[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17012-17013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7061]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 18-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 64--Jacksonville, FL; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under the Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Jacksonville Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 
64, requesting authority to reorganize its zone to expand its service 
area 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

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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 19, 2012.
    FTZ 64 was approved by the Board on December 29, 1980 (Board Order 
170, 46 FR 1330, 1/6/1981) and expanded on October 7, 2008 (Board Order 
1579, 73 FR 61781, 10/17/2008). FTZ 64 was reorganized under the ASF on 
May 6, 2011 (Board Order 1759, 76 FR 28418, 5/17/11).
    The zone project currently has a service area that includes the 
counties of Baker, Clay, Columbia, Duval and Nassau, Florida. The 
applicant is requesting authority to expand the service area of the 
zone to include Putnam, St. Johns and Bradford Counties, as described 
in the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve 
sites throughout the expanded service area based on companies' needs 
for FTZ designation. The proposed expanded service area is within and 
adjacent to the Jacksonville Customs and Border Protection port of 
entry.
    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 
May 22, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 6, 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 Kathleen Boyce at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: March 19, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-7061 Filed 3-22-12; 8:45 am]
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