[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14127-14128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6521]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 18-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 196 -- Fort Worth, Texas, Application for 
Reorganization/Expansion under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Alliance Corridor, Inc., grantee of FTZ 196, 
requesting authority to reorganize the zone under the alternative site 
framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (74 FR 1170, 1/12/09; correction 
74 FR 3987, 1/22/09). 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 March 16, 2010.
    FTZ 196 was approved by the Board on August 31, 1993 (Board Order 
651, 58 FR 48826, 9/20/93). The current zone project includes the 
following sites: Site 1 (4,470 acres) -- Alliance Center, located at 
the Alliance Airport on Interstate 35W in the Cities of Fort Worth and 
Haslet; Site 2 (1,900 acres) -- Alliance Gateway, located along State 
Highway 170 between Interstate 35W and State Highway 114, Fort Worth 
and Roanoke; Site 3 (1,600 acres) -- located at Interstate 35W and 
State Highway 114 in Northlake; and, Site 4 (1,600 acres) -- Hunter 
Ranch, located on Interstate 35W in Denton.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
Alliance Corridor area located within Denton and Tarrant Counties, 
Texas (as detailed in the application). 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 
Alliance Customs and Border Protection user fee airport.
    The applicant is requesting to include its current sites in the 
reorganized zone as ``magnet'' sites. The applicant proposes that Site 
1 be exempt from ``sunset'' time limits that would otherwise apply to 
sites under the ASF. The applicant is also requesting approval of a 
``usage-driven'' site in Denton County: Proposed Site 5 (39 acres) -- 
Lego Systems, Inc., 300 Freedom Drive, Roanoke (located within Alliance 
Gateway 60).
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Camille Evans 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 
May 24, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 7, 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 website, which is accessible via

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www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Camille Evans at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: March 16, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-6521 Filed 3-23-10; 8:45 am]
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