Foreign-Trade Zone 18-San Jose, California; Application for Subzone Expansion; Subzone 18G; Tesla Motors, Inc.; Palo Alto and Fremont, California

An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by the City of San Jose, California, grantee of FTZ 18, requesting to expand Subzone 18G on behalf of Tesla Motors, Inc., located in Palo Alto and Fremont, California. The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of 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 June 15, 2016.

Subzone 18G was approved on September 20, 2012 (77 FR 60672-60673, October 4, 2012) and currently consists of two sites: Site 1 (25.2 acres)—3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto; and, Site 2 (210 acres)—45550 Fremont Boulevard, Fremont. The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the subzone to include an additional 24.5 acres located adjacent to Site 2. No additional production authority is being requested at this time. The expanded subzone would be subject to the existing activation limit of FTZ 18.

In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp of the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to review the application and make recommendations to the Executive Secretary.

Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is August 2, 2016. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to August 17, 2016.

A copy of the application will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the “Reading Room” section of the FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz .

For further information, contact Christopher Kemp at christopher.kemp@trade.gov or (202) 482-0862.