[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01880]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-04-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone 105--Providence, Rhode Island; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, grantee of FTZ 105, 
requesting authority to reorganize 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 January 25, 2018.
    FTZ 105 was approved by the FTZ Board on September 13, 1984 (Board 
Order 270, 49 FR 37133, September 21, 1984) and expanded on January 17, 
1997 (Board Order 867, 62 FR 4027-4028, January 28, 1997). The current 
zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (32 acres)--Port of 
Providence, 35 Terminal Road, Providence; Site 2 (880 acres)--Quonset 
Business Park, 95 Cripe Street, North Kingstown; and, Site 3 (43 
acres)--Airport Business Center, T.F. Green State Airport, 333 
Strawberry Field Road, Warwick.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
Counties of Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence and Washington, Rhode 
Island, as described in the application. If approved, the grantee would 
be able to serve sites throughout the service area based on companies' 
needs for FTZ designation. The application indicates that the proposed 
service area is within and adjacent to the Providence Customs and 
Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include all of the existing sites as ``magnet'' sites. The ASF 
allows for the possible exemption of one magnet site from the 
``sunset'' time limits that generally apply to sites under the ASF and 
the applicant proposes that Site 1 be so exempted. No subzones/usage-
driven sites are being requested at this time.
    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 April 2, 2018. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to April 16, 2018.
    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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: January 26, 2018.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-01880 Filed 1-30-18; 8:45 am]
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