[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40691-40692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16350]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-72-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 18--San Jose, California; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the City of San Jose, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 18, 
requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand its service area 
under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 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 
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally docketed on July 1, 2013.
    FTZ 18 was approved by the Board on November 27, 1974 (Board Order 
103, 39 FR 42031, 12/04/1974) and reorganized under the ASF on July 23, 
2012 (Board Order 1842, 77 FR 45334, 07/31/2012). The zone project 
currently has a service area that includes all of San Jose, California.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include all of Santa Clara County, the cities of 
Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz County and the cities of 
Fremont, Hayward, Newark and Union in City in Alameda County, 
California, 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 San Jose U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
Ports of Entry.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp of 
the

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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 September 6, 
2013. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to September 23, 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 Christopher Kemp at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: July 1, 2013.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-16350 Filed 7-5-13; 8:45 am]
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