[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14127-14128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6521]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 18-2010]
Foreign-Trade Zone 196 -- Fort Worth, Texas, Application for
Reorganization/Expansion under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the Alliance Corridor, Inc., grantee of FTZ 196,
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 March 16, 2010.
FTZ 196 was approved by the Board on August 31, 1993 (Board Order
651, 58 FR 48826, 9/20/93). The current zone project includes the
following sites: Site 1 (4,470 acres) -- Alliance Center, located at
the Alliance Airport on Interstate 35W in the Cities of Fort Worth and
Haslet; Site 2 (1,900 acres) -- Alliance Gateway, located along State
Highway 170 between Interstate 35W and State Highway 114, Fort Worth
and Roanoke; Site 3 (1,600 acres) -- located at Interstate 35W and
State Highway 114 in Northlake; and, Site 4 (1,600 acres) -- Hunter
Ranch, located on Interstate 35W in Denton.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the
Alliance Corridor area located within Denton and Tarrant Counties,
Texas (as detailed 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 adjacent to the
Alliance Customs and Border Protection user fee airport.
The applicant is requesting to include its current sites in the
reorganized zone as ``magnet'' sites. The applicant proposes that Site
1 be exempt from ``sunset'' time limits that would otherwise apply to
sites under the ASF. The applicant is also requesting approval of a
``usage-driven'' site in Denton County: Proposed Site 5 (39 acres) --
Lego Systems, Inc., 300 Freedom Drive, Roanoke (located within Alliance
Gateway 60).
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Camille Evans 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 24, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 7, 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
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www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Camille Evans at
[email protected] or (202) 482-2350.
Dated: March 16, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-6521 Filed 3-23-10; 8:45 am]
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