81 FR 27410 - Foreign-Trade Zone 103-Grand Forks, North Dakota; Application for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 88 (May 6, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27410-27411]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10760]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-27-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone 103--Grand Forks, North Dakota; Application 
for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 
103, requesting authority to reorganize the zone 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 Board 
(15 CFR

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part 400). It was formally docketed on May 2, 2016.
    FTZ 103 was approved by the FTZ Board on April 27, 1984 (Board 
Order 253, 49 FR 19541, May 8, 1984). The grant of authority was 
reissued to the Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority on July 5, 1995 
(Board Order 752, 60 FR 36104-36105, July 13, 1995).
    The current zone includes the following sites in Grand Forks: Site 
1 (6 acres)--Grand Forks International Airport, 2301 Airport Drive; 
Site 2 (2 acres)--Grand Forks Industrial Park, 830 South 48th Street; 
and, Site 3 (24 acres)--Ag Depot, 1168 12th Street NE.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would include all 
of Grand Forks County, North Dakota, 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 Grand Forks, North Dakota U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone under the ASF without including any of the existing sites in the 
reorganized zone. No new magnet sites or subzones/usage-driven sites 
are being requested at this time. The application would have no impact 
on FTZ 103's previously authorized subzone.
    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 at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is July 5, 2016. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to July 20, 2016.
    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 Christopher Kemp at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: May 2, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-10760 Filed 5-5-16; 8:45 am]
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