[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40566-40567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19351]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 33-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 274--Butte-Silver Bow, MT; Application for 
Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the City and County of Butte-Silver Bow, Montana, 
grantee of FTZ 274, 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 August 4, 2009.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the City 
and County of Butte-Silver Bow, Montana. If approved, the grantee would 
be able to serve sites throughout the service area

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based on companies' needs for FTZ designation. The proposed service 
area is adjacent to the Butte-Silver Bow Customs and Border Protection 
port of entry.
    FTZ 274 was approved on June 4, 2009 (74 FR 31009, 6/29/09). The 
applicant is requesting to include its current site in the reorganized 
zone as a ``magnet'' site. 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 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 
October 13, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to October 26, 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: August 4, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-19351 Filed 8-11-09; 8:45 am]
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