[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 32367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12799]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-50-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 146--Lawrence County, Illinois; Application 
for Reorganization and Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Bi-State Authority, grantee of FTZ 146, requesting 
authority to reorganize the zone under the alternative site framework 
(ASF) adopted by the FTZ 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 FTZ 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 May 20, 2013.
    FTZ 146 was approved by the FTZ Board on February 11, 1988 (Board 
Order 371, 53 FR 5436, 2/24/1988) and expanded on April 18, 2000 (Board 
Order 1085, 65 FR 24675, 4/27/2000).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (43 acres)--
Mid-America Air Center, Route 50, Lawrenceville, Lawrence County; and, 
Site 2 (62 acres)--Effingham Industrial Park, Effingham, Effingham 
County.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Clay, 
Crawford, Edwards, Hamilton, Lawrence, Richland and Wayne Counties, 
Illinois, 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 Evansville Customs and Border Protection 
port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include both of the existing sites as ``magnet'' sites. 
The applicant is also requesting approval of the following ``usage-
driven'' site: Proposed Site 3 (11.5 acres)--Hella Electronics 
Corporation, 1101 Vincennes Avenue, Flora, Clay County. The application 
would have no impact on FTZ 146's previously authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the FTZ 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 FTZ Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is July 29, 2013. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to August 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 
FTZ 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: May 20, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-12799 Filed 5-29-13; 8:45 am]
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