[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14900-14901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6445]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 19-2011]
Foreign-Trade Zone 137--Washington Dulles International Airport,
VA Area; Application for Reorganization Under Alternative Site
Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the Washington Dulles Foreign Trade Zone Inc.,
grantee of FTZ 137, 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); 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
March 14, 2011.
FTZ 137 was approved by the Board on April 17, 1987 (Board Order
350, 52 FR 13489, 4/23/87) and expanded on March 12, 1999 (Board Order
1029, 64 FR 14213, 3/24/99) and on April 5, 2001 (Board Order 1152, 66
FR 19424, 4/16/01).
The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (243
acres)--Washington Dulles International Airport, Aviation Drive,
Dulles; Site 2 (3.5 acres)--Victory Van Corporation facilities, 110
Terminal Drive, Sterling; Site 3 (142 acres)--Arcola complex, located
at the intersection of Rt. 606 & 621, Dulles; Site 4 (183 acres)--Ft.
Collier Industrial Park (167 acres), located at the intersection of Rt.
11 & Ft. Collier Road, Winchester; and, Fortessa, Inc. (16 acres)
within the Stonewall Industrial Park, 402 McGhee Road, Winchester; Site
5 (64 acres)--Winchester Regional Airport industrial park, Airport
Road/Rt. 645 & Pegasus Court, Winchester; and, Site 6 (155 acres)--
Wrights Run complex, intersection of U.S. Rt. 522 & Rt. 624,
Winchester.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be
Frederick, Clarke, Loudoun, Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, and
Arlington Counties and the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 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
Washington Dulles International Airport Customs and Border Protection
port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
zone project under the ASF as follows: renumber the non-contiguous
portion (16 acres) of Site 4 as Site 7; Sites 1-6 would become
``magnet'' sites; and, Site 7 would become a usage-driven site. The ASF
allows for the possible exemption of one magnet site from the
``sunset'' time limits that generally apply to sites under the
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ASF, and the applicant proposes that Site 1 be so exempted.
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 below. The closing period for their receipt is
May 17, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 1, 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 Kathleen Boyce at [email protected]
or (202) 482-1346.
Dated: March 14, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-6445 Filed 3-17-11; 8:45 am]
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