[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17898-17899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8054]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 25-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 144--Brunswick, GA; 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 Brunswick and Glynn County Development 
Authority, grantee of FTZ 144, 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 April 1, 2010.
    FTZ 144 was approved by the Board on August 6, 1987 (Board Order 
361, 52 FR 30699, 08/17/87) and reorganized on March 13, 2007 (Board 
Order 1505, 72 FR 13080, 03/20/07).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (95 
acres within 687-acre park)--Tradewinds Industrial

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Park at I-95 between exits 38 and 41, Brunswick; Site 2 (61 acres)--
Georgia Ports Authority Terminal, located east and west of Joe Frank 
Boulevard, Brunswick; Site 3 (17 acres)--MAP International Distribution 
Center, 4700 Glynco Parkway, Brunswick. Site 3 was approved on a 
temporary basis pursuant to the minor boundary modification provision 
of the FTZ regulations (15 CFR 400.27(f)), effective for a period 
ending March 31, 2012.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Appling, 
Atkinson, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Coffee, Glynn, Jeff Davis, 
McIntosh, Ware and Wayne Counties, 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 Brunswick Customs 
and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize and expand its 
existing zone project to include Sites 1 and 2 as ``magnet'' sites and 
to add additional acreage to Sites 1 and 2. The applicant is requesting 
authority to include the entire 687-acre Tradewinds Industrial Park 
within Site 1 and to expand Site 2 to include a total of 2,016 acres 
owned by the Georgia Ports Authority Terminal, Mercedes-Benz USA, and 
International Auto Processing. 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. The applicant is also requesting to include Site 
3 as a ``usage-driven'' site. Because the ASF only pertains to 
establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the application 
would have no impact on FTZ 144's authorized subzone.
    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 listed 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 June 22, 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 www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: April 1, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-8054 Filed 4-7-10; 8:45 am]
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