[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 1133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-137]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 2-2011]
Foreign-Trade Zone 152--Burns Harbor, 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 152,
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 152 was approved by the Board on December 9, 1988 (Board Order
393, 53 FR 52454, 12/28/88) and expanded on March 9, 1992 (Board Order
563, 57 FR 9103, 3/16/92) and September 16, 1993 (Board Order 654, 58
FR 50330, 9/27/93). FTZ 152 was reorganized under the ASF on November
15, 2010 (Board Order 1723, 75 FR 72801, 11/26/2010).
The zone project currently has a service area that includes Lake,
Porter, La Porte, Newton, Jasper and Starke Counties, Indiana. The
applicant is requesting authority to expand the service area of the
zone to include Pulaski and Fulton 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
Chicago 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 website, 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. 2011-137 Filed 1-6-11; 8:45 am]
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