[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17142-17143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08118]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-23-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone 29--Louisville, Kentucky; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Louisville & Jefferson County Riverport Authority, grantee 
of FTZ 29, requesting authority to reorganize the zone under the 
alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the FTZ Board (15 CFR 
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 April 11, 2018.
    FTZ 29 was approved by the FTZ Board on May 26, 1977 (Board Order 
118, 42 FR 29323; June 8, 1977) and expanded on January 31, 1989 (Board 
Order 429, 54 FR 5992; February 7, 1989), December 15, 1997 (Board 
Order 941, 62 FR 67044; December 23, 1997), July 17, 1998 (Board Order 
995, 63 FR 40878; July 31, 1998), December 11, 2000 (Board Order 1133, 
65 FR 79802; December 20, 2000), January 15, 2002 (Board Order 1204, 67 
FR 4391; January 30, 2002), November 20, 2003 (Board Order 1305, 68 FR 
67400; December 2, 2003), January 27, 2005 (Board Order 1364, 70 FR 
6616; February 8, 2005), and January 31, 2012 (Board Order 1808, 77 FR 
6058; February 7, 2012).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (1,643 
acres)--Riverport Industrial Complex, Louisville; Site 4 (2,149 
acres)--Louisville International Airport, Grade Lane, Louisville; Site 
5 (69 acres)--Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, 4510 Algonquin Parkway, 
Louisville; Site 6 (43 acres)--Amazon.com.KYDC LLC, 271 Omega Parkway 
and 376 Zappos Boulevard, Sheperdsville; Site 7 (191 acres)--Henderson 
County Riverport Authority, 6200 Riverport Rd., Henderson; Site 8 (182 
acres)--Owensboro Riverport Authority, 2300 Harbor Rd., Owensboro; Site 
9 (778 acres)--4 Star Regional Industrial Park, Southern Star Way, 
Robards; Site 11 (261 acres)--Outer Loop, 116 acres at Stennett Lane, 
44 acres at 8100 Air Commerce Drive and 101 acres at 1900 Outer Loop 
Road, Louisville; Site 13 (6 acres)--Workwell Industries, Inc., 3401 
Jewell Ave, Louisville; Site 14 (3.95 acres)--Yellow Banks River 
Terminal, 6133 U.S. Highway 60, East Owensboro; and, Site 15 (302.3 
acres)--Cedar Grove Business Park, Highway 480, near Interstate 65, 
Sheperdsville.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Anderson, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Carroll, Crittenden, 
Daviess, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, 
Hopkins, Jefferson, Jessamine, Larue, Marion, McLean, Meade, Mercer, 
Muhlenberg, Nelson, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, 
Trimble,

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Union, Washington, Webster, and Woodford Counties, Kentucky, 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 Louisville, Kentucky and Evansville, 
Indiana Customs and Border Protection ports of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include existing Sites 1, 4, 7, 9, 11 and 15 as ``magnet'' 
sites and existing Sites 5, 6, 8, 13 and 14 as 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 29's previously authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 
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 June 18, 2018. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to July 2, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: April 11, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-08118 Filed 4-17-18; 8:45 am]
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