[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 191 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 61075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25430]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 58-2011]
Foreign-Trade Zone 275--Lansing, MI; Application for
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the Capital Region Airport Authority, grantee of
FTZ 275, requesting authority to reorganize 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 27, 2011.
FTZ 275 was approved by the Board on August 12, 2009 (Board Order
1633, 74 FR 44822, 8/31/2011).
The current zone project includes the following site: Site 1 (846
acres)--Capital Region International Airport, 4100 Capital City
Boulevard, Lansing (Ingham County).
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Clinton,
Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella (portions), Jackson, Livingston and
Shiawassee Counties, Michigan, 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 adjacent to the user fee airport designated by
U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Capital Regional
International Airport, Lansing.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
zone project to include the existing site as a ``magnet'' 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 that Site 1 be so exempted. No usage-driven
sites are being requested at this time. Because the ASF only pertains
to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the application
would have no impact on FTZ 275's authorized subzone.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 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 Web site, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz. For
further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.
Dated: September 27, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-25430 Filed 9-30-11; 8:45 am]
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