[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2012)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26216]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-75-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 35--Philadelphia, PA; Application for 
Reorganization and Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, grantee 
of FTZ 35, 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 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 October 19, 2012.
    FTZ 35 was approved by the Board on March 24, 1978 (Board Order 
128, 43 FR l453l, 4/8/1978) and expanded on August 21, 1980 (Board 
Order 162, 45 FR 58388, 9/3/1980), December 29, 1993 (Board Order 678, 
59 FR 1372, 1/10/1994), September 25, 2001 (Board Order 1189, 66 FR 
52742, 10/17/2001), and June 27, 2002 (Board Order 1236, 67 FR 45456, 
7/9/2002).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (2.4 acres)--
2994-2996 Samuel Drive, Bensalem, Bucks County; Site 2 (90 acres)--Pier 
98 South Annex, Columbus Blvd. at Oregon Ave., Philadelphia, 
Philadelphia County; Site 3 (3 acres)--Pier 38 and Pier 40, 1 Brown 
Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County; Site 4 (35 acres)--Penn 
Terminals Complex, 1 Saville Avenue, Eddystone, Delaware County; Site 6 
(38 acres)--Publicker Site, 2937 Christopher Columbus Blvd., 
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County; Site 7 (2 acres)--American 
Foodservice Corporation, 400 Drew Court, King of Prussia, Montgomery 
County; Site 8 (35 acres)--Philadelphia International Airport, 
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County; Site 10 (4.8 acres)--Philadelphia 
Naval Complex, Building 694, 1701 Langley Avenue, Philadelphia, 
Philadelphia County; Site 11 (37.52 acres)--Urban Outfitters, Inc., 755 
Brackbill Road, Gap, Lancaster County (approved on a temporary basis 
until 12/31/2012); and, Site 12 (80 acres)--Kinder Morgan Bulk 
Terminals, Inc., 1 Sinter Road, Fairless Hills, Bucks County (approved 
on a temporary basis until 11/30/2013).
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Philadelphia, Delaware, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Lancaster and Berks 
Counties, 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 Philadelphia Customs and Border Protection 
port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include existing Sites 1-6, 10 and 12 as ``magnet'' 
sites and existing Sites 7, 8 and 11 as usage-driven sites. The 
applicant is also requesting approval of the following usage-driven 
sites: Proposed Site 13 (2.462 acres)--Delaware River Stevedores, Inc., 
3451 North Delaware Ave., Philadelphia, Philadelphia County; Proposed 
Site 14 (10.12 acres)--David's Bridal, Inc., 44 North Lane, 
Conshohocken, Montgomery County; and, Proposed Site 15 (26.5 acres)--
David's Bridal, Inc., 100 Crossing Drive, Suite B, Bristol, Bucks 
County. The application would have no impact on FTZ 35'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 December 24, 2012. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to January 7, 2013.
    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 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: October 9, 2012.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-26216 Filed 10-23-12; 8:45 am]
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