[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 31226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11739]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-35-2016]
Foreign-Trade Zone 244--Riverside, California; 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 March Joint Powers Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone 244, 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 May 12, 2016.
FTZ 244 was approved by the FTZ Board on August 21, 2000 (Board
Order 1104, 65 FR 54196, September 7, 2000) and reorganized under the
ASF on May 13, 2011 (Board Order 1761, 76 FR 29725, May 23, 2011). The
zone currently has a service area that includes western Riverside
County, California.
The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service
area of the zone to include the City of Lake Elsinore, 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 Los Angeles/Long Beach U.S. Customs and
Border Protection Port of Entry.
In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp 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 July 18, 2016.
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to August 1, 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 Christopher Kemp at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.
Dated: May 12, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-11739 Filed 5-17-16; 8:45 am]
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