[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 152 (Monday, August 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 52401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18782]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-50-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone 193--Pinellas County, Florida; Application for 
Reorganization and Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by Pinellas County, Florida, grantee of FTZ 193, requesting 
authority to reorganize and expand the zone 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 Board 
(15 CFR part 400). It was formally docketed on August 2, 2016.
    FTZ 193 was approved by the FTZ Board on February 17, 1993 (Board 
Order 630, 58 FR 11833, March 1, 1993). The current zone includes the 
following sites: Site 1 (1,771 acres)--St Petersburg-Clearwater 
International Airport Complex, 14700 Terminal Boulevard, Clearwater; 
Site 2 (3 acres)--Port of St. Petersburg, 250 8th Avenue SE., St. 
Petersburg; Site 3 (96 acres)--Pinellas Science, Technology & Research 
Center, Bryan Dairy and Belcher Roads, Largo; Temporary Site 4 (13 
acres, expires 8/31/2017)--HIT Promotional Products, Inc., 7150 Bryan 
Dairy Road, Largo; Temporary Site 5 (3 acres, expires 8/31/2017)--HIT 
Promotional Products, Inc., 8155 Bryan Dairy Road, Largo; Temporary 
Site 6 (4.5 acres, expires 8/31/2017)--HIT Promotional Products, Inc., 
3320 122nd Avenue North, Largo; and, Temporary Site 7 (3.09 acres, 
expires 8/31/2017)--HIT Promotional Products, Inc., 10810 72nd Street, 
Largo.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Pinellas, Hernando and Pasco Counties, Florida, 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 within and adjacent to the St. Petersburg Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include existing Sites 1, 2 and 3 as ``magnet'' sites and Sites 
4, 5, 6 and 7 would become ``usage-driven'' 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 application would have no 
impact on FTZ 193's previously authorized subzone.
    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 October 7, 2016. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to October 24, 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: August 2, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-18782 Filed 8-5-16; 8:45 am]
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