[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 36166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17426]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 28-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 260--Lubbock, TX; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the City of Lubbock, Texas, grantee of FTZ 260, 
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 15, 2009.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Garza, 
Hale, Hockley, Lubbock and Terry Counties, 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 Lubbock Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    FTZ 260 was approved by the FTZ Board on January 14, 2004 (Board 
Order 1315, 69 FR 3876, 1/27/04). The applicant is requesting to 
include the following current sites in the reorganized zone as 
``magnet'' sites: Proposed Site 1 (693 acres)-Lubbock International 
Airport, 5401 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Lubbock; and Proposed 
Site 2 (1700 acres)-Reese Technology Center, 9801 Reese Blvd., Lubbock. 
The applicant proposes that Site 1 be exempt from ``sunset'' time 
limits that otherwise apply to sites under the ASF. The applicant is 
also requesting approval of the following initial ``usage-driven'' 
sites: Proposed Site 3 (1.4 acres)--Holiday LiteSource, 301 Southeast 
Loop 289, Lubbock; and Proposed Site 4 (5.3 acres)--J&B Industrial 
Services, Inc., 529 N.E. Loop 289, Lubbock.
    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 
September 21, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to October 5, 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 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: July 15, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-17426 Filed 7-21-09; 8:45 am]
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