[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 144 (Thursday, July 26, 2012)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18282]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-52-2012]
Foreign-Trade Zone 26--Atlanta, GA; Application for
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under the Alternative Site
Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of
FTZ 26, requesting authority to expand its service area under the
alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (15 CFR
400.2(c)). 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
July 20, 2012.
FTZ 26 was approved by the Board on January 17, 1977 (Board Order
115, 42 FR 4186, 01/24/77) and reorganized under the ASF on November
26, 2010 (Board Order 1725, 75 FR 76953, 12/10/10).
The zone project currently has a service area that includes the
Georgia counties of Haralson, Paulding, Polk, Floyd, Bartow, Chattooga,
Gordon, Pickens, Gilmer, Walker, Whitfield, Murray, Forsyth, Dawson,
Hall, Banks, Lumpkin, Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb, Douglas, Clayton,
Henry, Fayette, Rockdale, Cherokee, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Troup,
Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Butts, Lamar, Upson, Jasper, Newton,
Morgan, Greene, Walton, Oconee, Clarke, Barrow, Jackson, Bibb,
Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Putnam, Richmond, Harris, Talbot, and Muscogee
in their entirety and portions of White, Franklin, Peach, Houston, and
Twiggs Counties, in and adjacent to the Atlanta Customs and Border
Protection port of entry with the exception of Walker, Whitfield, and
Murray Counties which are adjacent to the Chattanooga Customs and
Border Protection port of entry, and Richmond County which is adjacent
to the Columbia Customs and Border Protection port of entry. The
applicant is requesting authority to expand the service area of the
zone to include a portion of Columbia County, Georgia, as described in
the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites
throughout the expanded service area based on companies' needs for FTZ
designation. The proposed expanded service area is adjacent to the
Columbia, South Carolina Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
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
September 24, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to October 9, 2012.
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 www.trade.gov/ftz. For
further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at [email protected]
or (202) 482-1346.
Dated: July 20, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-18282 Filed 7-25-12; 8:45 am]
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