[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1132-1133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-138]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 1-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 153--San Diego, CA; 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 San Diego, grantee of FTZ 153, 
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); 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 
January 3, 2011.
    FTZ 153 was approved by the Board on October 14, 1988 (Board Order 
394, 53 FR 41616, 10/24/88) and expanded on December 16, 1991 (Board 
Order 548, 56 FR 2160, 01/22/91 and on August 23, 2002 (Board Order 
1245, 67 FR 56983, 09/06/02).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (316 
acres)--Brown Field, Otay Mesa Road and Heritage Road, San Diego; Site 
2 (73 acres)--San Diego Business Park, Airway Road and State Road 125, 
San Diego; Site 3 (60 acres)--Gateway Park, Harvest Road and Customs 
House Plaza Road, San Diego; Site 4 (71 acres)--Britannia Commerce 
Center, Siempre Viva Road and Britannia Boulevard; Site 5 (312 acres)--
De La Fuente Business Park, Airway Road and Media Road, San Diego; Site 
6 (160 acres)--Brown Field Business Park, Otay Mesa Road and Britannia 
Boulevard; Site 7 (389 acres)--Otay Mesa International Center, Harvest 
Road and Airway Road, San Diego; Site 8 (86 acres)--Ocean View Hills 
Corporate Center, Otay Mesa Road and Innovative Drive, San Diego; Site 
9 (119 acres)--Siempre Viva Business Park, La Media Road and Siempre 
Viva Road, San Diego; Site 10 (65 acres)--Brown Field Technology Park, 
southeast of the intersection of Otay Mesa Road and Britannia 
Boulevard; and, Site 14 (0.51 acres)--Hoon Import & Export Inc., 2155 
Britannia Boulevard, San Diego (expires 09/30/11).
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be San 
Diego County and a portion of Riverside County, California, 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 San Diego U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include existing Sites 1 thru 10 as ``magnet'' sites 
and existing Site 14 as a ``usage-driven site. 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'' sites: Proposed Site 11 
(54.18 acres)--Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., 26531 Ynez Road, 
Temecula (Riverside County); Proposed Site 12 (8.3 acres)--Abbot 
Cardiovascular Systems Inc., 42301 Zevo Drive, Temecula (Riverside 
County); and, Proposed Site 13 (4.37 acres)--30590 Cochise Circle, 
Temecula (Riverside County). Additionally, the applicant is requesting 
to reduce the acreage of existing Site 6 and existing Site 10. Because 
the ASF only pertains to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose 
zone, the application would have no impact on FTZ 153'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 
March 8, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to March 23, 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 Christopher Kemp

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at [email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: January 3, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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