[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39365-39366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16169]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-49-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 203--Moses Lake, Washington; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Port of Moses Lake Public Corporation, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 203, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand 
its service area 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 FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was 
formally docketed on July 3, 2014.
    FTZ 203 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 18, 1994 (Board 
Order 702, 59 FR 54433, 10/31/1994) and reorganized under the ASF on 
05/20/2011 (Board Order 1764 76 FR 31853, 06/01/2011). The zone project 
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has a service area that includes Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, 
Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln and Walla Walla Counties, as well as 
portions of Okanogan and Yakima Counties, Washington.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Adams County, Washington, as described in 
the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites 
throughout the expanded service area based on companies' needs for FTZ 
designation. The proposed expanded service area is adjacent to the 
Moses Lake, Washington U.S. Customs and Border Protection Ports of 
Entry.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp 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 September 8, 
2014. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to September 23, 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 Christopher Kemp at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: July 3, 2014.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-16169 Filed 7-9-14; 8:45 am]
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