[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32936]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 81-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 99--Wilmington, DE; Application for 
Reorganization and Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the State of Delaware (grantee of FTZ 99), through 
the Delaware Economic Development Office, 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 December 19, 2011.
    FTZ 99 was approved by the Board on April 27, 1984 (Board Order 
248, 49 FR 19368, 05/07/84). The current zone project includes the 
following site: Site 1 (309 acres)--Port of Wilmington, 1 Hausel Road, 
Wilmington.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be New 
Castle, Kent and Sussex Counties 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 Wilmington 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. In 
addition, the applicant is requesting approval of the following new 
``usage-driven'' site: Proposed Site 2 (142 acres), Fisker Automotive, 
Inc., 801 Boxwood Road, Wilmington (New Castle 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. Because the ASF 
only pertains to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, 
the application would have no impact on FTZ 99'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 
February 21, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to March 7, 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 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: December 19, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-32936 Filed 12-22-11; 8:45 am]
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