Foreign-Trade Zone 20-Norfolk, Virginia; Application for Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site Framework, 29838 [2016-11391]

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[FR Doc. 2016–11370 Filed 5–12–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–TL–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B–31–2016] Foreign-Trade Zone 20—Norfolk, Virginia; Application for Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site Framework An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by the Virginia Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 20, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand its service area 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 ‘‘usagedriven’’ 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 FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally docketed on May 9, 2016. FTZ 20 was approved by the Board on April 15, 1975 (Board Order 105, 40 FR 17884, April 23, 1975) and reorganized under the ASF on February 28, 2014 (Board Order 1933, 79 FR 14214–14215, March 13, 2014). The zone currently has a service area that includes the Counties of Accomack (partial), Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Northampton, Southampton, Sussex, Surry and York, Virginia, and the Cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg, Virginia, within and adjacent to the Norfolk-Newport News PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 Customs and Border Protection port of entry. The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service area of the zone to include Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and the Counties of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and Perquimans, North Carolina, as described in the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites throughout the expanded service area based on companies’ needs for FTZ designation. The application indicates that the proposed expanded service area is adjacent to the Norfolk-Newport News Customs and Border Protection port of entry. 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 July 12, 2016. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to July 27, 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 Kathleen Boyce at Kathleen.Boyce@trade.gov or (202) 482– 1346. Dated: May 9, 2016. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–11391 Filed 5–12–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P E:\FR\FM\13MYN1.SGM 13MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2016)]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-11391]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-31-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone 20--Norfolk, Virginia; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Virginia Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 20, 
requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand its service area 
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 FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally 
docketed on May 9, 2016.
    FTZ 20 was approved by the Board on April 15, 1975 (Board Order 
105, 40 FR 17884, April 23, 1975) and reorganized under the ASF on 
February 28, 2014 (Board Order 1933, 79 FR 14214-14215, March 13, 
2014). The zone currently has a service area that includes the Counties 
of Accomack (partial), Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, 
Northampton, Southampton, Sussex, Surry and York, Virginia, and the 
Cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, 
Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg, 
Virginia, within and adjacent to the Norfolk-Newport News Customs and 
Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and the 
Counties of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and 
Perquimans, North Carolina, as described in the application. If 
approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites throughout the 
expanded service area based on companies' needs for FTZ designation. 
The application indicates that the proposed expanded service area is 
adjacent to the Norfolk-Newport News Customs and Border Protection port 
of entry.
    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 July 12, 2016. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to July 27, 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 Kathleen Boyce at Kathleen.Boyce@trade.gov 
or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: May 9, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-11391 Filed 5-12-16; 8:45 am]
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