[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37237-37238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16323]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-46-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone 213--Ft. Myers, Florida; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Lee County Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 213, 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 July 25, 2019.
    FTZ 213 was approved by the FTZ Board on June 5, 1996 (Board Order 
814, 61 FR 30593, June 17, 1996). The current zone includes the 
following sites: Site 1 (2,938 acres)--Southwest Florida International 
Airport, 11000 Terminal Access Road, Suite 8671, Ft. Myers; Site 2 (640 
acres)--Page Field, 5200 Captain Channing Page Drive, Ft. Myers; Site 3 
(59 acres)--Immokalee Airport, Airport Road and State Road 846, 
Immokalee; Site 4 (60 acres)--Charlotte County Airport Industrial Park, 
2800 Airport Road, Punta Gorda; Site 5 (18 acres)--Portside 
Development, Inc., 17051 Highway 31, North Ft. Myers; Site 6 (144 
acres)--Viscaya Industrial Park, located between the Nackinac Canal to 
the west, SE 9th Street/Viscaya Parkway to the north, Del Prado Blvd. 
to the east and the Montevideo and Rubicon Canals to the south, Cape 
Coral; and, Site 7 (93 acres)--North Cape Industrial Park, Andalusia 
Blvd. and NE 24th Lane, Cape Coral.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties, Florida, 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 Ft. Myers, Florida, U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection port of entry.

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    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include all of the existing sites as ``magnet'' 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. No subzones/usage-
driven sites are being requested at this time.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp 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 and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is September 30, 
2019. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to October 15, 2019.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Reading Room'' section of the FTZ Board's website, which is 
accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact 
Christopher Kemp at [email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: July 25, 2019.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-16323 Filed 7-30-19; 8:45 am]
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