[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37784-37785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15012]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-63-2013]
Foreign-Trade Zone 65--Panama City, Florida; Application for
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by the Panama City Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 65, requesting
authority to reorganize the zone under the alternative site framework
(ASF) adopted by the FTZ Board (15 CFR Sec. 400.2(c)). The ASF is an
option for grantees for the establishment or reorganization of zones
and can permit significantly greater flexibility in the designation of
new subzones or ``usage-driven'' FTZ sites for operators/users located
within a grantee's ``service area'' in the context of the FTZ Board's
standard 2,000-acre activation limit for a zone. 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 docketed on June 18, 2013.
FTZ 65 was approved by the FTZ Board on January 16, 1981 (Board
Order 171, 46 FR 8072, 1/26/81), and expanded on March 3, 1987 (Board
Order 343, 52 FR 7634, 3/12/87), and on September 25, 2009 (Board Order
1646, 74 FR 53216, 10/16/09). The current zone includes the following
sites: Site 1 (125 acres)--Port Panama City Industrial
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Park located on the St. Andrew Bay and the Intra-coastal Waterway in
Panama City; Site 2 (174 acres)--Hugh Nelson Industrial Park located
off Highway 390 in Lynn Haven; Site 3 (505 acres total)--Bay Industrial
Park (254 acres) located northeast of the intersection of Highway 231
and Highway 167 in Bay County and Bay Intermodal Park (251 acres)
located at Highway 231 and Commerce Boulevard in Panama City; Site 4
(83 acres total)--within the 130-acre Tommy R. McDonald Industrial Park
located at Industrial Drive and Commerce Avenue in Chipley (78 acres)
and at 1076 Brickyard Road in Chipley (5 acres, expires 7/31/2014);
and, Site 5 (214 acres)--Washington County Industrial Park located
north of Highway 90 at intersection of Highway 273 and North Boulevard
in Chipley.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Bay and
Washington Counties, Florida, 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 Panama City Customs and Border
Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
zone as follows: (1) Modify Site 3 by reinstating 5 acres at the Bay
Industrial Park which will now consist of 259 acres (new overall site
total--510 acres); (2) modify Site 4 by removing the 5 acres located at
1076 Brickyard Road in Chipley (new overall site total--78 acres); and,
(3) Sites 1, 2 (as modified), 3, 4 (as modified) and 5 will be
designated 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 1 be so exempted. No subzones or usage-driven sites are being
requested at this time. The application would have no impact on FTZ
65's previously authorized subzone.
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 August 23, 2013.
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to September 9, 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 (202) 482-2350.
Dated: June 18, 2013.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-15012 Filed 6-21-13; 8:45 am]
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