[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8805-8806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3573]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 10-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 107--Polk County, IA; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Iowa Foreign Trade Zone Corporation, grantee 
of FTZ 107, requesting authority to reorganize 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 
February 9, 2012.
    FTZ 107 was approved by the Board on September 4, 1984 (Board Order 
273, 49 FR 35971, 9/13/1984). The current zone project includes the 
following site: Site 1 (117 acres)--Des Moines Airport Industrial Park, 
10400 Hickman Road, Des Moines.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Adair, 
Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, 
Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, 
Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Story, Union, 
Warren, Wayne and Webster Counties, Iowa, 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 
Des Moines Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include the existing site as a ``magnet'' 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 that Site 1 be so exempted. No usage-driven 
sites are being requested at this time. Because the ASF only pertains 
to establishing or

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reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the application would have no 
impact on FTZ 107's authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: February 9, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-3573 Filed 2-14-12; 8:45 am]
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