[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19314-19315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8349]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 25-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 205--Port Hueneme, California; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the Oxnard 
Harbor District, grantee of FTZ 205, 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. 81-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It 
was formally filed on March 31, 2011.
    FTZ 205 was approved by the Board on October 28, 1994 (Board Order 
714, 59 FR 55420, 11/07/1994) and expanded on April 28, 1998 (Board 
Order 978, 63 FR 25819, 05/11/1998).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (771 
acres)--Port Hueneme commercial terminal complex (including the 
adjacent commercial area within the U.S. Naval Construction Battalion 
Center designated for FTZ use), 333 Ponoma Street; Port Hueneme; Site 2 
(79 acres)--three parcels within the South Oxnard Industrial Park, 5650 
Arcturus Avenue and 5601 Edison Road, Oxnard; Site 3 (22 acres)--908 
East 3rd Street, Oxnard; and, Site 4 (10 acres)--5851 Arcturus Avenue, 
Oxnard.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Ventura 
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 Port Hueneme Customs and Border Protection 
port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include all of the existing sites as ``magnet'' sites. 
No usage-driven sites are being requested at this time. Because the ASF 
only pertains to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, 
the application would have no impact on FTZ 205's authorized subzone.
    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 
June 6, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 21, 2011.

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

    Dated: March 31, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-8349 Filed 4-6-11; 8:45 am]
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