Application Submitted for Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone #17
October 30, 2009An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by the Greater Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ #17, requesting authority to reorganize the zone under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the board. 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 22, 2009.
The grantee’s proposed service area under the ASF would be Wyandotte, Johnson, Douglas, Shawnee, Leavenworth, and Miami Counties, Kansas. 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 Kansas City Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing zone project as follows: Sites 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 would become “magnet” sites; Site 4 would become a “usage-driven” site; and Site 1 would be removed from the zone project due to changed circumstances.
The applicant is also requesting approval of two “usage-driven” sites in Johnson County: Proposed Site 9 (6.64 acres)-Bushnell Outdoor Products, 9200 Cody, Overland Park; and, Proposed Site 10 (2.4 acres)-Bushnell Outdoor Products, 10716 West 78th Street, Shawnee. Proposed Site 9 is located within the Congleton Industrial Park, and proposed Site 10 is located within the Nieman Business Park.
Camille Evans of the FTZ staff has been 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 following address: Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230-0002. The closing period for their receipt is December 28, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to January 12, 2010.
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection at the address above and in the “Reading Room”section of the board’s Web site.
For further information, contact: Camille Evans; Phone: (202) 482-2350; E-Mail: Camille.Evans@trade.gov.
