45 am]
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