[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 56057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22216]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-65-2014]
Foreign-Trade Zone 186--Waterville, Maine; Application for
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by the City of Waterville, Maine, grantee of FTZ 186, 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 September 11, 2014.
FTZ 186 was approved by the FTZ Board on August 4, 1992 (Board
Order 586, 57 FR 36063, 8/12/92). The grant of authority was reissued
to the City of Waterville on June 10, 2013 (Board Order 1903, 78 FR
36165, 6/17/13). The current zone includes the following site: Site 1
(62 acres), Waterville Airport, Airport Road, Waterville.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the
Counties of Lincoln, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Kennebec,
Waldo, Knox and Somerset (partial), 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 Belfast Customs and Border
Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
zone to include the existing site as a ``magnet'' site. 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/usage-driven sites are
being requested at this time.
In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Kathleen Boyce 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 November 17,
2014. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to December 2, 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: Kathleen Boyce at
[email protected] or (202) 482-1346.
Dated: September 11, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-22216 Filed 9-17-14; 8:45 am]
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