[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24161-24162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08231]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-27-2023]


Foreign-Trade Zone 255--Washington County, Maryland, State; 
Application for Reorganization and Expansion Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County, 
grantee of FTZ 255, requesting authority to reorganize and expand 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

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400). It was formally docketed on April 13, 2023.
    FTZ 255 was approved by the FTZ Board on July 3, 2002 (Board Order 
1232, 67 FR 48877-48878, July 26, 2002).
    The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (276 acres)--
Lakeside Corporate Center, 200 Castle Drive, Cascade; Site 2 (443 
acres)--Hagerstown Regional Airport Complex/Bowman Airpark, 18434 
Showalter Road, Hagerstown; Site 4 (438 acres)--Hunter's Green/Hopewell 
Valley Industrial Complex, Hopewell Road and Halfway Boulevard, 
Hagerstown; Site 6 (172 acres)--Interstate Industrial Park, 10228 
Governor Lane Boulevard, Williamsport; and, Site 7 (129 acres)--Mellott 
Enterprises Industrial Complex, Resley Street, north of Maryland 
Avenue, Hancock.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Washington County, Maryland, 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 
Baltimore U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include all 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. The applicant is 
also requesting approval of the following subzone: Proposed Subzone 
255A (94.7 acres)--Conair LLC, 10440 Downsville Pike, Hagerstown.
    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 June 20, 2023. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to July 3, 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 Christopher Kemp at [email protected].

    Dated: April 13, 2023.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-08231 Filed 4-18-23; 8:45 am]
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