[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14900-14901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6445]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 19-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 137--Washington Dulles International Airport, 
VA Area; Application for Reorganization Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Washington Dulles Foreign Trade Zone Inc., 
grantee of FTZ 137, 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); 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 
March 14, 2011.
    FTZ 137 was approved by the Board on April 17, 1987 (Board Order 
350, 52 FR 13489, 4/23/87) and expanded on March 12, 1999 (Board Order 
1029, 64 FR 14213, 3/24/99) and on April 5, 2001 (Board Order 1152, 66 
FR 19424, 4/16/01).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (243 
acres)--Washington Dulles International Airport, Aviation Drive, 
Dulles; Site 2 (3.5 acres)--Victory Van Corporation facilities, 110 
Terminal Drive, Sterling; Site 3 (142 acres)--Arcola complex, located 
at the intersection of Rt. 606 & 621, Dulles; Site 4 (183 acres)--Ft. 
Collier Industrial Park (167 acres), located at the intersection of Rt. 
11 & Ft. Collier Road, Winchester; and, Fortessa, Inc. (16 acres) 
within the Stonewall Industrial Park, 402 McGhee Road, Winchester; Site 
5 (64 acres)--Winchester Regional Airport industrial park, Airport 
Road/Rt. 645 & Pegasus Court, Winchester; and, Site 6 (155 acres)--
Wrights Run complex, intersection of U.S. Rt. 522 & Rt. 624, 
Winchester.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Frederick, Clarke, Loudoun, Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, and 
Arlington Counties and the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 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 
Washington Dulles International Airport Customs and Border Protection 
port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project under the ASF as follows: renumber the non-contiguous 
portion (16 acres) of Site 4 as Site 7; Sites 1-6 would become 
``magnet'' sites; and, Site 7 would become 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

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ASF, and the applicant proposes that Site 1 be so exempted.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Kathleen Boyce 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 
May 17, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 1, 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 Kathleen Boyce at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: March 14, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-6445 Filed 3-17-11; 8:45 am]
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