[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19515]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-53-2016]
Foreign-Trade Zone 283--West Tennessee Area; 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 Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority, grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone 283, 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 August 11, 2016.
FTZ 283 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 11, 2012 (Board
Order 1851, 77 FR 64463-64464, October 22, 2012) under the alternative
site framework. The zone currently has a service area that includes the
Counties of Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, Obion and
Tipton.
The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service
area of the zone to include the Counties of Fayette, Hardeman and
McNairy, 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 Memphis Customs
and Border Protection Port of Entry.
In accordance with the FTZ 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 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 October 17,
2016. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to October 31, 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 Kathleen Boyce at [email protected]
or (202) 482-1346.
Dated: August 11, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-19515 Filed 8-15-16; 8:45 am]
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