[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39466-39467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16344]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-48-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 241--Fort Lauderdale, 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 Fort Lauderdale, grantee of FTZ 241, 
requesting authority to reorganize and expand the zone 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 June 27, 2012.
    FTZ 241 was approved by the Board on April 6, 2000 (Board Order 
1081, 65 FR 20948, 04/19/2000). The current zone project includes the 
following sites: Site 1 (915 acres)--Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport 
complex, Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale; Site 2 (11 acres)--
CenterPort Industrial Park, NW 8th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale; Site 3 (278 
acres)--Bergeron Park of Commerce & Industry, 19612 SW 69th Place, Fort 
Lauderdale; Site 4 (8 acres)--Meridian Business Park, 3335 Enterprise 
Avenue, Weston; and, Site 5 (7 acres)--Horst Dorner, 2900 SW. 42nd 
Street, Fort Lauderdale.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be portions 
of Broward County, as described in the application. If approved, the 
grantee would be able to serve sites throughout

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the service area based on companies' needs for FTZ designation. The 
proposed service area is adjacent to the Port Everglades 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: Modify Site 1 by 
removing 68 acres due to changed circumstances (new acreage--847 
acres); expand Site 2 to include an additional 9 acres (new acreage--20 
acres); remove Site 3 due to changed circumstances; and, expand Site 4 
to include an additional 36 acres (new acreage--44 acres). Sites 1, 2 
and 4 would become ``magnet'' sites and Site 5 would become a ``usage-
driven'' site. 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 1 be so exempted.
    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 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is September 4, 2012. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to September 17, 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: June 27, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-16344 Filed 7-2-12; 8:45 am]
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