[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4896-4897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02105]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-6-2018]
Foreign-Trade Zone 81--Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Application for
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by the Pease Development Authority, grantee of FTZ 81, 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 30, 2018.
FTZ 81 was approved by the FTZ Board on January 20, 1983 (Board
Order 207, 48 FR 4308, January 31, 1983) and expanded on April 12, 1985
(Board Order 302, 50 FR 15948, April 23, 1985) and on June 25, 1997
(Board Order 906, 52 FR 36259, July 7, 1997).
The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (11 acres)--
Port Authority marine terminal, Portsmouth Harbor, Portsmouth; Site 2
(175 acres)--Portsmouth Industrial Park, Lafayette Road, Portsmouth;
Site 4 (1,468 acres)--Manchester Airport, 1 Brita Way and 16 Delta
Drive, Londonderry; Site 5 (2,095 acres)--Pease International
Tradeport, 601 Spaulding Turnpike, Portsmouth; and, Site 6 (45 acres)--
UPS Supply Chain Solutions, 52 Pettingill Road, Londonderry.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the
Counties of Rockingham, Strafford, Carroll (partial), Belknap
(partial), Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Sullivan and Grafton
(partial), New Hampshire, 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
Portsmouth and Manchester Customs and Border Protection ports of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
zone to include
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existing Sites 1, 2, 4 and 5 as ``magnet'' sites and existing Site 6 as
a usage-driven site. No new subzones or usage-driven sites are being
requested at this time. The application would have no impact on FTZ
81's previously authorized subzones.
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 3, 2018.
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to April 18, 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 30, 2018.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-02105 Filed 2-1-18; 8:45 am]
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