[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 35298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12954]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-37-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone 261--Alexandria, Louisiana; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the England Economic & Industrial Development District, 
grantee of FTZ 261, 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 May 25, 2016.
    FTZ 261 was approved by the FTZ Board on April 21, 2004 (Board 
Order 1325, 69 FR 26066, May 11, 2004). The current zone includes the 
following sites: Site 1 (1,594 acres)--England Airpark complex, 1611 
Arnold Drive, Alexandria; Site 2 (124 acres)--Port of Alexandria, 600 
Port Road, Alexandria; and, Site 3 (110 acres)--Central Louisiana Eco 
Business Park, 7636 Highway 1 South, Alexandria.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Rapides 
Parish, Louisiana, 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 application indicates that 
the proposed service area is adjacent to the Morgan City Customs and 
Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include existing Sites 1 and 2 as ``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 1 be so exempted. The applicant is 
also requesting to remove Site 3 from the zone. No subzones/usage-
driven sites are being requested at this time.
    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 August 1, 2016. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to August 16, 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 Camille Evans at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: May 25, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-12954 Filed 6-1-16; 8:45 am]
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