[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12149-12150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04750]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-19-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 238--Dublin, Virginia; Application for 
Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the New River Valley Economic Development Alliance, Inc., 
grantee of FTZ 238, 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 February 26, 2014.
    FTZ 238 was approved by the Board on August 5, 1999 (Board Order 
1047, 64 FR 8/24/99). The current zone includes the following sites: 
Site 1 (35 acres)--warehouse facilities within the New River Valley 
Airport, VA Route 100, Dublin; and, Site 2 (15 acres)--facility located 
at 4100 Bob White Blvd., Pulaski.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would include the 
Counties of Alleghany, Amherst, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell, 
Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson, Henry, Montgomery, 
Patrick, Pittsylvania, Pulaski, Roanoke,

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Rockbridge, Smyth, Tazewell and Wythe, and the Cities of Bedford, Buena 
Vista, Covington, Danville, Galax, Lynchburg, Martinsville, Radford, 
Roanoke and Salem, 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/adjacent to the New River Valley Airport Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone 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. The application 
would have no impact on FTZ 238's previously authorized subzone.
    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 May 5, 2014. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to May 19, 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.

    Dated: February 20, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-04750 Filed 3-3-14; 8:45 am]
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