[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 94 (Monday, May 16, 2011)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11992]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 32-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 225--Springfield, MO; 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 Springfield Airport Board, grantee of 
FTZ 225, 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 
May 10, 2011.
    FTZ 225 was approved by the Board on August 1, 1997 (Board Order 
911, 62 FR 43143, 08/12/97), and consists of a site at the Springfield-
Branson National Airport Complex, 2300 North Airport Boulevard, 
Springfield (Site 1--2,363 acres).
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Barry, 
Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Hickory, 
Howell (partial), Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Ozark, 
Polk, Stone, Taney, Texas (partial), Vernon, Webster and Wright 
Counties, Missouri, 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 Springfield Customs and Border Protection 
port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include the existing site as a ``magnet'' 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'' 
site: Proposed Site 2 (88.77 acres)--Jarden Consumer Solutions, 303 
Nelson Avenue, Neosho (Newton County).
    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 
July 15, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to August 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 Camille Evans at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: May 10, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-11992 Filed 5-13-11; 8:45 am]
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