[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10862]


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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 29-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 125 - South Bend, Indiana

Application for Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the St. Joseph County Airport Authority, grantee 
of Foreign-Trade Zone 125, 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 April 29, 2010.
    FTZ 125 was approved by the Board on March 11, 1986 (Board Order 
326, 51 F.R. 10564; 3/27/86). After approval of a minor boundary 
modification (A(27f)-33-95), the general-purpose zone currently 
consists of the following two sites: Site 1: (7 acres) - located at 
2809 North Foundation Drive within the Airport Industrial Park, South 
Bend (St. Joseph County); and Site 2: (21 acres) - located at 1507 
South Olive Street, South Bend (St. Joseph County), Indiana.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be St. 
Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, LaPorte and Starke Counties, 
Indiana, 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 Chicago Customs and Border Protection port 
of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include both 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 2 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 125's authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Claudia Hausler 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 
July 6, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to July 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 Claudia Hausler at [email protected] or 
(202)482-1379.

    Dated: April 29, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-10862 Filed 5-6-10; 8:45 am]
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