[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 58318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23127]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-67-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 58--Bangor, Maine; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the City of Bangor, grantee of FTZ 58, 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 23, 2014.
    FTZ 58 was approved by the FTZ Board on June 19, 1980 (Board Order 
159, 45 FR 43455, 6/27/80). The current zone includes the following 
site: Site 1 (33 acres), Bangor International Airport, 287 Godfrey 
Blvd., Bangor.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
Counties of Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Waldo and Washington, 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 Bangor 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 28, 
2014. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to December 15, 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 23, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-23127 Filed 9-26-14; 8:45 am]
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