[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17898-17899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8054]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 25-2010]
Foreign-Trade Zone 144--Brunswick, GA; Application for Expansion
and Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the Brunswick and Glynn County Development
Authority, grantee of FTZ 144, requesting authority to expand the zone
and reorganize under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by
the Board (74 FR 1170, 01/12/09; correction 74 FR 3987, 01/22/09). 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 provisions of 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 1, 2010.
FTZ 144 was approved by the Board on August 6, 1987 (Board Order
361, 52 FR 30699, 08/17/87) and reorganized on March 13, 2007 (Board
Order 1505, 72 FR 13080, 03/20/07).
The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (95
acres within 687-acre park)--Tradewinds Industrial
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Park at I-95 between exits 38 and 41, Brunswick; Site 2 (61 acres)--
Georgia Ports Authority Terminal, located east and west of Joe Frank
Boulevard, Brunswick; Site 3 (17 acres)--MAP International Distribution
Center, 4700 Glynco Parkway, Brunswick. Site 3 was approved on a
temporary basis pursuant to the minor boundary modification provision
of the FTZ regulations (15 CFR 400.27(f)), effective for a period
ending March 31, 2012.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Appling,
Atkinson, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Coffee, Glynn, Jeff Davis,
McIntosh, Ware and Wayne Counties, 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 Brunswick Customs
and Border Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize and expand its
existing zone project to include Sites 1 and 2 as ``magnet'' sites and
to add additional acreage to Sites 1 and 2. The applicant is requesting
authority to include the entire 687-acre Tradewinds Industrial Park
within Site 1 and to expand Site 2 to include a total of 2,016 acres
owned by the Georgia Ports Authority Terminal, Mercedes-Benz USA, and
International Auto Processing. 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 to include Site
3 as a ``usage-driven'' site. Because the ASF only pertains to
establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the application
would have no impact on FTZ 144's authorized subzone.
In accordance with the 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 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 listed 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 June 22, 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 www.trade.gov/ftz. For
further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at [email protected]
or (202) 482-1346.
Dated: April 1, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-8054 Filed 4-7-10; 8:45 am]
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