[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 47 (Thursday, March 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 11514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5293]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 12-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 170 - Jeffersonville, Indiana, Application for 
Reorganization/Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Ports of Indiana, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 170, requesting authority to reorganize 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 February 22, 2010.
    FTZ 170 was approved by the Board on December 27, 1990 (Board Order 
495, 56 FR 673, 1/8/91) and expanded on July 23, 1997 (Board Order 907, 
62 FR 40796, 7/30/97) and September 24, 2004 (Board Order 1355, 69 FR 
58884, 10/1/04). The general-purpose zone currently consists of the 
following sites: Site 1: (993 acres) - Clark Maritime Center Complex on 
Utica Pike at Port Road, Jeffersonville; Site 2: (22 acres) - Clark 
County Airport between State Route 31 and the airport terminal, 
Sellersburg; and, Site 3: (2,000 acres) - within the 10,000 acre former 
Indiana Army Ammunition Plant at 11452 State Road 62, Charlestown, 
Clark County, Indiana.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Jackson, 
Washington, Harrison, Floyd, Clark and Scott Counties. 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 Louisville Customs and Border Protection 
port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include all of its sites as ``magnet sites'' and 
proposes that Site 1 be exempt from sunset time limits that otherwise 
apply to sites under the ASF. No usage-driven sites are being proposed 
at this time. In accordance with the Board's regulations, Claudia 
Hausler 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 
May 10, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to May 25, 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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 
information, contact Claudia Hausler at [email protected] or 
(202)482-1379.

    Dated:February 22, 2010
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-5293 Filed 3-10-10; 8:45 am]
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