[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 136 (Friday, July 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34714-34715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17076]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 27-2009)


Foreign-Trade Zone 234 Gregg County, Texas, Application for 
Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by Gregg County, Texas, grantee of FTZ 234, 
requesting authority to reorganize the zone 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 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 July 7, 2009.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Gregg 
County, Texas. 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 adjacent to the Shreveport-
Bossier City Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    FTZ 234 was approved by the FTZ Board in 1998 (Board Order 1003, 63 
FR 63671, 11/16/1998) and expanded in 2008 (Board Order 1590, 73 FR 
76611, 12/17/2008). The applicant is requesting to include the 
following current sites in the reorganized zone as ``magnet'' sites: 
Proposed Site 1 (239 acres)-Gregg County Airport, 269 Terminal Circle, 
Longview; Proposed Site 2 (60 acres)-warehouse facility, 1320 East 
Harrison Road, Longview; and, Proposed Site 3 (217 acres)-Synergy Park, 
1000 Synergy Boulevard, Elder Lake. The applicant proposes that Site 1 
be exempt from ``sunset'' time limits that otherwise apply to sites 
under the ASF. No usage-driven sites are being proposed at this time.
    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

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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 September 15, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period (to September 30, 2009).
    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 Kathleen Boyce at [email protected] or 
202-482-1346.

    Dated: July 8, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-17076 Filed 7-16-09; 8:45 am]
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