[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 4466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01881]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-05-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone 179--Madawaska, Maine; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Madawaska Foreign-Trade Zone Corporation, grantee of FTZ 
179, 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 January 25, 2018.
    FTZ 179 was approved by the FTZ Board on May 24, 1991 (Board Order 
525, 56 FR 25406, June 4, 1991). The current zone includes the 
following site: Site 1 (3 acres)--Evergreen Manufacturing Group, LLC, 
706 Main Street, Madawaska.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
towns of Fort Kent, Frenchville, Grand Isle, Madawaska, St. Agatha and 
Van Buren, Maine, 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 Madawaska 
Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize the zone under 
the ASF. The applicant is also requesting that Site 1 be removed from 
the zone due to changed circumstances. No new sites are being requested 
at this time. The application would have no impact on FTZ 179's 
previous approved authorized subzone.
    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 April 2, 2018. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to April 16, 2018.
    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 website, which is 
accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact 
Kathleen Boyce at [email protected] or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: January 25, 2018.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-01881 Filed 1-30-18; 8:45 am]
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