[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 2952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00727]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-1-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 3--San Francisco, California; Application for 
Expansion and Expansion of Service Area Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the San Francisco Port Commission, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 3, requesting authority to expand its service area 
under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (15 CFR 
Sec. 400.2(c)), as well as to include an additional usage-driven site. 
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 docketed on January 9, 2013.
    FTZ 3 was approved by the Board on March 10, 1948 (Board Order 12, 
13 FR 1459, 3/19/48) and the zone was reorganized under the ASF on 
October 7, 2010 (Board Order 1718, 75 FR 64708, 10/20/2010). The zone 
project currently has a service area that includes the City and County 
of San Francisco and San Mateo County, California.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Contra Costa, Marin and Solano Counties, as 
well as portions of Napa and Sonoma Counties, California, 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 San Francisco U.S. Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry.
    The applicant is also requesting authority to include an additional 
usage-driven site: Proposed Site 6 (15.5 acres)--Coda Automotive 
Company, 2050 Park Road, Benicia, California (Solano County).
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp 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 March 18, 2013. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to April 1, 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 Christopher Kemp at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: January 9, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-00727 Filed 1-14-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P