[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 4466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01881]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-05-2018]
Foreign-Trade Zone 179--Madawaska, Maine; Application for
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by the Madawaska Foreign-Trade Zone Corporation, grantee of FTZ
179, 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 179 was approved by the FTZ Board on May 24, 1991 (Board Order
525, 56 FR 25406, June 4, 1991). The current zone includes the
following site: Site 1 (3 acres)--Evergreen Manufacturing Group, LLC,
706 Main Street, Madawaska.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the
towns of Fort Kent, Frenchville, Grand Isle, Madawaska, St. Agatha and
Van Buren, Maine, 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 Madawaska
Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize the zone under
the ASF. The applicant is also requesting that Site 1 be removed from
the zone due to changed circumstances. No new sites are being requested
at this time. The application would have no impact on FTZ 179's
previous approved authorized subzone.
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 25, 2018.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-01881 Filed 1-30-18; 8:45 am]
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