[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 61696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25225]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 58-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 51--Duluth, MN; Application for Reorganization 
Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 
51, requesting authority to reorganize the zone under the alternative 
site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (74 FR 1170, 1/12/09; 
correction 74 FR 3987, 1/22/09). The ASF is an option for grantees for 
the establishment or reorganization of general-purpose zones and can 
permit significantly greater flexibility in the designation of new 
``usage-driven'' FTZ sites for operators/users located within a 
grantee's ``service area'' in the context of the Board's standard 
2,000-acre activation limit for a general-purpose zone project. 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 filed on October 1, 2010.
    FTZ 51 was approved by the Board on November 27, 1979 (Board Order 
149, 44 FR 70508; 12/7/1979) and expanded on September 23, 1982 (Board 
Order 197, 47 FR 43102, 9/30/1982).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (27.3 
acres)--located within the Arthur M. Clure Public Marine Terminal, 
Duluth; and, Site 2 (3 acres)--located within the Airpark Industrial 
Park at Enterprise Circle and Airpark Boulevard, Duluth.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Carlton 
and Lake Counties, as well as portions of Itasca and St. Louis 
Counties, Minnesota, 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 Duluth Customs and Border Protection port of 
entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project 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. The applicant has 
also requested that Site 1 be expanded to include an additional 34.15 
acres. Because the ASF only pertains to establishing or reorganizing a 
general-purpose zone, the application would have no impact on FTZ 51's 
authorized subzone.
    In accordance with the 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 Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
December 6, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to December 20, 2010.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d486164776c6f687965235a65647968606c634d797f6c6968236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="296c454053484b4c5d41077e41405d4c444847695d5b484d4c074e465f">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: October 1, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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