[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17132-17133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06833]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-27-2014]
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Lake County, Florida, Under
Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by the City of Leesburg to establish a foreign-trade zone within
Lake County, Florida, adjacent to the Leesburg Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) user fee airport, 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 project. The
application was submitted pursuant to
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the provisions of 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 March 21, 2014. The applicant is authorized to
make the proposal under Florida Statutes, Title XIX, Chapter 288, Part
III.
The applicant's proposed service area under the ASF would be Lake
County, Florida. If approved, the applicant 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
Leesburg CBP user fee airport.
The proposed zone would include two ``magnet'' sites: Proposed Site
1 (818 acres)--Leesburg International Airport, 8807 Airport Boulevard,
Leesburg; and, Proposed Site 2 (662 acres)--Leesburg Industrial and
Technology Park, located north of County Road 48, east of the Florida
Turnpike, and north and south of County Road 470, Leesburg. 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.
The application indicates a need for zone services in the Lake
County, Florida, area. Several firms have indicated an interest in
using zone procedures for warehousing/distribution activities for a
variety of products. Specific production approvals are not being sought
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 May 27, 2014.
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to June 10, 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 at (202) 482-2350.
Dated: March 21, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-06833 Filed 3-26-14; 8:45 am]
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