[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59914-59915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23654]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-87-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 160--Anchorage, Alaska; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Municipality of Anchorage, grantee of FTZ 160, 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 September 19, 2013.
    FTZ 160 was approved by the FTZ Board on July 18, 1989 (Board Order 
437, 54 FR 31355, 07/28/1989). The current zone includes the following 
sites: Site 1 (56.89 acres)--the Port of Anchorage and Port of 
Anchorage Industrial Park, 1075 Dock Rd., 1076 Ocean Dock Rd. and 1601 
Tidewater Rd, Anchorage; Site 2 (920 acres)--Anchorage International 
Airport, Postmark Drive and International Airport Rd, Anchorage; Site 3 
(2.7 acres)--315 East 2nd Ave., Anchorage; Site 4 (25 acres)--Altman/
Greenbrier Partnership site, 1800 West 48th Ave., Anchorage; Site 5 
(2.3 acres)--619 East Ship Creek Ave., Anchorage; Site 6 (12.2 acres)--
Douglas Management Company, 660 Western Dr., Anchorage; and, Site 7 
(135 acres)--Eklunta Inc., Birchwood Loop Rd. and Birchwood Airport 
Rd., Anchorage.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, 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 Anchorage U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include all of the existing sites as ``magnet'' sites. 
The ASF allows for the possible exemption of one magnet site from the 
``sunset'' time limits that generally apply to sites under the ASF, and 
the applicant proposes that Site 1 be so exempted. No subzones/usage-
driven sites are being requested at this time. The application would 
have no impact on FTZ 160's previously authorized subzone.
    In accordance with the FTZ 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 FTZ Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive

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Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
November 29, 2013. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to December 16, 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 Christopher Kemp at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: September 19, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-23654 Filed 9-27-13; 8:45 am]
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