[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 43391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17471]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-51-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 122--Corpus Christi, Texas; 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 Corpus Christi, Authority, grantee of FTZ 122, 
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 18, 2014.
    FTZ 122 was approved by the FTZ Board on September 5, 1985 (Board 
Order 310, 50 FR 38020, 9/19/1985) and reorganized under the ASF on 
July 16, 2013 (Board Order 1907, 78 FR 44523-44524, 7/24/2013). The 
zone currently has a service area that includes Nueces, San Patricio, 
Aransas, Jim Wells, Kleberg and Bee Counties, Texas.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Refugio County, Texas, 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 
Corpus Christi Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Camille Evans 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 23, 
2014. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to October 8, 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 Camille Evans at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: July 18, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-17471 Filed 7-24-14; 8:45 am]
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