[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 9168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03899]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-10-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone 70--Detroit, Michigan; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Greater Detroit Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 70, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to 
expand its service area 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 FTZ Board (15 CFR part 
400). It was formally docketed on February 18, 2016.
    FTZ 70 was approved by the FTZ Board on July 21, 1981 (Board Order 
176, 46 FR 3894l; July 30, l98l) and reorganized under the ASF on 
February 6, 2013 (Board Order 1878, FR 10129-10130; February 13, 2013). 
The zone currently has a service area that includes Macomb, Monroe, 
Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties, Michigan.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Lenawee and Livingston Counties, Michigan, 
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 Detroit Customs and Border 
Protection Port of Entry.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 
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 April 25, 2016. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to May 9, 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 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: February 18, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-03899 Filed 2-23-16; 8:45 am]
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