[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73700-73701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29996]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-80-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone 38--Spartanburg County, South Carolina; 
Application for Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under 
Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee 
of FTZ 38, requesting authority to expand its service area under the 
alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (15 CFR Sec. 
400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for grantees for the establishment or 
reorganization of general-purpose 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 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 18, 2015.
    FTZ 38 was approved by the Board on May 4, 1987 (Board Order 131, 
43 FR 20526, May 12, 1978) and reorganized under the ASF on October 7, 
2010 (Board Order 1710, 75 FR 65304, October 22, 2010). The zone 
currently has a service area that includes the Counties of Greenville, 
Spartanburg, Cherokee, Oconee, Union, Anderson and Laurens, South 
Carolina.
    The applicant is requesting authority to expand the service area of 
the zone to include Pickens, Greenwood and Abbeville Counties, 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 application indicates that the proposed 
expanded service area is adjacent to the Greenville/Spartanburg Customs 
and Border Protection port of entry.

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    In accordance with the 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 Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is January 25, 2016. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to February 8, 2016.
    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 
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: November 18, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-29996 Filed 11-24-15; 8:45 am]
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