[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 73823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29326]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-103-2013]
Foreign-Trade Zone 62--Brownsville, Texas; Application for
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by the Brownsville Navigation District, grantee of FTZ 62,
requesting authority to reorganize the zone 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 Board (15 CFR part 400). It
was formally docketed on December 4, 2013.
FTZ 62 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 20, 1980 (Board
Order 166, 45 FR 71638, 10/29/1980), and expanded on September 30, 1983
(Board Order 226, 48 FR 45814, 10/7/1983), on October 24, 1989 (Board
Order 444, 54 FR 46098, 11/1/1989), and on August 21, 2003 (Board Order
1288, 68 FR 52385-52386, 9/3/2003).
The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (18,938
acres)--Brownsville Navigation District Port Complex and the NAFTA
Industrial Park located at 6984 N. FM 511 in Brownsville; Site 2 (203
acres, 3 parcels)--Valley International Airport located on Rio Hondo
Road in Harlingen; Site 3 (116 acres, 3 parcels)--Harlingen Industrial
Park located at FM 106 and FM 1595 in Harlingen; and, Site 4 (758
acres, 4 parcels)--FINSA Industrial Park, 1101 Joaquin Cavazos Road,
Los Indios.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Cameron
County, Texas, 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
within and adjacent to the Brownsville Customs and Border Protection
port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
zone under the ASF as follows: Renumber a 71-acre portion of Site 1 as
Site 5; and, Sites 1 thru 5 would become ``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 as renumbered be so exempted. No
subzones or usage-driven sites are being requested at this time.
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 February 7,
2014. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to February 24, 2014.
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: December 4, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-29326 Filed 12-6-13; 8:45 am]
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