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[FR Doc No: 2012-5688]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 12-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 189--Kent, Ottawa, and Muskegon Counties, MI; 
Application for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Kent-Ottawa-Muskegon Foreign-Trade Zone 
Authority, grantee of FTZ 189, 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 March 1, 2012.
    FTZ 189 was approved by the Board on January 15, 1993 (Board Order 
616, 58 FR 6614, 2/1/1993). The current zone project includes the 
following sites: Site 1 (8 acres)--44th Street and Clay Avenue, 
Wyoming, Kent County; Site 2 (18 acres)--1920 Lakeshore Drive, 
Muskegon, Muskegon County; Site 3 (64 acres)--5353 52nd Street, Cascade 
Township, Kent County; Site 4 (40 acres)--500 Mart Street, Muskegon, 
Muskegon County; Site 5 (5 acres)--449 Howard Avenue, Holland Township, 
Ottawa County; Site 6 (80 acres)--48th & Thornapple River Drive, 
Cascade Township, Kent County; Site 7 (1.15 acres)--1210 & 1218 East 
Pontaluna Road, Norton Shores, Muskegon County; Site 8 (15 acres)--900 
Hall Street SW., Grand Rapids, Kent County; and Site 9 (6 acres)--2900 
Dixie Street, Grandville, Kent County.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Kent, 
Ottawa and Muskegon Counties, Michigan, 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 
Grand Rapids 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. 
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 9 be so exempted. 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 189'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 
May 7, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during 
the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day 
period to May 22, 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: March 1, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-5688 Filed 3-7-12; 8:45 am]
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