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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 8-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 183--Austin, TX; Application for 
Reorganization Under the Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Foreign Trade Zone of Central Texas, Inc., 
grantee of FTZ 183, requesting authority to reorganize the zone under 
the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (74 FR 1170-
1173, 01/12/09 (correction 74 FR 3987, 01/22/09); 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 
February 9, 2012.
    FTZ 183 was approved by the Board on December 23, 1991 (Board Order 
550, 57 FR 42, 1/2/92), and expanded on March 16, 1998 (Board Order 
964, 63 FR 13837, 3/23/98), on July 10, 1998 (Board Order 994, 63 FR 
39071, 7/21/98), on April 7, 1999 (Board Order 1035, 64 FR 19978, 4/23/
99), on March 15, 2001 (Board Order 1143, 66 FR 16650, 3/27/01), and on 
January 27, 2005 (Board Order 1366, 70 FR 6616-6617, 2/8/05).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (33 
acres)--Interchange within the Austin Enterprise Zone, located at Bolm 
Road and Gardner Road, Austin; Site 2 (50 acres)--Balcones Research 
site located in north central Austin at the intersection of Burnett 
Road and Longhorn Boulevard; Site 3 (449.9 acres)--Corridor Park II 
(Dell), Dell Way/IH 35, Round Rock; Site 4 (47 acres)--Cedar Park site, 
some 8 miles northwest of the Austin city limits, in Williamson County; 
Site 5 (100 acres)--Borroughs, Chandler Road/Cypress Boulevard, Round 
Rock; Site 6 (246 acres)--Georgetown site, located along I-35 and U.S. 
81, south of downtown Georgetown; Site 7 (40 acres)--San Marcos site, 
located within the San Marcos Municipal Airport facility in eastern San 
Marcos, adjacent to State Highway 21, on the Hays County/Caldwell 
County line; Site 8 (200 acres)--MET Center industrial park located 
between U.S. Highway 183 South and State Highway 71 East in southeast 
Austin, some 5 miles northwest of the Austin Bergstrom International 
Airport; Site 9 (56.4 acres)--Data Products/Nature Conservancy, 
Montopolis Drive/East Riverside Drive, Austin; Site 10 (22.6 acres)--
Ben White Business Park, South Industrial Drive/Business Center Drive, 
Austin; Site 11 (64.5 acres)--Walnut Business Park, US 290/US 183, 
Austin; Site 12 (100 acres)--Harris Branch, Harris Branch Parkway/
Parmer Lane, Austin; Site 13 (15 acres)--Hill Partners within the 
Global Business Park, Rutherford Lane/Cameron Road, Austin; Site 14 (91 
acres)--Corridor Park I (Wayne Dresser), Jarrett Way, Round Rock; Site 
15 (108.5 acres)--Vista Business Park/Bratton, Wells Port Drive/Grand 
Avenue Parkway, Round Rock; Site 16 (72.6 acres)--North Park, Grand 
Avenue Parkway/IH 35, Round Rock; Site 17 (40 acres)--Harvard, Glenn 
Drive, Round Rock; Site 18 (574 acres)--Parmer Lane, E. Parmer Lane/
McCallen Pass, Round Rock; Site 19 (217.9 acres)--Tech Ridge, McCallen 
Pass/Howard Lane, Round Rock; Site 20 (58.5 acres)--Wells Branch 
Industrial Park, Howard Lane/McNiel-Meriltown Road, Round Rock; Site 21 
(45.5 acres)--Metric Center, Metric Boulevard, Round Rock; Site 22 
(38.5 acres)--Crystal Park, E. Old Settlers Boulevard, Round Rock; Site 
23 (116.3 acres)--Westinghouse, Westinghouse Drive/IH 35, Round Rock; 
and, Site 24 (30 acres)--Coop Smith & Park Central, County Road 116/
111, Round Rock.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Bastrop, 
Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson Counties, Texas. 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 Austin Customs and Border Protection port of 
entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include all of the existing sites as ``magnet'' sites. 
No usage-driven sites are being requested at this time. Because the ASF 
only pertains to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, 
the application would have no impact on FTZ 183's authorized subzones.
    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 
April 16, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to April 30, 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 www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Camille Evans at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: February 9, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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