[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39378-39379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16910]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 46-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 215--Sebring, FL; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Sebring Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 215, 
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

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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 June 29, 2011.
    FTZ 215 was approved by the Board on July 26, 1996 (Board Order 
835, 61 FR 42832-42833, 08/19/96).
    The current zone project includes the following site: Site 1 (1,893 
acres)--Sebring Regional Airport complex, 128 Authority Lane, Sebring, 
Florida.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be DeSoto, 
Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands and Okeechobee Counties and the 
Cities of Belle Glade and Pahokee, Florida, 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 Manatee Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include its 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 proposed that Site 1 be so exempted. No usage-driven 
sites are being requested at this time.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Kathleen Boyce 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 
September 6, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to September 19, 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 Kathleen Boyce at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: June 29, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-16910 Filed 7-5-11; 8:45 am]
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