[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 210 (Monday, November 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67081-67082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27520]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 62-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 176--Rockford, IL; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under the Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Greater Rockford Airport Authority, grantee of 
FTZ 176, requesting authority to reorganize its zone to expand its 
service area under the alternative site framework (ASF)

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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 26, 2010.
    FTZ 176 was approved by the Board on March 1, 1991 (Board Order 
511, 56 FR 10409, 3/12/91) and expanded on February 9, 2005 (Board 
Order 1368, 70 FR 9613, 2/28/05), August 3, 2006 (Board Order 1473, 71 
FR 47483, 8/17/06) and on January 30, 2009 (Board Order 1603, 74 FR 
6570, 2/10/09). FTZ 176 was reorganized under the ASF on August 19, 
2010 (Board Order 1702, 75 FR 52511-52512, 8/26/2010).
    The zone project currently has a service area that includes 
Winnebago, Stephenson, Ogle, Lee, DeKalb, and Boone Counties, and 
portions of Bureau, McHenry and Kane Counties, Illinois.
    The applicant is requesting authority to expand the service area of 
the zone to include portions of LaSalle and Putnam Counties, 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 proposed expanded service area is 
adjacent to the Rockford Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    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 
January 3, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to January 18, 2011.
    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#0b4e6762716a696e7f63255c63627f6e666a654b7f796a6f6e256c647d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="07426b6e7d666562736f29506f6e73626a666947737566636229606871">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: October 26, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-27520 Filed 10-29-10; 8:45 am]
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