[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22218]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-64-2014]
Foreign-Trade Zone 263--Lewiston-Auburn, Maine; Application for
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council, grantee of FTZ
263, 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 263 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 1, 2004 (Board
Order 1354, 69 FR 60840, 10/13/04). The current zone includes the
following sites: Site 1 (705 acres), Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport/
Auburn Industrial Park, Kittyhawk Avenue and Lewiston Junction Road,
Auburn; and, Site 2 (55 acres), warehouse facilities, 123 Rodman Road,
Auburn.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the
Counties of Androscoggin, Cumberland and Sagadahoc, 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
Portland Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
zone to include the existing sites as ``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 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. 2014-22218 Filed 9-17-14; 8:45 am]
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