[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 8422-8423] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-4506] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Docket 7-97] Foreign-Trade Zone 15; Kansas City, Missouri Area Application for Expansion An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Greater Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 15, requesting authority to expand its zone in the Kansas City, Missouri area, adjacent to the Springfield, Missouri, Customs port of entry. 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 Board (15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed on February 11, 1997. FTZ 15 was approved on March 23, 1973 (Board Order 93, 38 FR 8622, 4/4/73) and expanded on October 25, 1974 (Board Order 102, 39 FR 39487, 11/7/74); February 28, 1996 (Board Order 804, 61 FR 9676, 3/11/96); and, May 31, 1996 (Board Order 824, 61 FR 29529, 6/11/96). The zone project includes 4 general-purpose sites in the Kansas City, Missouri, port of entry area: Site 1 (250,000 sq. ft.)--Midland International [[Page 8423]] Corp. warehouse, 1690 North Topping, Kansas City; Site 2 (2,815,000 sq. ft.)--surface/underground warehouse complex, 8300 N.E. Underground Drive, Kansas City; Site 3 (10,000 acres)--entire Kansas City International Airport facility, 12600 N.W. Prairie View Road, Kansas City; and, Site 4 (416 acres)--surface/underground business park (Carefree Industrial Park), 1600 N. M-291 Highway, Sugar Creek. The applicant is now requesting authority to further expand the general-purpose zone to include an additional site (proposed Site 5 (5.75 million sq. ft.)--underground business park and a 1,000-acre surface industrial park (CARMAR Underground Business Park/CARMAR Industrial Park), located at No. 1 Civil War Road, Carthage. The complex includes space in underground caverns left from limestone and marble mining. It is owned by the CARMAR Group and includes refrigerated and frozen warehouse space, as well as a large intermodal facility. No specific manufacturing requests are being made at this time. Such requests would be made to 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. 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 April 28, 1997. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to May 12, 1997). A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available for public inspection at each of the following locations: Office of the Economic Development Director, City of Carthage, City Hall, 326 Grant, Carthage, MO 64836 Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Dated: February 18, 1997. John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 97-4506 Filed 2-24-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P