[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 73823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29326]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-103-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 62--Brownsville, Texas; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Brownsville Navigation District, grantee of FTZ 62, 
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 December 4, 2013.
    FTZ 62 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 20, 1980 (Board 
Order 166, 45 FR 71638, 10/29/1980), and expanded on September 30, 1983 
(Board Order 226, 48 FR 45814, 10/7/1983), on October 24, 1989 (Board 
Order 444, 54 FR 46098, 11/1/1989), and on August 21, 2003 (Board Order 
1288, 68 FR 52385-52386, 9/3/2003).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (18,938 
acres)--Brownsville Navigation District Port Complex and the NAFTA 
Industrial Park located at 6984 N. FM 511 in Brownsville; Site 2 (203 
acres, 3 parcels)--Valley International Airport located on Rio Hondo 
Road in Harlingen; Site 3 (116 acres, 3 parcels)--Harlingen Industrial 
Park located at FM 106 and FM 1595 in Harlingen; and, Site 4 (758 
acres, 4 parcels)--FINSA Industrial Park, 1101 Joaquin Cavazos Road, 
Los Indios.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Cameron 
County, Texas, 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 Brownsville Customs and Border Protection 
port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone under the ASF as follows: Renumber a 71-acre portion of Site 1 as 
Site 5; and, Sites 1 thru 5 would become ``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 as renumbered be so exempted. No 
subzones or usage-driven sites are being requested at this time.
    In accordance with the FTZ 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 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 February 7, 
2014. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to February 24, 2014.
    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 Camille Evans at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: December 4, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-29326 Filed 12-6-13; 8:45 am]
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