[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19515]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-53-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone 283--West Tennessee Area; 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 Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 283, 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 August 11, 2016.
    FTZ 283 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 11, 2012 (Board 
Order 1851, 77 FR 64463-64464, October 22, 2012) under the alternative 
site framework. The zone currently has a service area that includes the 
Counties of Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, Obion and 
Tipton.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include the Counties of Fayette, Hardeman and 
McNairy, 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 Memphis 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 October 17, 
2016. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to October 31, 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: August 11, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-19515 Filed 8-15-16; 8:45 am]
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