[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58002-58003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27094]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 47-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 121--Albany, NY; Application for Expansion and 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Capital District Regional Planning Commission, 
grantee of FTZ 121, requesting authority to expand the zone and 
reorganize 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 provisions of 
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 
November 3, 2009.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Albany, 
Columbia, Greene, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, 
Schenectady, Warren and Washington counties, New York. 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 or within the Albany Customs and Border Protection port of 
entry.
    FTZ 121 was approved by the Board on July 18, 1985 (Board Order 
307, 50 FR 30986, July 31, 1985) and expanded on September 25, 1997 
(Board Order 922, 62 FR 51830, October 3, 1997). The applicant is 
requesting to include its current sites as ``magnet sites'': Site 1, 
Northeastern Industrial Park, expanding the site from 20 acres to 514 
acres; Site 2, Rotterdam Industrial Park, expanding the site from 7 
acres to 225 acres; and

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Site 3, Port of Albany, expanding the site from 35 acres to 277 acres. 
The applicant has requested that Site 4, Crossroads Industrial Park be 
removed from FTZ 121. The applicant is also requesting approval of the 
following additional ``magnet sites'': Site 5, 281 acres, Saratoga 
Technology + Energy Park, 10 Hermes Road, Malta, NY 12020; Site 6, 1192 
acres, Luther Forest Technology Campus, 40 Rocket Test Station Road, 
Malta, NY 12020; Site 7, 133 acres, Florida Business Park Extension, 
State Highway 5S, Amsterdam, NY 12010. The applicant proposes that Site 
6 be subject to a seven-year ``sunset'' time limit, instead of the 
standard five-year ``sunset'' time limit that would otherwise apply to 
magnet sites under the ASF.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Maureen Hinman 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 listed below. The closing period for their 
receipt is January 11, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material 
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the 
subsequent 15-day period (to January 25, 2010)
    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 Maureen Hinman at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-0627.

    Dated: November 3, 2009.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-27094 Filed 11-9-09; 8:45 am]
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