[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 30906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13265]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 36-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 277--Western Maricopa County, AZ; Application 
for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Greater Maricopa Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., 
grantee of FTZ 277, 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 
May 23, 2011.
    FTZ 277 was approved by the Board on December 22, 2010 (Board Order 
1733, 76 FR 1134, 01/07/2011). The current zone project includes the 
following sites: Site 1 (230 acres)--within the 416-acre Airport 
Gateway at Goodyear industrial complex, Bullard Avenue and Van Buren 
Street, Goodyear; Site 2 (133 acres)--within the 286-acre Surprise 
Pointe Business Park, Waddell Road and Litchfield Road, Surprise; Site 
3 (235 acres)--within the 1,600-acre Palm Valley 303 Industrial Park, 
Camelback Road and State Road 303, Goodyear; and, Site 4 (320 acres)--
within the 1,314-acre 10 West Logistics Center, Van Buren Street and 
Interstate 10 at 339th Avenue, Maricopa County.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be western 
Maricopa County, Arizona, 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 adjacent to the Phoenix U.S. 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.
    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 
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 Christopher Kemp at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: May 23, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-13265 Filed 5-26-11; 8:45 am]
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