Foreign-Trade Zone 213-Ft. Myers, Florida; Application for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

• Published date: 31 July 2019
• Citation: 84 FR 37237
• Record Number: 2019-16323
• Section: Notices
• Court: Commerce Department,Foreign-trade Zones Board

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 37237-37238]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-16323]
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                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                Foreign-Trade Zones Board
                [B-46-2019]
                Foreign-Trade Zone 213--Ft. Myers, Florida; Application for
                Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
                 An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
                Board by the Lee County Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 213, 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 July 25, 2019.
                 FTZ 213 was approved by the FTZ Board on June 5, 1996 (Board Order
                814, 61 FR 30593, June 17, 1996). The current zone includes the
                following sites: Site 1 (2,938 acres)--Southwest Florida International
                Airport, 11000 Terminal Access Road, Suite 8671, Ft. Myers; Site 2 (640
                acres)--Page Field, 5200 Captain Channing Page Drive, Ft. Myers; Site 3
                (59 acres)--Immokalee Airport, Airport Road and State Road 846,
                Immokalee; Site 4 (60 acres)--Charlotte County Airport Industrial Park,
                2800 Airport Road, Punta Gorda; Site 5 (18 acres)--Portside
                Development, Inc., 17051 Highway 31, North Ft. Myers; Site 6 (144
                acres)--Viscaya Industrial Park, located between the Nackinac Canal to
                the west, SE 9th Street/Viscaya Parkway to the north, Del Prado Blvd.
                to the east and the Montevideo and Rubicon Canals to the south, Cape
                Coral; and, Site 7 (93 acres)--North Cape Industrial Park, Andalusia
                Blvd. and NE 24th Lane, Cape Coral.
                 The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be
                Charlotte, Collier and Lee Counties, 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 Ft. Myers, Florida, U.S. Customs and
                Border Protection port of entry.
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                 The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing
                zone to include all of 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, Christopher Kemp 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 and sent to:
                [email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is September 30,
                2019. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
                foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
                to October 15, 2019.
                 A copy of the application will be available for public inspection
                in the ``Reading Room'' section of the FTZ Board's website, which is
                accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact
                Christopher Kemp at [email protected] or (202) 482-0862.
                 Dated: July 25, 2019.
                Elizabeth Whiteman,
                Acting Executive Secretary.
                [FR Doc. 2019-16323 Filed 7-30-19; 8:45 am]
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