[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 58464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24683]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-65-2015]
Foreign-Trade Zone 149--Freeport, Texas: Application for
Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by Port Freeport, grantee of FTZ 149, requesting authority to
expand the zone 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. 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 22, 2015.
FTZ 149 was approved by the FTZ Board on June 28, 1988 (Board Order
385, 53 FR 26096, 7/11/1988), and reorganized under the alternative
site framework on August 29, 2012 (Board Order 1853, 77 FR 54891, 9/6/
2012). The zone currently has a service area that includes Brazoria and
Fort Bend Counties, Texas.
The zone includes the following magnet sites: Site 1 (280 acres)--
Port Freeport Primary Facility, 1001 Navigation Boulevard, Freeport;
Site 3 (1,063.10 acres, sunset 8/31/2017)--Port Freeport (Parcels 13,
14 & 19)--State Highway 288, Freeport; and, Site 10 (8 acres, sunset 8/
31/2017)--Alvin Santa Fe Industrial Park, 200 Avenue I, Alvin.
The applicant is requesting authority to expand existing Site 1 to
include an additional 40 acres at the Port Freeport Primary Facility
(new total--320 acres).
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 November 30,
2015. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to December 14, 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
FTZ 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: September 22, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-24683 Filed 9-28-15; 8:45 am]
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