[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 222 (Thursday, November 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81056-81057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27666]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-76-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone 12--McAllen, Texas; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the McAllen Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 12, 
requesting authority to reorganize 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 November 10, 2016.
    FTZ 12 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 23, 1970 (Board 
Order 84, 35 FR 16962, November 3, 1970), and expanded on May 2, 1984 
(Board Order 254, 49 FR 22842, June 1, 1984), on June 19, 1990 (Board 
Order 469, 55 FR 26225, June 27, 1990), on April 29, 1996 (Board Order 
819, 61 FR 21157, May 9, 1996), and on January 21, 2003 (Board Order 
1266, 68 FR 5271-5272, February 3, 2003).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (865 acres 
total, four parcels)--McAllen Southwest Industrial Area located at FM 
1016 and

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Ware Road (80 acres), at FM 1016 between Bentsen Road and Shary Road 
(695 acres), at 3801 West Military Highway (50 acres), and at 6800 
South Ware Road (40 acres) in McAllen; and, Site 2 (8.5 acres)--McAllen 
Miller International Airport Air Cargo Facility located south of Uvalde 
Street and East of FM 1926 in McAllen.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Hidalgo 
County, Texas, 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 Hidalgo/Pharr 
Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include all of the existing sites 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. No subzones/usage-
driven sites are being requested at this time. The application would 
have no impact on FTZ 12'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 January 17, 
2017. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to January 31, 2017.
    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: November 10, 2016.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-27666 Filed 11-16-16; 8:45 am]
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