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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 22-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 94--Laredo, TX; Application for Reorganization 
Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the City of Laredo, grantee of FTZ 94, 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 March 23, 2012.
    FTZ 94 was approved by the Board on November 22, 1983 (Board Order 
235, 48 FR 53737, 11/29/83), and expanded on March 26, 1990 (Board 
Order 468, 55 FR 12696, 4/5/90), on December 29, 1992 (Board Order 620, 
58 FR 3533, 1/11/93), on January 17, 1997 (Board Order 866, 62 FR 4028, 
1/28/97), on November 28, 2000 (Board Order 1130, 65 FR 77851, 12/13/
00), and on April 5, 2006 (Board Order 1443, 71 FR 19693, 4/17/06).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 
(491.738 acres)--within the 1,600-acre Laredo International Airport 
Complex, 5210 Bob Bullock Loop, Laredo; Site 2 (20 acres)--within the 
Texas Mexican Railway Industrial Park, Highway 359, Webb County; Site 3 
(550 acres)--within the 1,400-acre Killam Tract, 12800 Old Miners Road, 
Laredo; Site 4 (1,500 acres)--within the 7,000-acre International 
Commerce Center, located adjacent to the Laredo Solitary Bridge 
crossing into Mexico; Site 5 (930 acres)--La Barranca Ranch, Interstate 
Highway 35, Laredo; Site 6 (682 acres)--Unitec Industrial Center, 
Interstate Highway 35, Laredo; Site 7 (831 acres)--within the 1,530-
acre Embarcadero Business Park, located at the northwest corner of 
Mines Road (FM 1472) and Loop 20, Laredo; Site 8 (2.15 acres, expires 
8/31/12)--Uni-Trade Forwarding L.C., 130 Flecha Lane, Laredo; Site 9 
(1.158 acres, expires 12/31/12)--Kuehne + Nagel, Inc., within the El 
Portal Industrial Park, 12018 Auburn Road, Laredo; Site 10 (1 acre, 
expires 2/28/14)--PG Distribution LLC, within the El Portal Industrial 
Park, 8421 Amparan Road, Laredo; and, Site 11 (3.463 acres, expires 9/
30/14)--Sony Electronics, Inc., within the San Isidro East Point 
Center, 11302 East Point Drive, Building B, Laredo.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Webb 
County, 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 
Laredo Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project under the ASF as follows: Sites 1 through 7 would become 
``magnet'' sites; and, Sites 8 through 11 would become ``usage-driven'' 
sites. The applicant proposes that Site 1 be exempt from ``sunset'' 
time limits that otherwise apply to sites under the ASF. No new magnet 
or usage-driven sites are being requested at this time.
    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 
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 Camille Evans at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: March 23, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-7594 Filed 3-28-12; 8:45 am]
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