[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 3117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00713]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-1-2021]


Foreign-Trade Zone 114--Peoria, Illinois; Application for 
Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Economic Development Council, Inc., grantee of FTZ 114, 
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 January 8, 2021.
    FTZ 114 was approved by the FTZ Board on December 21, 1984 (Board 
Order 288, 50 FR 1606, January 11, 1985) and expanded on October 16, 
2009 (Board Order 1647, 74 FR 55813, October 29, 2009).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (88 acres)--
Peoria Barge Terminal, Inc., 1925 Darst St., Peoria; Site 2 (150 
acres)--United Facilities, Inc., 603 N. Main St., East Peoria; Site 4 
(2 acres)--CDO Distribution, Inc., 5703 Smithville Rd., Bartonville; 
Site 5 (37 acres)--KMI Sales, Inc., 278 Koch St., Pekin; Site 6 (17 
acres)--Export Packaging Company, 6409 West Smithville Rd., 
Bartonville; Site 7 (360 acres)--Rantoul Airport, 601 S. Century 
Boulevard, Rantoul; Site 8 (333 acres)--Logistics Park Galesburg, 659 
Knox Road, Galesburg; and, Site 9 (3 acres)--HK Logistics, 2314 East 
Wilkins Dr., Mossville.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Peoria, 
Cass, Champaign, Dewitt, Ford, Fulton, Knox, Livingston, Logan, Macon, 
Marshall,
    Mason, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Piatt, Putnam, Sangamon, 
Schuyler, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford and portions of Bureau and LaSalle 
Counties, Illinois, 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 Peoria Customs 
and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its zone to 
include existing Sites 7 and 8 as ``magnet'' sites and existing Sites 
1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 as ``usage-driven'' sites. The applicant is proposing 
that existing Site 9 be removed from the zone. The applicant is also 
requesting approval of a subzone for Rivian Automotive, LLC at the 
following sites: Proposed Site 1 (528 acres)--110 N. Rivian Motorway, 
Normal, McLean County; Proposed Site 2 (16 acres)--2601 W. College 
Avenue, Normal, McLean County; and, Proposed Site 3 (65.6 acres)--301 
W. Kerrick Road, Normal, McLean County. The application would have no 
impact on FTZ 114's previously authorized subzones.
    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 and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is March 15, 2021. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to March 30, 2021.
    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 
Elizabeth Whiteman at [email protected].

    Dated: January 8, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-00713 Filed 1-13-21; 8:45 am]
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