[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 8762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02640]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-06-2021]


Foreign-Trade Zone 240--Martinsburg, West Virginia; Application 
for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the West Virginia Economic Development Authority, grantee of 
FTZ 240, 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 February 4, 2021.
    FTZ 240 was approved by the FTZ Board on February 7, 2000 (Board 
Order 1071, 65 FR 8119, February 17, 2000). The current zone includes 
the following site: Site 1 (317 acres)--Eastern West Virginia Regional 
Airport complex, 170 Aviation Way, Martinsburg.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Berkley, 
Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and Morgan Counties, West Virginia, 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 Front Royal, Virginia Customs and 
Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include the existing site as a ``magnet'' site. 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 April 12, 2021. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to April 26, 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 
Christopher Kemp at [email protected].

    Dated: February 4, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-02640 Filed 2-8-21; 8:45 am]
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