[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 68854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27406]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-82-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 23--Buffalo, New York Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the County of Erie, grantee of FTZ 23, 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 November 13, 2014.
    FTZ 23 was approved by the FTZ Board on March 31, 1976 (Board Order 
110, 41 FR 14824, 4/7/1976) and expanded on November 2, 1979 (Board 
Order 148, 44 FR 65802, 11/15/1979); April 16, 1982 (Board Order 187, 
47 FR 18014, 4/27/1982); February 7, 1985 (Board Order 291, 50 FR 6372, 
2/15/1985); October 30, 1989 (Board Order 445, 54 FR 46431, 11/3/1989); 
and, June 25, 1993 (Board Order 645, 58 FR 36390, 7/7/1993).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (225 acres)--
Gateway Trade Center, Buffalo Harbor near the Lackawanna Canal, Buffalo 
and Lackawanna, Erie County, City; Site 2 (298 acres)--Wehrle 
International Business Park, adjacent to the Greater Buffalo 
International Airport, Amherst, Erie County; Site 3 (13 acres)--Oak-
Michigan Industrial Corridor, 225 Oak Street, Buffalo, Erie County; 
Site 5 (55 acres)--Grand Island Industrial Park, 353 Lang Boulevard, 
Grand Island, Erie County; Site 6 (11 acres)--Speed Transportation, 
2299 Kenmore Avenue, Tonawanda, Erie County; Site 7 (189 acres)--Aero 
and Airport Business Parks, bounded by Holtz Road, Ellicott Creek, Rein 
Road, and the New York State Thruway, (immediately adjacent to the 
Buffalo Niagara International Airport), Cheektowaga, Erie County; Site 
8 (194 acres)--Buffalo Niagara International Airport's Air Cargo 
Facility and Airport Commerce Center, bounded by Genesee Street, Wehrle 
Drive, and Cayuga Road, Cheektowaga, Erie County; Site 9 (5 acres)--
Starline U.S.A. Inc., 3036 Alt Boulevard, Grand Island, Erie County; 
Site 10 (14.2 acres)--Buffalo Lakeside Commerce Park, 283 and 315 Ship 
Canal Parkway, Buffalo, Erie County; and, Site 11 (5.8 acres)--Sonwil 
Distribution Center, 4900 North America Drive, West Seneca, Erie 
County.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Erie 
County, New York, 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 Buffalo Customs and Border Protection port 
of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include Site 1 as a ``magnet'' site and Sites 5, 6, 9, 10 and 
11 as ``usage-driven'' sites, as well as to remove Sites 2, 3, 7 and 8. 
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. The application 
would have no impact on FTZ 23's previously authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 
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 January 20, 
2015. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to February 2, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: November 13, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-27406 Filed 11-18-14; 8:45 am]
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