[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11889]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-39-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 207--Richmond, Virginia; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Capital Region Airport Commission, grantee of 
FTZ 207, requesting authority to reorganize the zone under the 
alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (15 CFR Sec. 
400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for grantees for the establishment or 
reorganization of general-purpose 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 Board's standard 2,000-acre 
activation limit for a general-purpose zone project. 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 May 16, 2014.
    FTZ 207 was approved by the Board on March 31, 1995 (Board Order 
733, 60 FR 18394-18395, 4/11/95) and expanded on September 9, 2005 
(Board Order 1413, 70 FR 55107, 9/20/05). The current zone includes the 
following sites: Site 1 (2,044 acres)--Richmond International Airport 
Complex, 1 Richard E. Byrd Terminal Drive, Richmond, Henrico County; 
Site 2 (211 acres)--Southpoint Business Park, 8100 Quality Dr., Prince 
George, Prince George County; and, Site 3 (11 acres)--Lewiston 
Industrial Park, 11293 Central Drive, Ashland, Hanover County.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
Counties of Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline, 
Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Essex, 
Greensville, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King George, 
King William, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, New Kent, 
Northumberland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, 
Richmond and Westmoreland and the Cities of Colonial Heights, Emporia, 
Hopewell, Petersburg and Richmond, 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 Richmond 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 207's previously authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the 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 Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
July 21, 2014. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to August 5, 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 
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: May 16, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-11889 Filed 5-21-14; 8:45 am]
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