[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47546-47547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22763]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 50-95]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Kodiak, Alaska, Application and 
Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Kodiak Island Borough (an Alaskan municipal 
corporation), requesting authority to establish a general-purpose 
foreign-trade zone at sites on Kodiak Island. Designation of the Kodiak 
Airport as a Customs user fee airport is being requested under separate 
application to the U.S. Customs Service. The FTZ 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 Board (15 CFR 
Part 400). It was formally filed on August 31, 1995. The applicant is 
authorized to make the proposal under Alaska Statutes, Chapter 77, 
Section 10.
    The proposed zone would consist of eleven sites (4,265 acres) 
within the City of Kodiak and the Kodiak Island Borough: Site 1 (Kodiak 
Space Launch Complex--3,077 acres)--at Narrow Cape, 45 miles SW of the 
City of Kodiak; Site 2 (Port of Kodiak/Pier II--4 acres)--City and Port 
of Kodiak, 403 Marine Way; Site 3 (Port of Kodiak/Pier III/Sea-Land--
4.5 acres)--727 Shelikof, Kodiak; Site 4 (Port of Kodiak--St. Herman 
Harbor, Near Island--380 acres); Site 5 (Fuller's Boatyard Industrial 
Center--4.3 acres) Marine Way, Kodiak; Site 6 (International Seafoods 
of Alaska--5.5 acres)--Marine Way, Kodiak; Site 7A (13 acres) & 7B (32 
acres)--(Natives of Kodiak, Inc.--45 acres)--2 miles SW of the City of 
Kodiak on West Rezanof Drive; Site 8--(Kodiak State Airport--611.55 
acres)--1500 Anton Larsen Bay Road; Site 9--(Lash Terminal--Seaport 
Terminal Services--78.5 acres)--7205 West Rezanof Drive, Kodiak; Site 
10A (44.94 acres) & 10B (9.16 acres)--(Koniag Regional Native Corp.--53 
acres) 2 sites located at the following distances SW of the City of 
Kodiak on East Rezanof Drive at the head of Womens Bay (10A--Bruhn 
Point--7.5 miles; 10B--Frye Point--9 miles); and, Site 11 (Old Harbor--
1.5 acres) south portion of the former Old Harbor Airport on Three 
Saints Avenue.
    The application contains evidence of the need for zone services in 
the Kodiak, Alaska, area. Site 1, the Kodiak Space Launch Complex, will 
serve as the primary site. It includes launch pads, rocket storage and 
assembly facilities, and a satellite payload assembly facility. In 
regard to usage of the proposed sites, in general, several firms have 
indicated an interest in using zone procedures for warehousing/
distribution of such items as oil spill response mobile vans, seafood, 
boats and logs. No manufacturing approvals are being sought at this 
time. Such approvals would be requested from the Board on a case-by-
case basis.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    As part of the investigation, the Commerce examiner will hold a 
public hearing on October 5, 1995, 9:00 a.m., Kodiak Island Borough 
Assembly Chambers, Borough Building, 710 Mill Bay Road, Kodiak, Alaska 
99615-6340.
    Public comment on the application is invited from interested 
parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 
Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period 
for their receipt is November 13, 1995. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 14-day period (to November 22, 1995).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at the following 
locations:

Kodiak Island Borough Mayor's Office, Borough Building, 710 Mill Bay 
Road, Kodiak, Alaska 99615-6340
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20230

    Dated: September 6, 1995.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-22763 Filed 9-12-95; 8:45 am]
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