[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 66873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26347]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-74-2019]


Foreign-Trade Zone 32--Miami, Florida; 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 Greater Miami Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 32, 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 3, 2019.
    FTZ 32 was approved by the FTZ Board on September 6, 1977 (Board 
Order 123, 42 FR 46568, September 16, 1977) and reorganized under the 
ASF on December 20, 2012 (Board Order 1876, 78 FR 1197-1198, January 8, 
2013). The zone currently has a service area that includes a portion of 
Miami-Dade County, Florida.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include all of Miami-Dade County, 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 in or adjacent to the Miami U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection Port of Entry.
    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 February 4, 
2020. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to February 19, 2020.
    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: December 3, 2019.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-26347 Filed 12-5-19; 8:45 am]
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