Foreign-Trade Zone 12-McAllen, Texas; Application for Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site Framework

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August 13, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 13, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38949-38950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15384]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-39-2025]


Foreign-Trade Zone 12--McAllen, Texas; 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 McAllen Foreign Trade Zone Inc., grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 12, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand its 
service area under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 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 August 8, 2025.
    FTZ 12 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 23, 1970 (Board 
Order 84, 35 FR 16962, November 3, 1970) and reorganized under the ASF 
on August 11, 2017 (Board Order 2036, 82 FR 39560, August 21, 2017). 
The zone currently has a service area that includes Hidalgo County, 
Texas.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Willacy County, 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 Hidalgo Customs and Border Protection 
Port of Entry.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Camille Evans of 
the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts 
and information presented in the application and case

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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: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2d4c6c8f2c6c0d3d6d79cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d8beaca298acaab9bcbdf6bfb7ae">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. The closing period for their receipt is October 14, 
2025. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted through October 27, 2025.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Online FTZ Information Section'' section of the FTZ Board's 
website, which is accessible via <a href="http://www.trade.gov/ftz">www.trade.gov/ftz</a>. For further 
information, contact Camille Evans at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c586a4a8aca9a9a0eb80b3a4abb685b1b7a4a1a0eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7e4c6cacecbcbc289e2d1c6c9d4e7d3d5c6c3c289c0c8d1">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: August 11, 2025.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-15384 Filed 8-12-25; 8:45 am]
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