[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 218 (Monday, November 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68122-68123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24709]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-49-2022]


Foreign-Trade Zone 28--New Bedford, Massachusetts; Application 
for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the City of New Bedford, grantee of FTZ 28, 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

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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 November 7, 2022.
    FTZ 28 was approved by the FTZ Board on April 5, 1977 (Board Order 
117, 42 FR 18901, April 11, 1977).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (13.5 
acres)--New Bedford Regional Airport, Aviation Way, New Bedford, 
Bristol County; and, Site 2 (9 acres)--New Bedford Industrial Park, 
John Vertente Blvd., New Bedford, Bristol County.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Bristol, 
Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk and Plymouth Counties, 
Massachusetts, 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 New Bedford, 
Massachusetts 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. No subzones/
usage-driven sites are being requested at this time. The application 
would have no impact on FTZ 28's previously authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 
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 January 13, 
2023. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to January 30, 2023.
    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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected].

    Dated: November 7, 2022.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-24709 Filed 11-10-22; 8:45 am]
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