Foreign-Trade Zone 263-Lewiston-Auburn, Maine; Application for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework, 56057 [2014-22218]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 56057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22218]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-64-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 263--Lewiston-Auburn, Maine; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council, grantee of FTZ 
263, 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 part 400). It was formally docketed on September 11, 2014.
    FTZ 263 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 1, 2004 (Board 
Order 1354, 69 FR 60840, 10/13/04). The current zone includes the 
following sites: Site 1 (705 acres), Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport/
Auburn Industrial Park, Kittyhawk Avenue and Lewiston Junction Road, 
Auburn; and, Site 2 (55 acres), warehouse facilities, 123 Rodman Road, 
Auburn.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be the 
Counties of Androscoggin, Cumberland and Sagadahoc, 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 proposed service area is within and adjacent to the 
Portland Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone to include the existing sites as ``magnet'' sites. 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 Site 1 be so exempted. No subzones/usage-driven sites are 
being requested at this time.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Kathleen Boyce 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 November 17, 
2014. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to December 2, 2014.
    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: Kathleen Boyce at 
Kathleen.Boyce@trade.gov or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: September 11, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-22218 Filed 9-17-14; 8:45 am]
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