[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45879-45880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19701]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-56-2018]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Lufkin, Texas, Under Alternative 
Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the City of Lufkin to establish a foreign-trade zone in 
Lufkin, Texas, within the Port Arthur-Beaumont CBP port of entry, 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 project. The application was submitted pursuant to the 
provisions of 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 September 5, 2018. The applicant is authorized to 
make the proposal under Texas Statutes, Business and Commerce Code, 
Title 15, Chapter 681.
    The proposed zone would be the fourth zone for the Port Arthur-
Beaumont CBP port of entry. The existing zones--FTZ 115, Beaumont; FTZ 
116, Port Arthur; and, FTZ 117, Orange--were approved on March 20, 1985 
(Board Oder 296). The Foreign-Trade Zone of Southeast Texas, Inc., is 
the grantee of FTZs 115, 116 and 117.
    The applicant's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
City of Lufkin and a portion of its Extra Territorial Jurisdiction, as 
described in the application. If approved, the applicant would be able 
to serve sites throughout the service area based on companies' needs 
for FTZ designation. The applicant has indicated that the proposed 
service area is within the Port Arthur-Beaumont Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry.
    The application indicates a need for zone services in the City of 
Lufkin area. Several firms have indicated an interest in using zone 
procedures. Specific

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production approvals are not being sought at this time. Such requests 
would be made to the FTZ Board on a case-by-case basis.
    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 November 13, 
2018. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to November 26, 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 Camille Evans at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: September 5, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-19701 Filed 9-10-18; 8:45 am]
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