[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12033-12034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04038]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-14-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 37--Orange County, NY, 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 County of Orange, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 37, 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 docketed on 
February 11, 2013.
    FTZ 37 was approved by the Board on May 4, 1978 (Board Order 130, 
43 FR 20526, 05/12/1978) and expanded on July 9, 1999 (Board Order 
1044, 64 FR 38887, 07/20/1999). FTZ 37 was reorganized under the ASF on 
May 13, 2010 (Board Order 1680, 75 FR 29727, 5/27/2010) and its ASF 
service area was expanded on October 24, 2011 (Board Order 1796, 76 FR 
67407, 11/1/2011). The zone project currently has a service area that 
includes Orange and Duchess Counties, New York.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Rockland County, as described in the 
application. If

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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 Newark/New York 
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 April 22, 2013. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to May 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 Elizabeth 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: February 11, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-04038 Filed 2-20-13; 8:45 am]
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