[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 19475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07004]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-10-2022]


Foreign-Trade Zone 221--Mesa, Arizona; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the City of Mesa, grantee of FTZ 221, 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 
``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 March 28, 2022.
    FTZ 221 was approved by the FTZ Board on April 25, 1997 (Board 
Order 883, 89 FR 25164, May 8, 1997) and expanded on January 7, 2008 
(Board Order 1538, 73 FR 2442, January 15, 2008).
    The current zone includes the following site: Site 1 (2,018 
acres)--Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport, east of Power Road, between Ray 
and Pecos Roads, Mesa.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the City 
of Mesa, Arizona, 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 adjacent to the Phoenix Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include its 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. The application would have no impact on 
FTZ 221's previously authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Qahira El-Amin 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 June 3, 2022. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to June 21, 2022.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Online FTZ Information Section'' section of the FTZ Board's 
website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 
information, contact Qahira El-Amin at [email protected].

    Dated: March 29, 2022.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-07004 Filed 4-1-22; 8:45 am]
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