[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 25 (Monday, February 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6600-6601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2634]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 8-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 53--Tulsa, OK; Application for Reorganization/
Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the City of Tulsa-Rogers County Port Authority, 
grantee of FTZ 53, requesting authority to reorganize and expand the 
zone under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board 
(74 FR 1170-1173, 01/12/09 (correction 74 FR 3987, 01/22/09); 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 February 1, 2011.
    FTZ 53 was approved by the Board on December 7, 1979 (Board Order 
151, 44 FR 76382, 12/26/79), and expanded on September 16, 1993 (Board 
Order 655,

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58 FR 50330, 09/27/93). The current zone project includes the following 
sites: Site 1 (70 acres)--within the Port of Catoosa, Rogers County; 
Site 2 (1,731 acres)--within the Tulsa International Airport, 7777 East 
Apache, Tulsa (Tulsa County); Site 3 (750 acres)--within the Mid-
America Industrial Park, 4075 Sanders Mitchell Street, Pryor Creek 
(Mayes County); Site 4 (160 acres)--Bartlesville Industrial Park, U.S. 
Highway 60 and Bison Road, Bartlesville (Washington County); and, Site 
5 (500 acres)--Stillwater Industrial Park, located east of U.S. Highway 
177, Stillwater (Payne County).
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Rogers 
County, Oklahoma. 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 
Tulsa Customs and Border Protection port of entry. The grantee proposes 
to retain its existing sites (Sites 2-5) located in Tulsa, Mayes, 
Washington and Payne Counties.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize and expand its 
existing zone project to include all of its existing as ``magnet'' 
sites. The applicant is also requesting approval of the following new 
``magnet'' sites: Proposed Site 6 (550 acres)--Claremore Business and 
Industrial Park, Lowry Road and Highway 66, Claremore (Rogers County); 
and, Proposed Site 7 (525.70 acres)--Claremore Regional Airport 
Industrial Park, 19502 Rogers Post Road, Claremore (Rogers County). 
Since the ASF only pertains to establishing or reorganizing a general-
purpose zone, the application would have no impact on FTZ 53'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 
April 8, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to April 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 Camille Evans at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: February 1, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-2634 Filed 2-4-11; 8:45 am]
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