[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 7, 2012)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27284]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-78-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 185--Culpeper County, VA Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the County of Culpeper, grantee of FTZ 185, 
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 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 docketed on 
November 1, 2012.
    FTZ 185 was approved by the Board on May 22, 1992 (Board Order 578, 
57 FR 23385, 6/3/92), and expanded on December 22, 1997 (Board Order 
945, 63 FR 205, 1/5/98), and on March 7, 2008 (Board Order 1550, 73 FR 
14434, 3/18/08). On April 20, 2010, the grant of authority was reissued 
to the County of Culpeper (Board Order 1677, 75 FR 24571, 5/5/10).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (78 
acres)--Culpeper Business and Office Park, Route 29 and Route 666, 
Culpeper County; Site 2 (104 acres)--Culpeper County Industrial 
Airpark, Route 29 North, Elkwood; and, Site 3 (65 acres)--REO 
Distribution Services, 1 Solutions Way, Waynesboro.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
Counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Bath, Caroline, Culpeper, Fluvanna, 
Greene, Highland, King George, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Page, 
Rappahannock, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, 
Stafford and Warren, 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 Front Royal Customs and Border Protection 
port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include all of the existing sites as ``magnet'' 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 2 be so exempted. No subzones/usage-
driven sites are being requested at this time. The application would 
have no impact on FTZ 185's previously authorized subzones.
    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 
January 7, 2013. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to January 22, 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 Kathleen Boyce at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: November 2, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-27284 Filed 11-6-12; 8:45 am]
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