[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 71883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19828]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-48-2024]


Foreign-Trade Zone 262--Southaven, Mississippi; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Northern Mississippi FTZ, Inc., grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 262, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand its 
service area 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 FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally 
docketed on August 29, 2024.
    FTZ 262 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 1, 2004 (Board 
Order 1353, 69 FR 60841, October 13, 2004) and reorganized under the 
ASF on April 6, 2020 (Board Order 2095, 85 FR 19922, April 9, 2020). 
The zone currently has a service area that includes DeSoto County, 
Mississippi.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and Tate 
Counties, Mississippi, as described in the application. If approved, 
the grantee would be able to serve sites throughout the expanded 
service area based on companies' needs for FTZ designation. The 
application indicates that the proposed expanded service area is 
adjacent to the Memphis Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry.
    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 November 4, 
2024. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to November 18, 2024.
    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 Camille Evans at [email protected].

    Dated: August 29, 2024.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-19828 Filed 9-3-24; 8:45 am]
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