[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 223 (Friday, November 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27931]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 51-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 37--Orange County, 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 County of Orange, New York, grantee of FTZ 37, 
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 12, 2009.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Orange 
County, 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 New 
York/Newark Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    FTZ 37 was approved by the Board on May 4, 1978 (Board Order 130, 
43 FR 20526, 5/12/1978) and expanded on July 9, 1999 (Board Order 1044, 
64 FR 38887, 7/20/1999). The applicant is requesting to include its 
current sites 3 and 7 as ``magnet sites''. The applicant proposes that 
Site 3 be exempt from ``sunset'' time limits that otherwise apply to 
sites under the ASF. The applicant is requesting removal of sites 1, 2 
and 5. Sites 4 and 6 have lapsed. The applicant is also requesting 
approval of the following initial ``usage-driven'' site: Proposed Site 
8 (36 acres)--within the Chester Industrial Park, 29 Elizabeth Drive, 
Chester, NY.
    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 19, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material 
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the 
subsequent 15-day period (to February 3, 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 12, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-27931 Filed 11-19-09; 8:45 am]
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