[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 64169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25631]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-77-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 80--San Antonio, TX Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the City of San Antonio, grantee of FTZ 80, 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 October 22, 2014.
    FTZ 80 was approved by the FTZ Board on September 16, 1982 (Board 
Order 200, 47 FR 42011, 9/23/1982), and expanded on May 17, 1991 (Board 
Order 522, 56 FR 24171, 5/29/1991) and on September 25, 1997 (Board 
Order 923, 62 FR 51831, 10/3/1997). The current zone includes the 
following sites in San Antonio: Site 1 (1.32 acres)--San Antonio 
Distribution Center, 5040 Space Center Drive; Site 2 (50 acres)--San 
Antonio International Airport Cargo Facilities, 9800 Airport Boulevard; 
Site 3 (500 acres)--Freeport Business Center, 10745 Fisher Road; Site 4 
(195 acres)--Cornerstone Business & Industrial Park, 1510 Cornerway 
Boulevard; Site 5 (281 acres)--Tri-County Business & Industrial Park, 
6421 FM 3009; Site 6 (633 acres)--Foster Ridge Industrial Park, 6655 
Lancer Boulevard; Site 7A (11.7 acres)--Binz-Engleman Center, 3802 
Binz-Engleman Road; Site 7B (18.91 acres)--City Park East Business 
Center, 8563 NE Loop 410; Site 8 (45.67 acres)--Coliseum Distribution 
Center, 1143 AT&T Center Parkway; Site 9 (85 acres)--Hemisfair 
Convention Center & Alamodome, 200 South Alamo Street; and, Site 10 
(2,407 acres)--Port San Antonio, 143 Billy Mitchell Boulevard.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Bexar 
County in its entirety and portions of Comal and Guadalupe Counties, 
Texas, 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 San Antonio Customs and Border Protection port of 
entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone as follows: Renumber Site 7A as Site 7; Renumber Site 7B as Site 
11; and, Sites 1 thru 11 would become ``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 3 be so exempted. No subzones/usage-driven sites are 
being requested at this time. The application would have no impact on 
FTZ 80's previously authorized subzones.
    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 December 29, 
2014. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to January 12, 2015.
    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: October 22, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-25631 Filed 10-27-14; 8:45 am]
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