[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4896-4897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02105]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-6-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone 81--Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Pease Development Authority, grantee of FTZ 81, 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 30, 2018.
    FTZ 81 was approved by the FTZ Board on January 20, 1983 (Board 
Order 207, 48 FR 4308, January 31, 1983) and expanded on April 12, 1985 
(Board Order 302, 50 FR 15948, April 23, 1985) and on June 25, 1997 
(Board Order 906, 52 FR 36259, July 7, 1997).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (11 acres)--
Port Authority marine terminal, Portsmouth Harbor, Portsmouth; Site 2 
(175 acres)--Portsmouth Industrial Park, Lafayette Road, Portsmouth; 
Site 4 (1,468 acres)--Manchester Airport, 1 Brita Way and 16 Delta 
Drive, Londonderry; Site 5 (2,095 acres)--Pease International 
Tradeport, 601 Spaulding Turnpike, Portsmouth; and, Site 6 (45 acres)--
UPS Supply Chain Solutions, 52 Pettingill Road, Londonderry.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
Counties of Rockingham, Strafford, Carroll (partial), Belknap 
(partial), Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Sullivan and Grafton 
(partial), New Hampshire, 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 
Portsmouth and Manchester Customs and Border Protection ports of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include

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existing Sites 1, 2, 4 and 5 as ``magnet'' sites and existing Site 6 as 
a usage-driven site. No new subzones or usage-driven sites are being 
requested at this time. The application would have no impact on FTZ 
81's previously authorized subzones.
    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 3, 2018. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to April 18, 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 30, 2018.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-02105 Filed 2-1-18; 8:45 am]
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