[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 45998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23237]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 40-98]


Foreign-Trade Zone 126--Reno/Sparks, Nevada Area Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Economic Development Authority of Western 
Nevada, grantee of FTZ 126, requesting authority to expand its zone in 
the Reno/Sparks area, within the Reno Customs port of entry. The 
application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the FTZ 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 17, 1998.
    FTZ 126 was approved on April 4, 1986 (Board Order 328, 51 FR 
12904, 4/16/86) and expanded on February 25, 1997 (Board Order 872, 62 
FR 10520, 3/7/97). The general-purpose zone currently consists of three 
sites: Site 1 (15 acres) located on Spice Island Drive near the Reno 
International Airport, Sparks; Site 2 (9 acres, 482,000 sq. ft.) 
located at 450-475 Lillard Drive, Sparks; and, Site 3 (30 acres) 
consists of a warehouse complex with four related, but noncontiguous 
sites in Reno.
    The applicant, in a major revision to its zone plan, now requests 
authority to expand the general-purpose zone to include 4 new sites 
(17,183 acres) in the Reno/Sparks area: Proposed Site 4 (4,646 acres)--
Nevada Pacific Industrial Park, Nevada Pacific Parkway & East Newlands 
Drive, Fernley; Proposed Site 5 (5,000 acres)--Asamera Ranch Industrial 
Center, Waltham Way Bridge and the Patrick Exit, Sparks; Proposed Site 
6 (2,176 acres)--Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Reno; and, Proposed 
Site 7 (5,361 acres)--Reno-Stead Airport (a converted military base), 
10 miles north of the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Reno. Proposed 
Site 4 is owned by Wade/Fernley, L.P. and the Dermody Properties 
Operating Partnership and Proposed Site 5 is owned by Asamera Minerals 
(U.S.) Inc. Proposed Sites 6 and 7 are primarily publicly owned with 
some adjacent privately owned developments. Nevada Foreign Trade 
Services will be the FTZ operator of the sites. 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 October 27, 1998. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to November 12, 1998).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance Office, 1755 East Plumb 
Lane, Room 152, Reno, NV 89502
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: August 20, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-23237 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]
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