[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 4767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02589]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-4-2019]
Foreign-Trade Zone 16--Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Application
for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by the Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation, grantee
of FTZ 16, 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 February 11, 2019.
FTZ 16 was approved by the FTZ Board on June 11, 1973 (Board Order
94, 38 FR 15671; June 14, 1973).
The current zone includes the following site: Site 1 (16 acres)--
Sault Ste. Marie Industrial Park, Easterday Ave. & 12th St. West, Sault
Ste. Marie.
The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Chippewa
County, Michigan, 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 Sault Ste.
Marie Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
zone to include its existing site as a ``magnet'' site. No subzones/
usage-driven sites are being requested at this time.
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 April 22, 2019.
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to May 6, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.
Dated: February 11, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-02589 Filed 2-15-19; 8:45 am]
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