83 FR 22005 - Foreign-Trade Zone 198-Volusia and Flagler Counties, Florida; Application for Reorganization and Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 92 (May 11, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 22005]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10071]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-29-2018]


Foreign-Trade Zone 198--Volusia and Flagler Counties, Florida; 
Application for Reorganization and Expansion Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the County of Volusia, Florida, grantee of FTZ 198, requesting 
authority to reorganize 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 400). It 
was formally docketed on May 7, 2018.
    FTZ 198 was approved by the FTZ Board on December 17, 1993 (Board 
Order 671, 58 FR 68115, December 23, 1993). The current zone includes 
the following sites: Site 1 (2,422 acres)--Daytona Beach International 
Airport and Daytona Beach Business Park, U.S. Route 92, Daytona; Site 2 
(625 acres)--DeLand Airport/Industrial Park, Old Daytona Road, DeLand; 
Site 3 (1,304 acres)--Ormond Beach Airport/Business Park, Airport Road, 
Ormond Beach; Site 4 (1,200 acres)--Flagler County Airport, State Road 
100, Bunnell; and, Site 5 (589 acres)--Pine Lakes/Palm Coast Industrial 
Parks, Pine Lakes Highway, Palm Coast.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Volusia 
County, Florida, 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 Daytona Beach 
International Airport Customs and Border Protection user-fee airport.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project under the ASF as follows: Modify Site 1 by adding new 
acreage and removing existing acreage due to changed circumstances (new 
total acreage--1,989 acres); modified Site 1 would be designated as a 
``magnet'' site; and, remove Sites 2, 3, 4 and 5 due to changed 
circumstances. 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 modified Site 1 be so 
exempted.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Qahira El-Amin 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 10, 2018. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to July 25, 2018.
    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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Qahira El-Amin at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-5928.

    Dated: May 7, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-10071 Filed 5-10-18; 8:45 am]
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