[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 238 (Monday, December 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77614-77615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31223]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 69-2010]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Terrebonne Parish, LA; Under 
Alternative Site Framework; Application Filed

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Houma-Terrebonne Airport Commission to establish a 
general-purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in Terrebonne Parish, 
Louisiana, adjacent to the Morgan City Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) port of entry, under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted 
by the Board (74 FR 1170-1173, 1/12/09 (correction 74 FR 3987, 1/22/
09); 75 FR 71069-71070, 11/22/10). 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 December 6, 2010. The applicant is 
authorized to make the proposal under the Louisiana Revised Statutes, 
Title 51, Sections 61-65.
    The proposed zone would be the second general-purpose zone for the 
Morgan City CBP port of entry. The existing zone is as follows: FTZ 
261, Alexandria, Louisiana (Grantee: Board of Commissioners of the 
England Economic and Industrial Development District, Board Order 1325, 
4/21/2004).
    The applicant's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. If approved, the applicant 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 
Morgan City Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The proposed zone would initially include two ``magnet'' sites in 
Terrebonne Parish: Proposed Site 1

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(1,640 acres)--Houma Terrebonne Airport and Industrial Park, 10264 East 
Main Street, Houma; and, Proposed Site 2 (684 acres)--Terrebonne Port, 
383 Main Court Port, Houma. Both sites are owned by Terrebonne Parish 
with the Houma-Terrebonne Airport Commission and Terrebonne Port 
Commission managing each site, respectively. 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 application indicates a need for zone services in Houma/
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Several firms have indicated an interest 
in using zone procedures for warehousing/distribution activities for a 
variety of products. Specific manufacturing approvals are not being 
sought at this time. Such requests would be made to the Board on a 
case-by-case basis.
    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 
February 11, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to February 28, 2011.
    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, contact Camille Evans at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: December 7, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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