[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 17692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7884]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 24-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 75 -- Phoenix, Arizona, 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 the Phoenix, grantee of FTZ 75, 
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 31, 2010.
    FTZ 75 was approved by the Board on March 25, 1982 (Board Order 
185, 47 FR 14931, 04/07/82), and was expanded on July 2, 1993 (Board 
Order 647, 58 FR 37907, 07/14/93), on February 27, 2008 (Board Order 
1545, 73 FR 13531, 03/13/08), and on March 23, 2010 (Board Order 1672).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (338 
acres) - within the 550-acre Phoenix Sky Harbor Center and adjacent air 
cargo terminal at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 
Phoenix; Site 2 (18 acres) CC&F South Valley Industrial Center, 7th 
Street and Victory Street, Phoenix; Site 3 (74 acres) - Riverside 
Industrial Center, 4747 West Buckeye Road, Phoenix; Site 4 (18 acres) - 
Santa Fe Business Park, 47th Avenue and Campbell Avenue, Phoenix; and, 
Site 5 (32.5 acres) - the jet fuel storage and distribution system at 
and adjacent to the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Maricopa 
County and portions of Pinal and Yavapai Counties, Arizona, as 
described 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 within and adjacent to 
the Phoenix Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include all of the existing sites as ``magnet'' sites. 
The ASF allows for the possible exemption of one magnet site from the 
``sunset'' time limits that generally apply to sites under the ASF, and 
the applicant proposes that Site 1 be so exempted. No usage-driven 
sites are being requested at this time. Because the ASF only pertains 
to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the application 
would have no impact on FTZ 75's authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp 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 
June 7, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 21, 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 www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 
information, contact Christopher Kemp at [email protected] or 
(202) 482-0862.

    Dated: March 31, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-7884 Filed 4-6-10; 8:45 am]
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