[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-136]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 3-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 177--Evansville, IN; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under the Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Ports of Indiana, grantee of FTZ 177, 
requesting authority to reorganize its zone to expand its service area 
under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (74 FR 
1170, 1/12/09 (correction 74 FR 3987, 1/22/09); 75 FR 71069-71070, 11/
22/10). 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 
January 3, 2011.
    FTZ 177 was approved by the Board on March 12, 1991 (Board Order 
513, 56 FR 12155, March 22, 1991) and expanded on July 2, 1993 (Board 
Order 648, 58 FR 37908, July 14, 1993). FTZ 177 was reorganized under 
the ASF on October 29, 2010 (Board Order 1721, 75 FR 68605, November 8, 
2010).
    The zone project currently has a service area that includes 
Vanderburgh, Dubois, Pike, Gibson, Knox, Daviess, Spencer, Warrick and 
Posey Counties, Indiana. The applicant is requesting authority to 
expand the service area of the zone to include Sullivan, Perry, 
Crawford, Orange and Martin Counties, as described in the application. 
If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites throughout the 
expanded service area based on companies' needs for FTZ designation. 
The proposed expanded service area is adjacent to the Owensboro-
Evansville Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 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 
March 8, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to March 23, 2011.
    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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: January 3, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-136 Filed 1-6-11; 8:45 am]
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