[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 17692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7884]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 24-2010]
Foreign-Trade Zone 75 -- Phoenix, Arizona, Application for
Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the City of the Phoenix, grantee of FTZ 75,
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 31, 2010.
FTZ 75 was approved by the Board on March 25, 1982 (Board Order
185, 47 FR 14931, 04/07/82), and was expanded on July 2, 1993 (Board
Order 647, 58 FR 37907, 07/14/93), on February 27, 2008 (Board Order
1545, 73 FR 13531, 03/13/08), and on March 23, 2010 (Board Order 1672).
The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (338
acres) - within the 550-acre Phoenix Sky Harbor Center and adjacent air
cargo terminal at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport,
Phoenix; Site 2 (18 acres) CC&F South Valley Industrial Center, 7th
Street and Victory Street, Phoenix; Site 3 (74 acres) - Riverside
Industrial Center, 4747 West Buckeye Road, Phoenix; Site 4 (18 acres) -
Santa Fe Business Park, 47th Avenue and Campbell Avenue, Phoenix; and,
Site 5 (32.5 acres) - the jet fuel storage and distribution system at
and adjacent to the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Maricopa
County and portions of Pinal and Yavapai Counties, Arizona, 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 Phoenix Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
zone project to include all of the existing sites as ``magnet'' sites.
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. No usage-driven
sites are being requested at this time. Because the ASF only pertains
to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the application
would have no impact on FTZ 75's authorized subzones.
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
June 7, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 21, 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 Christopher Kemp at [email protected] or
(202) 482-0862.
Dated: March 31, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-7884 Filed 4-6-10; 8:45 am]
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