[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 144 (Thursday, July 26, 2012)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18282]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-52-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 26--Atlanta, GA; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under the Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of 
FTZ 26, requesting authority to expand its service area under the 
alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (15 CFR 
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 ``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 20, 2012.
    FTZ 26 was approved by the Board on January 17, 1977 (Board Order 
115, 42 FR 4186, 01/24/77) and reorganized under the ASF on November 
26, 2010 (Board Order 1725, 75 FR 76953, 12/10/10).
    The zone project currently has a service area that includes the 
Georgia counties of Haralson, Paulding, Polk, Floyd, Bartow, Chattooga, 
Gordon, Pickens, Gilmer, Walker, Whitfield, Murray, Forsyth, Dawson, 
Hall, Banks, Lumpkin, Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb, Douglas, Clayton, 
Henry, Fayette, Rockdale, Cherokee, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Troup, 
Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Butts, Lamar, Upson, Jasper, Newton, 
Morgan, Greene, Walton, Oconee, Clarke, Barrow, Jackson, Bibb, 
Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Putnam, Richmond, Harris, Talbot, and Muscogee 
in their entirety and portions of White, Franklin, Peach, Houston, and 
Twiggs Counties, in and adjacent to the Atlanta Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry with the exception of Walker, Whitfield, and 
Murray Counties which are adjacent to the Chattanooga Customs and 
Border Protection port of entry, and Richmond County which is adjacent 
to the Columbia Customs and Border Protection port of entry. The 
applicant is requesting authority to expand the service area of the 
zone to include a portion of Columbia County, Georgia, as described in 
the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites 
throughout the expanded service area based on companies' needs for FTZ 
designation. The proposed expanded service area is adjacent to the 
Columbia, South Carolina Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    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 
September 24, 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 Kathleen Boyce at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: July 20, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-18282 Filed 7-25-12; 8:45 am]
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