[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73700-73701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29996]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-80-2015]
Foreign-Trade Zone 38--Spartanburg County, South Carolina;
Application for Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under
Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee
of FTZ 38, requesting authority to expand its service area under the
alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (15 CFR Sec.
400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for grantees for the establishment or
reorganization of general-purpose 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 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
November 18, 2015.
FTZ 38 was approved by the Board on May 4, 1987 (Board Order 131,
43 FR 20526, May 12, 1978) and reorganized under the ASF on October 7,
2010 (Board Order 1710, 75 FR 65304, October 22, 2010). The zone
currently has a service area that includes the Counties of Greenville,
Spartanburg, Cherokee, Oconee, Union, Anderson and Laurens, South
Carolina.
The applicant is requesting authority to expand the service area of
the zone to include Pickens, Greenwood and Abbeville Counties, as
described in the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to
serve sites throughout the expanded service area based on companies'
needs for FTZ designation. The application indicates that the proposed
expanded service area is adjacent to the Greenville/Spartanburg Customs
and Border Protection port of entry.
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In accordance with the 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 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 January 25, 2016.
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to February 8, 2016.
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 Kathleen Boyce at [email protected]
or (202) 482-1346.
Dated: November 18, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-29996 Filed 11-24-15; 8:45 am]
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