[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 50374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20820]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-58-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone 262--Southaven, Mississippi; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Northern Mississippi FTZ, Inc., grantee of FTZ 262, 
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 September 19, 2019.
    FTZ 262 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 1, 2004 (Board 
Order 1353, 69 FR 60841, October 13, 2004) and expanded on December 21, 
2005 (Board Order 1431, 70 FR 77374-77375, December 30, 2005).
    The current zone includes the following site: Site 1 (680 acres)--
DeSoto Trade Center, located between Interstate 55 and US Highway 51 
just south of Church Road, Southaven.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be DeSoto 
County, Mississippi, 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 Memphis 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. The application 
would have no impact on FTZ 262's previously authorized subzones.
    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 and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is November 25, 
2019. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to December 9, 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 Camille Evans at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: September 20, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-20820 Filed 9-24-19; 8:45 am]
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