[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 61 (Thursday, March 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19001-19002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7580]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 24-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 79--Tampa, FL; Application for Reorganization/
Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the City of Tampa, grantee of FTZ 79, 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 March 23, 2012.
    FTZ 79 was approved by the Board on May 29, 1982 (Board Order 192, 
47 FR 24760, 6/8/82) and expanded on December 29, 1993 (Board Order 
676, 59 FR 1371, 1/10/94) and on November 21, 2000 (Board Order 1128, 
65 FR 76217, 12/6/2000).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (29 
acres)--Tampa International Center, Adamo Drive and 22nd Street, Tampa 
(Hillsborough County); Site 2 (33 acres)--Tampa International Airport 
Cargo Complex, Tampa Boulevard and Lauber Way, Tampa (Hillsborough 
County); Site 3 (50 acres)--Tampa Industrial Park, Malcolm McKinley 
Drive and Fowler Avenue, Tampa (Hillsborough County); Site 4 (14 
acres)--Tampa Convention Center, 333 South Franklin Street, Tampa 
(Hillsborough County); Site 5 (295 acres)--Port Authority's Hooker's 
Point terminal complex, Maritime Boulevard, Tampa (Hillsborough 
County); Site 6 (33 acres)--George B. Howell terminal facility, 20th 
and Thrace Streets, Tampa (Hillsborough County); Site 7 (100 acres)--
Tampa International Airport jet fuel storage complex, Tampa 
(Hillsborough County); Site 8 (2 acres)--East Tampa Container Station, 
1831 Massaro Blvd., Tampa (Hillsborough County).

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    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
Counties of Hillsborough and Polk and the City of Tampa, Florida, 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 Tampa Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize and expand its 
existing zone project under the ASF as follows: Sites 1 and 3 would be 
removed; and, Sites 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 would become ``magnet'' sites. 
The applicant is also requesting approval of a new ``magnet'' site and 
an initial ``usage-driven'' site, respectively: Proposed Site 9 (113 
acres)--Rockefeller Group Park of Commerce, 3401 Old Polk City Road, 
Lakeland (Polk County), and, Proposed Site 10 (60 acres)--Star 
Distribution System Inc., 2302 Henderson Way, Plant City (Hillsborough 
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 5 be so exempted. Because the 
ASF only pertains to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose 
zone, the application would have no impact on FTZ 79'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 
May 29, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 12, 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 23, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-7580 Filed 3-28-12; 8:45 am]
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