[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32238-32239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12781]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-52-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 168--Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas Application for 
Reorganization/Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Metroplex International Trade Development Corporation, 
grantee of FTZ 168, requesting authority to reorganize and expand its 
existing sites in Gainesville (Site 8) and Coppell (Site 9), Texas. The 
application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-
Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of 
the FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally docketed on May 23, 
2013.
    FTZ 168 was approved on November 1, 1990 (Board Order 491, 55 FR 
46974, 11/8/90), and expanded on October 8, 1992 (Board Order 603, 57 
FR 47619, 10/19/92), on April 23, 1997 (Board Order 873, 62 FR 24081, 
5/2/97), twice on May 8, 1997 (Board Orders 885 and 886, 62 FR 28445, 
5/23/97), and on May 28, 1998 (Board Order 982, 63 FR 31200, 6/8/98). 
The zone currently consists of nine sites (one of which is temporary) 
totaling 2,010 acres: Site 1 (21 acres)--within the Carter Industrial 
Park located at Alta Mesa and Will Rogers Boulevards (5 acres) and at 
1301 Joel East Road (16 acres) in southern Fort Worth; Site 2 (263 
acres)--within the Centreport Industrial Development located at 
Highways 183 and 360 in Fort Worth; Site 3 (195 acres)--within the 
Fossil Creek Business Park located at Interstates 35W and 820 in Fort 
Worth; Site 4 (91 acres)--Regency Business Park located at Post and 
Paddock Road in Grand Prairie; Site 5 (630 acres)--within the 1,200-
acre Mercantile Center located at Interstate 35 and Meacham Boulevard 
in Fort Worth; Site 6 (168 acres)--Frankford Trade Center located 
adjacent to Interstate 35E and Frankford Road in Carrollton; Site 7 
(185 acres)--Corporate Square Industrial Park/Armco/National Industrial 
Center, 3333 North I.H. 35, Gainesville; Site 8 (421 acres)--
Gainesville Municipal Airport, 2300 Bonnavilla Drive, Gainesville; and, 
Temporary Site 9 (36 acres, expires 12/31/2013)--located at 400 
Dividend Drive, Coppell.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize and expand the 
zone as follows: modify Site 8 by removing 101 acres due to changed 
circumstances (new total acreage--320 acres); and, modify and expand 
Site 9 by requesting permanent status for the site's current 36 acres 
and including an additional 65.156 acres within the Point West 
Industrial Park (new total acreage--101.156 acres). No request for 
production authority is being requested at this time. Such requests 
would be made to the FTZ Board on a case-by-case basis.
    In accordance with the FTZ 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 FTZ Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is July 29, 2013. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to August 12, 2013.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Camille Evans at [email protected] 
or at (202) 482-2350.


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    Dated: May 23, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-12781 Filed 5-28-13; 8:45 am]
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