[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31307-31308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12818]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-40-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 41--Milwaukee, WI; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Port of Milwaukee, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 41, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand its 
service area under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the 
Board (15 CFR Sec. 400.2(c)). 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 subzones or 
``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 May 21, 2012.
    FTZ 41 was approved by the Board on September 29, 1978 (Board Order 
136, 43 FR 46887, 10/11/1978) and expanded on August 4, 1981 (Board 
Order 178, 46 FR 40718, 8/11/1981), October 18, 1985 (Board Order 315, 
50 FR 43749, 10/29/1985), May 27, 1993 (Board Order 641, 58 FR 32512, 
6/10/1993), September 4, 1994 (Board Order 694, 59 FR 47115, 9/14/1994) 
and April 29, 1996 (Board Order 818, 61 FR 21157, 5/9/1996). On August 
31, 2011, an application was approved by the FTZ Board to reorganize 
the zone under the alternative site framework (ASF) (Board Order 1780). 
FTZ 41's service area includes Kenosha, Milwaukee and Racine Counties, 
Wisconsin.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Ozaukee, 
Rock, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha Counties, as 
described in the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to 
serve sites throughout the expanded service area based on

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companies' needs for FTZ designation. The proposed expanded service 
area is adjacent to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Customs and Border 
Protection Ports of Entry.
    The applicant is also requesting approval of the following 
temporary sites as ``usage-driven'' sites: Site 12 (113.4 acres)--
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, 5485 County Road ``V'', Sheboygan Falls, 
Sheboygan County; and, Site 13 (15.1 acres)--Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, 
215 S. Park Street, Port Washington, Ozaukee County.
    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 
July 24, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to August 8, 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 Elizabeth 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: May 21, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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