[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 247 (Thursday, December 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 66675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-28064]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-79-2018]
Foreign-Trade Zone 263--Lewiston-Auburn, Maine; Application for
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area); Under Alternative Site
Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council, grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone 263, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to
expand its service area 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 FTZ Board (15 CFR part
400). It was formally docketed on December 19, 2018.
FTZ 263 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 1, 2004 (Board
Order 1354, 69 FR 60840, October 13, 2004) and reorganized under the
ASF on April 9, 2015 (Board Order 1973, 80 FR 20469, April 16, 2015).
The zone currently has a service area that includes the Counties of
Androscoggin, Cumberland and Sagadahoc, Maine.
The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service
area of the zone to include York County, Maine, as described in the
application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites
throughout the expanded service area based on companies' needs for FTZ
designation. The application indicates that the proposed expanded
service area is adjacent to the Portland Customs and Border Protection
Port of Entry.
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 February 25,
2019. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
March 12, 2019.
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: December 19, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-28064 Filed 12-26-18; 8:45 am]
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