[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59373-59374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23827]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-71-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 72--Indiana, IN; 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 Indianapolis Airport Authority, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 72, requesting authority to reorganize the zone 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 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 zone. 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 September 19, 2012.
    FTZ 72 was approved by the Board on September 28, 1981 (Board Order 
179,

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46 FR 50091, 10/9/1981) and expanded on September 2, 1992 (Board Order 
598, 57 FR 41915, 9/14/1992) and on November 18, 2004 (Board Order 
1359, 69 FR 70121, 12/2/2004). FTZ 72 was reorganized under the ASF on 
March 3, 2011 (Board Order 1747, 76 FR 12936-12937, 3/9/2011). The zone 
project currently has a service area that includes Bartholomew, Benton, 
Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, 
Fountain, Franklin, Grant, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, 
Howard, Jennings, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Miami, Monroe, 
Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Rush, Shelby, Tippecanoe, 
Tipton, Vigo, Warren, Wayne and White Counties, Indiana.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Union and Vermillion Counties, 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 Indianapolis Customs and Border Protection Ports of Entry
    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 November 26, 2012. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to December 11, 2012.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, 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: September 19, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-23827 Filed 9-26-12; 8:45 am]
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