80 FR 8059 - Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone-Central Pennsylvania Under Alternative Site Framework

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 30 (February 13, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 8059]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02980]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-7-2015]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Central Pennsylvania Under 
Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Pennsylvania Foreign-Trade Zone Corporation to establish a 
foreign-trade zone in Central Pennsylvania, adjacent to the Pittsburgh 
and Harrisburg CBP ports of entry, 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 project. The 
application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of 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 February 5, 
2015. The applicant is authorized to make the proposal under 
Pennsylvania Statute 66 Pa. Sec. 3102.
    The proposed zone would be the third zone for the Pittsburgh CBP 
port of entry and the second zone for the Harrisburg CBP port of entry. 
The existing zones for Pittsburgh are as follows: FTZ 33, Pittsburgh 
(Grantee: Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern 
Pennsylvania, Board Order 124, 11/9/1977); and, FTZ 254, Jefferson 
County (Grantee: North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and 
Development Commission, Board Order 1211, 3/13/2002). The existing zone 
for Harrisburg is as follows: FTZ 147, Berks County (Grantee: FTZ Corp 
of Southern Pennsylvania, Board Order 378, 6/28/1988).
    The applicant's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Fulton, Huntingdon and Somerset 
Counties, Pennsylvania. If approved, the applicant would be able to 
serve sites throughout the service area based on companies' needs for 
FTZ designation. The applicant has indicated that the proposed service 
area is adjacent to the Pittsburgh and Harrisburg Customs and Border 
Protection ports of entry.
    The application indicates a need for zone services in the Central 
Pennsylvania area. Several firms have indicated an interest in using 
zone procedures. Specific sites or production approvals are not being 
sought at this time. Such requests would be made to the FTZ Board on a 
case-by-case basis.
    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 at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is April 14, 2015. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to April 29, 2015.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: February 5, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-02980 Filed 2-12-15; 8:45 am]
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