[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 5, 2010)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10612]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 30-2010]
Foreign-Trade Zone 5--Seattle, WA; Application for
Reorganization/Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the Port of Seattle, grantee of FTZ 5, requesting
authority to reorganize and expand the zone under the alternative site
framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (74 FR 1170, 1/12/09; correction
74 FR 3987, 1/22/09). The ASF is an option for grantees for the
establishment or reorganization of general-purpose zones and can permit
significantly greater flexibility in the designation of new ``usage-
driven'' FTZ sites for operators/users located within a grantee's
``service area'' in the context of the Board's standard 2,000-acre
activation limit for a general-purpose zone project. 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 filed on April 29, 2010.
FTZ 5 was approved by the Board on June 27, 1949 (Board Order 19,
14 FR 3686, 07/02/49) and had the boundaries modified on January 19,
1953 (Board Order 31, 18 FR 556, 01/24/53). FTZ 5 was relocated on
February 27, 1959 (Board Order 48, 24 FR 1686, 03/06/59), on August 14,
1964 (Board Order 63, 29 FR 11987, 08/21/64), and on August 25, 1976
(Board Order 111, 41 FR 36847, 09/01/76). FTZ 5 was expanded on
September 25, 1989 (Board Order 432, 54 FR 40154, 09/29/89).
The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (955
acres)--Port of Seattle Seaport, 2711 Alaskan Way, Seattle; Site 2
(436.68 acres)--Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, 17801
International Boulevard, Seattle; Site 3 (0.45 acres)--9875 40th Avenue
South, Seattle, and Site 4 (2.75 acres)--20607 59th Place South, Kent.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the
Washington counties of King and Snohomish (dependent on case-by-case
concurrence from the Port of Everett for the latter county), 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 proposed service area is within and adjacent to
the Puget Sound Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
zone project to include existing sites 1, 2 and 4 as ``magnet'' sites
and existing Site 3 as a ``usage-driven'' site. 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. The applicant is also requesting approval
of the following initial ``usage-driven'' site: Proposed Site 5 (3.84
acres)--Wilson Sporting Goods/Precor Incorporated, 6617 Associated
Boulevard, Everett, WA.
In accordance with the 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 Board.
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is
July 6, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to July 19, 2010.
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the
Board's Web site, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz. For
further information, contact Christopher Kemp at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.
Dated: April 29, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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