80 FR 73700 - Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Under the Alternative Site Framework Western Kentucky
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 227 (November 25, 2015)
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 227 (November 25, 2015)
| Page Range | 73700-73700 | |
| FR Document | 2015-30067 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 2015)] [Notices] [Page 73700] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-30067] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 1984] Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone Under the Alternative Site Framework Western Kentucky Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order: Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides for `` . . . the establishment . . . of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ports of entry; Whereas, the Board adopted the alternative site framework (ASF) (15 CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of zones; Whereas, the Paducah McCracken County Riverport Authority (the Grantee), has made application to the Board (B-21-2015, docketed April 10, 2015, requesting the establishment of a foreign-trade zone under the ASF with a service area comprised of portions of McCracken and Livingston Counties, Kentucky, adjacent to the Evansville, Indiana Customs and Border Protection port of entry, and proposed Site 1 would be categorized as a magnet site; Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (80 FR 20469, April 16, 2015) and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; and, Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations are satisfied; Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants to the Grantee the privilege of establishing a foreign-trade zone, designated on the records of the Board as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 294, as described in the application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.13, to the Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit, and to an ASF sunset provision for magnet sites that would terminate authority for Site 1 if not activated within five years from the month of approval. Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of November 2015. Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and Executive Officer, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015-30067 Filed 11-24-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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Federal Information Systems. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Penny Pritzker,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and
[Order No. 1984]
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: Executive Officer, Foreign-Trade Zones
Board.
Records are destroyed after three Grant of Authority; Establishment of a
Andrew McGilvray,
years, if rejected, unless applicant Foreign-Trade Zone Under the
Alternative Site Framework Western Executive Secretary.
indicates a desire for reconsideration. If [FR Doc. 2015–30067 Filed 11–24–15; 8:45 am]
selected and appointed to the NOAA Kentucky
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Corps, the application becomes a
Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-
permanent part of the officer’s Official Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
Personnel Folder. amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: following Order: Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Director, NOAA Corps, National Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act [B–80–2015]
Oceanic and Atmospheric provides for ‘‘ . . . the establishment
Administration, 8403 Colesville Road, . . . of foreign-trade zones in ports of Foreign-Trade Zone 38—Spartanburg
entry of the United States, to expedite County, South Carolina; Application
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and encourage foreign commerce, and for Reorganization (Expansion of
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for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the Service Area) Under Alternative Site
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to Framework
qualified corporations the privilege of An application has been submitted to
See NOAA Corps Directive, Chapter 6, establishing foreign-trade zones in or the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board
Part 16107, Requests for Information. adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border (the Board) by the South Carolina State
Protection ports of entry; Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 38,
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Whereas, the Board adopted the requesting authority to expand its
See NOAA Corps Directive, Chapter 6, alternative site framework (ASF) (15 service area under the alternative site
Part 16107, Requests for Information. CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the framework (ASF) adopted by the Board
establishment or reorganization of (15 CFR Sec. 400.2(c)). The ASF is an
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: zones; option for grantees for the establishment
Whereas, the Paducah McCracken or reorganization of general-purpose
The Department’s rules for access, for County Riverport Authority (the
contesting contents, and appealing zones and can permit significantly
Grantee), has made application to the greater flexibility in the designation of
initial determinations by the individual Board (B–21–2015, docketed April 10, new subzones or ‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ
concerned appear in 15 CFR part 4b. 2015, requesting the establishment of a sites for operators/users located within
Use above address. foreign-trade zone under the ASF with a grantee’s ‘‘service area’’ in the context
a service area comprised of portions of of the Board’s standard 2,000-acre
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
McCracken and Livingston Counties, activation limit for a zone. The
Subject individuals, personal Kentucky, adjacent to the Evansville, application was submitted pursuant to
references, the NOAA Corps officer who Indiana Customs and Border Protection the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as
recruited the individual, and those port of entry, and proposed Site 1 would amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the
authorized by the individual to furnish be categorized as a magnet site; regulations of the Board (15 CFR part
information. Whereas, notice inviting public 400). It was formally docketed on
comment has been given in the Federal November 18, 2015.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: Register (80 FR 20469, April 16, 2015) FTZ 38 was approved by the Board on
and the application has been processed May 4, 1987 (Board Order 131, 43 FR
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5) this pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 20526, May 12, 1978) and reorganized
system of records is exempted from the regulations; and, under the ASF on October 7, 2010
notice, access, and contest requirements Whereas, the Board adopts the (Board Order 1710, 75 FR 65304,
(under 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(4)(G), findings and recommendations of the October 22, 2010). The zone currently
(H), and (I), and (f)) of the agency examiner’s report, and finds that the has a service area that includes the
regulations in order to fulfill requirements of the FTZ Act and the Counties of Greenville, Spartanburg,
commitments made to protect the Board’s regulations are satisfied; Cherokee, Oconee, Union, Anderson
confidentiality of sources, and to Now, therefore, the Board hereby and Laurens, South Carolina.
maintain access to sources of grants to the Grantee the privilege of The applicant is requesting authority
information which are necessary to establishing a foreign-trade zone, to expand the service area of the zone
determine an applicant’s suitability for designated on the records of the Board to include Pickens, Greenwood and
employment in the NOAA Corps. as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 294, as Abbeville Counties, as described in the
described in the application, and subject application. If approved, the grantee
Dated: November 19, 2015.
to the FTZ Act and the Board’s would be able to serve sites throughout
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Michael J. Toland, regulations, including Section 400.13, to the expanded service area based on
Department of Commerce, Freedom of the Board’s standard 2,000-acre companies’ needs for FTZ designation.
Information and Privacy Act Officer. activation limit, and to an ASF sunset The application indicates that the
[FR Doc. 2015–29987 Filed 11–24–15; 8:45 am] provision for magnet sites that would proposed expanded service area is
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activated within five years from the Customs and Border Protection port of
month of approval. entry.
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