[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 191 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61075-61076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25316]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 57-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 127--Columbia, SC; Application for 
Reorganization/Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Richland-Lexington Airport District, grantee 
of FTZ 127, requesting authority to reorganize and expand 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 
September 23, 2011.
    FTZ 127 was approved by the Board on July 2, 1986 (Board Order 333, 
51 FR 25075, 7/10/86). The current zone project includes the following 
sites: Site 1 (109 acres)--Richland-Lexington Airport District, 125A 
Summer Lake Drive, West Columbia; and, Site 2 (44 acres, expires 3/30/
13)--Urban Outfitters, Inc., Edgefield Industrial Park, 30 Industrial 
Park Blvd., Trenton.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Aiken, 
Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield, Fairfield, 
Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland, Saluda, and 
Sumter Counties, South Carolina, 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 Columbia Customs 
and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize and expand its 
existing zone project to include Site 1 as a ``magnet'' site and 
temporary Site 2 as a ``usage-driven 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

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that Site 1 be so exempted. Because the ASF only pertains to 
establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the application 
would have no impact on FTZ 127's authorized subzones.
    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 
December 2, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to December 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 website, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at Kathleen.Boyce 
@trade.gov or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: September 23, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-25316 Filed 9-30-11; 8:45 am]
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