[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 25831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10351]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-36-2014]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Eastern Coachella Valley, California 
Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Four Winds Foreign Trade Zone Corporation to establish a 
foreign-trade zone at sites in the eastern Coachella Valley area of 
Riverside and Imperial Counties, California, adjacent to the Calexico 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port of entry, 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 project. 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 Board (15 CFR part 400). It was 
formally docketed on April 29, 2014. The applicant is authorized to 
make the proposal under California statute 6301-6305.
    The proposed zone would be the second zone for the Calexico CBP 
port of entry. The existing zone is: FTZ 257, Imperial County, 
California (Grantee: County of Imperial, California, Board Order 1286, 
October 9, 2003, 68FR 61393, 10/28/2003).
    The applicant's proposed service area under the ASF would include 
portions of Riverside and Imperial Counties, California, as described 
in the application. 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 adjacent to the Calexico CBP 
port of entry.
    The proposed zone would include two ``magnet'' sites: Proposed Site 
1 (2,353 acres)--Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, 56-850 Higgins 
Drive, Thermal; and, Proposed Site 2 (1,160 acres)--Torres/Martinez/
Desert/Cahuilla Indians tribally-owned land, Hayes Street and 64th 
Avenue, Riverside County. 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 2 be so 
exempted.
    The application indicates a need for zone services in the eastern 
Coachella Valley of California. 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, Christopher Kemp 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 7, 2014. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to July 21, 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 Christopher Kemp at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: April 29, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-10351 Filed 5-5-14; 8:45 am]
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