[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13320-13321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04560]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-16-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 124--Gramercy, LA; 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 Port of South Louisiana, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 124, 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

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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 21, 2013.
    FTZ 124 was approved by the Board on December 20, 1985 (Board Order 
319, 50 FR 53351, December 31,1985), and was reorganized under the ASF 
on January 31, 2012 (Board Order 1814, 77 FR 6059, February 7, 2012). 
The zone currently has a service area that includes St. Charles, St. 
John the Baptist, St. James, La Fourche and St. Mary Parishes, 
Louisiana.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Tangipahoa Parish, 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 
Gramercy Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Camille Evans 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 29, 2013. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to May 13, 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 Camille Evans at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: February 21, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-04560 Filed 2-26-13; 8:45 am]
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