[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61667-61668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25738]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 59-2011]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--West Tennessee Area Under 
Alternative Site Framework; Application Filed

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority to 
establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in Dyer, 
Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, Obion and Tipton Counties, 
Tennessee, adjacent to the Memphis Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
port of entry, under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by 
the Board (74 FR 1170-1173, 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 29, 2011. The applicant is authorized 
to make the proposal under Tennessee Code Sections 7-85-101 thru 7-85-
103.
    The proposed zone would be the third general-purpose zone in 
Tennessee for the Memphis CBP port of entry and would be the fifth zone 
overall for the port of entry. The existing zones are as follows: FTZ 
77, Memphis, Tennessee (Grantee: City of Memphis, Board Order 189, 
April 2, 1982); FTZ 223, Memphis, Tennessee (Grantee: Memphis 
International Trade Development Corporation, Board Order 904, July 2, 
1997); FTZ 262, Southaven, Mississippi (Grantee: Northern Mississippi 
FTZ, Inc., Board Order 1353, October 1, 2004); and, FTZ 273, West 
Memphis, Arkansas (Grantee: City of West Memphis, Arkansas, Board Order 
1551, April 15, 2008).
    The applicant's proposed service area under the ASF would be Dyer, 
Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, Obion and Tipton Counties, 
Tennessee. If approved, the applicant 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 Memphis CBP 
port of entry.
    The proposed zone would initially include nine ``magnet'' sites in 
the service area: Proposed Site 1 (350 acres)--Cates Landing, One Cates 
Landing, State Highway 22 and Donaldson Road, Tiptonville (Lake 
County); Proposed Site 2 (279 acres)--Dyersburg Industrial Park, 
located at the intersection of Interstate 155 and U.S. Highway 412, 
Dyersburg (Dyer County); Proposed Site 3 (197 acres)--Gibson County 
Industrial Park, 2725 N. Central Avenue, Humboldt (Gibson County); 
Proposed Site 4 (474 acres)--Brownsville South Industrial Park, located 
at the intersection of Highway 70/79 and Windrow Road, Brownsville 
(Haywood County); Proposed Site 5 (1,720 acres)--Mega Site, located 
along Interstate 40 near Highways 70 and 79, Stanton (Haywood County); 
Proposed Site 6 (161 acres)--Walker Industrial Park, 374 Highland 
Street, Ripley (Lauderdale County); Proposed Site 7 (55 acres)--
American Drive Business Center, 96 American Drive, Jackson (Madison 
County); Proposed Site 8 (235 acres)--Obion County Industrial Park, 
located at the intersection of Highway 21 and U.S. Highway 51, Union 
City (Obion County); and, Proposed Site 9 (415 acres)--Rialto 
Industrial Park, Highway 51 North, Covington (Tipton County). 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 application indicates a need for zone services in the West 
Tennessee area. Several firms have indicated an interest in using zone 
procedures for

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warehousing/distribution activities for a variety of products. Specific 
manufacturing approvals are not being sought at this time. Such 
requests would be made to the Board on a case-by-case basis.
    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 
December 5, 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 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: September 29, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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