[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66034-66035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27578]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 65-2011]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Ada and Canyon Counties, ID, Under 
Alternative Site Framework, Application Filed

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Caldwell Economic Development Council, Inc. to 
establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in Ada and 
Canyon Counties, Idaho, adjacent to the Boise U.S. 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

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``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 October 19, 2011. The applicant is 
authorized to make the proposal under Idaho Statute 67-4703A.
    The proposed zone would be the second general-purpose zone approved 
to serve the Boise CBP port of entry. FTZ 192 in Meridian, Idaho was 
established on February 17, 1993 (Board Order 629, 58 FR 11834, 03/01/
1993) but has since lapsed.
    The applicant's proposed service area under the ASF would be Ada 
and Canyon Counties, Idaho. 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 both within and adjacent 
to the Boise CBP port of entry.
    The proposed zone would initially include two ``magnet'' sites in 
Canyon County: Proposed Site 1 (524.04 acres)--Caldwell Airport/
Industrial Park, 4814 East Linden Street, Caldwell; and, Proposed Site 
2 (241.04 acres)--within the 350-acre Sky Ranch Business Center, 4190 
Highway 20/26, Caldwell. The parcels within the sites are both publicly 
and privately owned, as described in the application. 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 Ada and 
Canyon Counties, Idaho. Several firms have indicated an interest in 
using zone procedures for 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, 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 
December 27, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to January 9, 2012.
    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 Christopher Kemp at 
[email protected].

    Dated: October 19, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-27578 Filed 10-24-11; 8:45 am]
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