[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 29560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11538]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-42-2021]


Foreign-Trade Zone 249--Pensacola, Florida; Application for 
Reorganization and Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Pensacola-Escambia County Promotion & Development 
Commission, grantee of FTZ 249, requesting authority to reorganize and 
expand 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 May 26, 2021.
    FTZ 249 was approved by the FTZ Board on May 23, 2001 (Board Order 
1167, 66 FR 30408, June 6, 2001. The current zone includes the 
following sites: Site 1 (40 acres)--Port of Pensacola, 700 S. Barracks 
Street, Pensacola; Site 2 (1,400 acres)--Pensacola Regional Airport 
Complex, 2430 Airport Boulevard, Pensacola; Site 3 (70 acres)--
Pensacola Shipyard Marine Complex, 700 South Myrick Street, Pensacola; 
Site 4 (10 acres)--FDC Industrial Warehouse, 10 Spruce Street, 
Pensacola; and, Site 5 (140 acres)--Century Industrial Park, Escambia 
County Road 4 and Industrial Boulevard, Century.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa Counties, Florida, 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 Pensacola U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include Sites 1, 2, 3 and 5 as ``magnet'' sites and that Site 4 
be removed. 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. 
The applicant is also requesting approval of the following ``usage-
driven'' sites for SnackCrate, Inc.: Site 6 (1 acre)--201 East Wright 
Street, Pensacola; Site 7 (1 acre)--3330 Bill Metzger Lane, Pensacola; 
and, Site 8 (1 acre)--3867 Palafox Street, Pensacola. The application 
would have no impact on FTZ 249's previously authorized subzone.
    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 August 2, 2021. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to August 16, 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: May 26, 2021.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-11538 Filed 6-1-21; 8:45 am]
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