[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 121 (Monday, June 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33979-33980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13706]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-48-2021]


Foreign-Trade Zone 145--Shreveport, Louisiana, Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission, grantee of FTZ 
145, requesting authority to reorganize 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

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``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 June 22, 2021.
    FTZ 145 was approved by the FTZ Board on January 7, 1988 (Board 
Order 370, 53 FR 1503, January 20, 1988) and expanded on March 25, 1996 
(Board Order 809, 61 FR 15217, April 5, 1996). The current zone 
includes the following sites: Site 1 (262 acres)--Shreveport Industrial 
Park, 2929 Baird Road, Shreveport; and, Site 2 (2,000 acres)--Port of 
Shreveport-Bossier Terminal Complex, 6000 Doug Attaway Boulevard, 
Shreveport.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Caddo 
and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana, 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 Shreveport Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include both of the existing sites as ``magnet'' sites. 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 2 be so exempted. No subzones/usage-
driven sites are being requested at this time. The application would 
have no impact on FTZ 145's previously authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Camille Evans 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 27, 2021. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to September 13, 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 Camille Evans at 
[email protected].

    Dated: June 23, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-13706 Filed 6-25-21; 8:45 am]
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