[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48806-48807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20094]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-51-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone 225--Springfield, Missouri; Application for 
Expansion (New Magnet Site) Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the City of Springfield Airport Board, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 225, requesting authority to expand its zone under 
the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (15 CFR Sec. 
400.2(c)) to include a new magnet site in Neosho, Missouri. 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 August 10, 2015.
    FTZ 225 was established by the Board on August 1, 1997 (Board Order 
911, 62 FR 43143, 8/12/1997) and reorganized and expanded under the 
alternative site framework on September 30, 2011 (Board Order 1782, 76 
FR 63285, 10/12/

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2011). The zone currently has a service area that includes the Counties 
of Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, 
Hickory, Howell (partial), Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, 
Ozark, Polk, Stone, Taney, Texas (partial), Vernon, Webster and Wright. 
The zone consists of the following sites: Site 1 (2,363 acres)--
Springfield-Branson National Airport Complex, five miles northwest of 
downtown, Springfield; Site 2 (88.77 acres, sunset 9/30/2017)--Jarden 
Consumer Solutions, 303 Nelson Avenue, Neosho; and, Site 3 (55 acres, 
sunset 5/31/2016)--General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, 4174 
County Road 180, Carthage.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand its zone to 
include an additional magnet site: Proposed Site 4 (297.97 acres)--
Neosho Industrial Park located in Neosho (Newton County). The 
application indicates that the proposed site is adjacent to the 
Springfield Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    In accordance with the 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 Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is October 13, 2015. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to October 28, 2015.
    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 
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: August 10, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-20094 Filed 8-13-15; 8:45 am]
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