[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08998]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-22-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone 139--Sierra Vista, Nevada, 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 Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation, grantee 
of Foreign-Trade Zone 139, 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 April 21, 2020.
    FTZ 139 was approved by the FTZ Board on March 13, 1987 (Board 
Order 352, 52 FR 9320, March 24, 1987) and reorganized under the ASF on 
May 23, 2013 (Board Order 1901, 78 FR 33340-33341, June 4, 2013). The 
zone currently has a service area that includes a portion of Cochise 
County, Arizona.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include all of Cochise County except for the cities 
of Bowie and San Simon, Arizona, 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 Douglas, Arizona; Naco, Arizona; and Nogales, Arizona 
Customs and Border Protection Ports of Entry.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Qahira El-Amin 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 June 29, 2020. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to July 13, 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 
Qahira El-Amin at [email protected] or (202) 482-5928.

    Dated: April 22, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-08998 Filed 4-27-20; 8:45 am]
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