[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 56057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22216]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-65-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 186--Waterville, Maine; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the City of Waterville, Maine, grantee of FTZ 186, 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 September 11, 2014.
    FTZ 186 was approved by the FTZ Board on August 4, 1992 (Board 
Order 586, 57 FR 36063, 8/12/92). The grant of authority was reissued 
to the City of Waterville on June 10, 2013 (Board Order 1903, 78 FR 
36165, 6/17/13). The current zone includes the following site: Site 1 
(62 acres), Waterville Airport, Airport Road, Waterville.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
Counties of Lincoln, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Kennebec, 
Waldo, Knox and Somerset (partial), 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 adjacent to the Belfast Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include the existing site as a ``magnet'' site. 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.
    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 November 17, 
2014. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to December 2, 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: September 11, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-22216 Filed 9-17-14; 8:45 am]
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