[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 32721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12163]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-36-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone 93--Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, 
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 Triangle J Council of Governments, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 93, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand 
its service area under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by 
the FTZ Board (15 CFR Sec. 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 May 17, 2016.
    FTZ 93 was approved by the FTZ Board on November 4, 1983 (Board 
Order 233, 48 FR 52108, November 16, 1983) and reorganized under the 
ASF on November 30, 2012 (Board Order 1872, 77 FR 73978-73979, December 
12, 2012), and the service area was expanded on January 9, 2015 (Board 
Order 1963, 80 FR 3551, January 23, 2015). The zone currently has a 
service area that includes the Counties of Chatham, Durham, Franklin, 
Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Orange, Person, Sampson, 
Vance, Wake and Warren.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Wilson County, 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 Raleigh-Durham Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry.
    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 July 25, 2016. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to August 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 
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: May 17, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-12163 Filed 5-23-16; 8:45 am]
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