[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46376-46377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19061]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-57-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 43--Battle Creek, MI; 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 Battle Creek, Michigan, grantee of FTZ 
43, requesting authority to reorganize the zone 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 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 30, 2012.
    FTZ 43 was approved by the Board on October 19, 1978 (Board Order 
138, 43 FR 50233, 10-27-1978) and expanded on December 27, 1990 (Board 
Order 496, 56 FR 675, 1-8-1991); January 3, 1992 (Board Orders 554 and 
555, 57 FR 1143, 1-10-1992); and, June 20, 1997 (Board Orders 897 and 
898, 62 FR 36043-36044, 7-3-1997).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 
(1,710 acres)--Fort Custer Industrial Park, adjacent to W.K. Kellogg 
Airport, Battle Creek, Calhoun County; and, Site 8 (.87 acres)--Silver 
Foam Distributing Company, 1609 Parnall Road, Jackson, Jackson County.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Allegan, 
Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, 
Jackson, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren Counties, Michigan, as 
described in the application. 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 Battle Creek Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include existing Site 1 as a ``magnet'' sites and 
existing Site 8 as a ``usage-driven'' site. The application would have 
no impact on FTZ 43's previously authorized subzones.
    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 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is October 2, 2012. 
Rebuttal comments in

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response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to October 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: July 30, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-19061 Filed 8-2-12; 8:45 am]
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