[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27982-27983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11982]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 34-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 14--Little Rock, Arkansas Application for 
Reorganization/Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, 
grantee of FTZ 14, requesting authority to reorganize and expand 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 May 11, 2010.
    FTZ 14 was approved by the Board on October 4, 1972 (Board Order 
90, 37 FR 24853, 11/22/72), relocated on March 23, 1979 (Board Order 
143, 43 FR 19502, 4/3/79), and expanded on February 3, 1999 (Board 
Order 1022, 64 FR 7853-7854, 2/17/99).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 
(759.48 acres)--located at the Little Rock Port Industrial Park; Site 2 
(969.394 acres)--industrial area located adjacent to Site 1 at the 
southeast corner of the Little Rock Port Industrial Park, on the 
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, Little Rock; and, Site 
3 (191.54 acres)--located at the Little Rock National Airport, Adams 
Field, Little Rock.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Clark, 
Conway, Dallas, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, 
Lonoke, Montgomery, Nevada, Pike, Pulaski, Pope, Saline, Yell and White 
Counties, Arkansas. 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 
Little Rock 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 
and expand Site 1 to

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include an additional 155 acres at the Little Rock Industrial Park (new 
Site 1 total--914.48 acres). 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 approval of the following 
initial ``usage-driven'' site: Proposed Site 4 (16.4 acres)--Timex 
Corporation, 1302 Pike Avenue, North Little Rock. Because the ASF only 
pertains to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the 
application would have no impact on FTZ 14's authorized subzones.
    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 
July 19, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to August 2, 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, Camille Evans at [email protected] or (202) 
482-2350.

    Dated: May 12, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-11982 Filed 5-18-10; 8:45 am]
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