[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 13612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05247]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-20-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 175; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Cedar Rapids Airport Commission, grantee of FTZ 175, 
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 March 6, 2014.
    FTZ 175 was approved by the FTZ Board on February 1, 1991 (Board 
Order 509, 56 FR 5383, 2/11/1991).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (2,965 
acres)--Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport Complex, located near the 
intersection of Highway 84 and Highway 218 in Cedar Rapids, Linn 
County; and, Site 2 (.03 acres)--Iowa Midlands Supply, Inc., 1860 
McCloud Place NE., Cedar Rapids, Linn County.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would include 
Appanoose, Benton, Blackhawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, 
Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Grundy, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, 
Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Mahaska, Monroe, Muscatine, 
Poweshiek, Scott, Tama, Van Buren, Wapello, and Washington Counties, 
Iowa, 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 application indicates that the proposed 
service area is adjacent to the Quad-Cities and Des Moines Customs and 
Border Protection ports of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include existing Site 1 as a ``magnet'' site. The applicant is 
also requesting that Site 2 be removed from the zone. 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 175's previously authorized subzone.
    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.
    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 12, 2014. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to May 27, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: March 6, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-05247 Filed 3-10-14; 8:45 am]
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