[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 141 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43048-43049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17927]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-51-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 32--Miami, FL; Application for Reorganization 
Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Greater Miami Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., 
grantee of FTZ 32, requesting authority to reorganize 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 July 13, 2012.
    FTZ 32 was approved on September 6, 1977 (Board Order 123, 42 FR 
46568, 09/16/77) and expanded on March 3, 1982 (Board Order 184, 47 FR 
10612, 03/11/82), on March 20, 1990 (Board Order 466, 55 FR 11631, 03/
29/90), and on March 13, 2007 (Board Order 1507, 72 FR 13080, 03/20/
07). The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 
(70.5 acres)--warehouse and exhibition center, located at NW 25th 
Street and 107th Avenue, Miami; Site 2 (205 acres)--Beacon Centre 
Development complex, located north of NW 12th Street and east of 87th 
Avenue, Miami; Site 3 (49 acres)--Sysco Food Service warehouse, 12500 
NW 112th Avenue, Medley; and, Site 4 (2.5 acres, expires 9/30/2013)--
Kansas Marine warehouse, 555 NE 185th Street, Miami.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
portion of Miami-Dade County located north of State Road 836 (Dolphin 
Expressway) and south of US-27 (SW Okeechobee Road) and west of State 
Road 969 (Milam Dairy Road and West 72nd Avenue) to State Road 825 (NW 
137th Avenue). If approved, the grantee would

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be able to serve sites throughout the service area based on companies' 
needs for FTZ designation. The proposed service area is within the 
Miami Customs and Border Protection port of entry. The grantee proposes 
to retain existing Site 4 which is located outside of the proposed 
service area.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include Sites 1 and 2 as ``magnet'' sites and Sites 3 
and 4 as ``usage-driven'' sites. 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 21, 2012. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to October 9, 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: July 13, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-17927 Filed 7-20-12; 8:45 am]
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