Virginia FTZ Applies for Expansion, Streamlined Subzone Procedures

The Capital Region Airport Commission submitted an application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize FTZ 207 under the Alternative Site Framework, and expand the zone to cover 30 counties and 5 independent cities in central Virginia, according to an FTZ Board Federal Register notice. Under the reorganization, the zone's service area would cover Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Essex, Greensville, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Richmond and Westmoreland Counties, as well as the Cities of Colonial Heights, Emporia, Hopewell, Petersburg and Richmond. The proposed reorganization under the Alternative Site Framework would streamline processes for the designation of new FTZ subzones and usage driven sites within that service area by allowing companies to request zone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process. Comments on the application are due by July 21.