[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 14901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6447]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 21-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 47--Boone County, KY; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Greater Cincinnati Foreign Trade Zone, Inc. 
grantee of FTZ 47, 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 15, 2011.
    FTZ 47 was approved by the Board on January 12, 1979 (Board Order 
141, 44 FR 4003, 1/19/79) and expanded on December 23, 1993 (Board 
Order 674, 59 FR 1371, 1/10/94) and September 27, 2001 (Board Order 
1194, 66 FR 52740, 10/17/01).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (22 
acres)--Northern Kentucky Business Center, 1670 Dolwick Drive, 
Erlanger, Boone County; and, Site 2 (185 acres)--Park West 
International Industrial Park, 1500 Worldwide Boulevard, Hebron, Boone 
County, Kentucky.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Boone, 
Kenton and Campbell Counties, Kentucky, 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 
Cincinnati Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include Site 1 as a ``usage-driven'' site and Site 2 as 
a ``magnet'' site. The applicant is also requesting that 15 acres be 
deleted from Site 1 due to changed circumstances. Because the ASF only 
pertains to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the 
application would have no impact on FTZ 47's authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: March 15, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-6447 Filed 3-17-11; 8:45 am]
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