[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30906-30907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13246]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 37-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 170--Clark County, IN; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board

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(the Board) by the Ports of Indiana, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 170, 
requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand its service area 
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 
May 23, 2011.
    FTZ 170 was approved by the Board on December 27, 1990 (Board Order 
495, 56 FR 673, 1/8/91) and expanded on July 23, 1997 (Board Order 907, 
62 FR 40796, 7/30/97) and September 24, 2004 (Board Order 1355, 69 FR 
58884, 10/1/04). FTZ 170 was reorganized under the ASF on August 31, 
2010 (Board Order 1704, 75 FR 55309, 9/10/2010). The zone project 
currently has a service area that includes Jackson, Washington, 
Harrison, Floyd, Clark and Scott Counties, Indiana.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Jefferson, Ripley, Dearborn, Brown, Ohio 
and Switzerland Counties, as described in the application. If approved, 
the grantee would be able to serve sites throughout the expanded 
service area based on companies' needs for FTZ designation. The 
proposed expanded service area is adjacent to the Louisville, Kentucky 
and Cincinnati, Ohio Customs and Border Protection Ports of Entry
    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 
July 26, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to August 10, 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: May 23, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-13246 Filed 5-26-11; 8:45 am]
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