[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 44326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18334]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-46-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone 147--Berks County, Pennsylvania; 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 FTZ Corporation of Southern Pennsylvania, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 147, 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 20, 2015.
    FTZ 147 was approved by the FTZ Board on June 28, 1988 (Board Order 
378, 53 FR 26094, July 11, 1988) and reorganized under the ASF on April 
30, 2013 (Board Order 1897, 78 FR 27953-27954, May 13, 2013). The zone 
currently has a service area that includes Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, 
Franklin, Lancaster and York Counties, Pennsylvania.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Adams, Fulton, Juniata, Lebanon and Perry 
Counties, Pennsylvania, 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 Harrisburg Customs 
and Border Protection Port of Entry.
    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 September 25, 
2015. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to October 13, 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: July 20, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-18334 Filed 7-24-15; 8:45 am]
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