[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8434-8435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03067]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-12-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 57--Charlotte, North Carolina; Application for 
Reorganization/Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Charlotte Regional Partnership, Inc., grantee of FTZ 57, 
requesting authority to reorganize and expand the zone under the 
alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the FTZ Board (15 CFR Sec. 
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 February 7, 2014.
    FTZ 57 was approved by the Board on April 28, 1980 (Board Order 
156, 45 FR 30466, 5/8/80) and expanded on September 23, 1982 (Board 
Order 199, 47 FR 43103, 9/30/82), on July 29, 2002 (Board Order 1240, 
67 FR 51535, 8/8/02), on February 9, 2005 (Board Order 1369, 70 FR 
9613, 2/28/05), and on August 5, 2009 (Board Order 1641, 74 FR 41374, 
8/17/09). On April 24, 2009, the grant of authority was reissued to the 
Charlotte Regional Partnership, Inc. (Board Order 1613, 74 FR 21622-
21623, 5/8/09).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (2.3 acres)--
distribution facility, 11425 Granite Street, Charlotte; Site 1a (23.186 
acres)--distribution facility, 1411 & 1701 Continental Blvd., 
Charlotte; Site 2 (3.15 acres)--distribution facility, 14620 Carowinds 
Blvd., Charlotte; Site 3 (26 acres)--International Airport Center, 3401 
International Blvd., Charlotte; Site 7 (2 parcels, 619 acres)--Parcel 1 
(576 acres)--Hickory Regional Airport, Clement Blvd., Hickory; and, 
Parcel 2 (43 acres)--distribution facility, 543 12th Street Drive NW., 
Hickory; and, Site 16 (351 acres, sunset 8/31/2014)--Monroe Corporate 
Center, Airport Road & Goldmine Road, Monroe. (Note: Sites 4, 5, 6, 8, 
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 have expired.)
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would include the 
Counties of Alexander, Anson, Caldwell, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, 
Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Polk, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly 
and Union, 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 Charlotte Customs and Border Protection port 
of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize and expand its 
existing zone under the ASF as follows: (1) Combine existing Sites 1 
and 1a to become Site 1 and expand the site to include an additional 
2.769 acres (new site total--28.255 acres); (2) Remove existing Site 2 
and Site 3 due to changed circumstances; and, (3) Modify Site 7 by 
removing Parcel 1 (576 acres) (new site total--43 acres). Site 16 would 
become a magnet site and modified Sites 1 and 7 would become usage-
driven sites. The applicant is also requesting a new magnet site: 
Proposed Site 17 (3,900 acres) at the Charlotte Douglas International 
Airport, 5501 Josh Birmingham Parkway, Charlotte. 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 17 be so exempted. The application would have no 
impact on FTZ 57's previously authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Kathleen Boyce 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 April 14, 2014. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to April 28, 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 Kathleen Boyce at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-1346.


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    Dated: February 7, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-03067 Filed 2-11-14; 8:45 am]
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