[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40426-40427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16172]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-71-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 182--Fort Wayne, Indiana; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area); Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the City of Fort Wayne, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 182, 
requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand its service area 
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 
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally docketed on June 28, 2013.
    FTZ 182 was approved by the Board on December 23, 1991 (Board Order 
549, 57 FR 1450, 1/14/1992) and reorganized under the ASF on June 22, 
2011 (Board Order 1770, 78 FR 39070, 7/5/2011). The zone project 
currently has a service area that includes Adams, Allen, DeKalb, 
Huntington, Noble, Wabash, Wells and Whitley Counties, Indiana.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Blackford, Jay, LaGrange, Randolph and 
Steuben Counties 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 Fort Wayne, Indiana Customs 
and Border Protection Port of Entry
    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.

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    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 September 3, 
2013. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to September 18, 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: June 28, 2013.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-16172 Filed 7-3-13; 8:45 am]
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