[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 35473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14300]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-49-2021]


Foreign-Trade Zone 83--Huntsville, Alabama; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority, grantee of 
FTZ 83, 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 June 29, 2021.
    FTZ 83 was approved by the FTZ Board on February 24, 1983 (Board 
Order 209, 48 FR 9052, March 3, 1983) and expanded on October 30, 1989 
(Board Order 447, 54 FR 46430, November 3, 1989) and July 1, 1992 
(Board Order 585, 57 FR 30717, July 10, 1992).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (1,550 
acres)--Huntsville International Airport and Industrial Complex, Glenn 
Hearn Boulevard, Huntsville; and, Site 2 (1,014 acres)--Mallard Creek 
Industrial Park, Highway 72 and Red Hat Road, Decatur.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, 
Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Marion, Morgan and Winston 
Counties, Alabama, 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 Huntsville U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include both 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 1 be so exempted. No subzones/usage-driven sites are 
being requested at this time. The application would have no impact on 
FTZ 83's previously authorized subzones.
    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 September 7, 
2021. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to September 20, 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: June 29, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-14300 Filed 7-2-21; 8:45 am]
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