[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 52241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26214]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 43-98]


Foreign-Trade Zone 171--Liberty County, TX; Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Liberty County Economic Development 
Corporation, grantee of FTZ 171, requesting authority to expand its 
zone in Liberty County, Texas, adjacent to the Houston 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 
September 9, 1998.
    FTZ 171 was approved on January 4, 1991 (Board Order 501, 56 FR 
1166, 1/11/91). The zone project currently consists of 4 sites (246 
acres) in Liberty County: Site 1 (150 acres)--City of Cleveland's 
International Industrial Park on Highway FM 2025 west of U.S. Highway 
59; Sites 2 and 3 (45 and 27 acres)--two industrial park sites on the 
Trinity River some 2 miles south of U.S. Highway 90, City of Liberty; 
and, Site 4 (24 acres)--within the Cleveland Municipal Airport 
facility, Highway FM 787, Liberty County.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general-
purpose zone to include an additional site (proposed Site 5--583 acres, 
2 parcels)--Sjolander Plastics Storage Railyard facility, adjacent to 
Highway 146, approximately 2 miles south of Dayton, Texas (Liberty 
County). The proposed FTZ site is on the west and east sides of the 
railyard facility, but does not include the existing railyard. Activity 
at the proposed FTZ site would include general ware-housing, the 
storage of plastic pellets from the petrochemical industry, bagging of 
pellets, and intermodal (truck-rail) transfer. There are also plans to 
expand the facility to accommodate a wider range of products and to 
facilitate improved rail service. Site development plans call for 
construction of up to 20 buildings (each approx. 250,000 sq. ft.) and 
establishment of a intermodal container transfer 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 November 30, 1998. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period December 14, 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 Center, 500 Dallas, 
#1160, Houston, TX 77002
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230

    Dated: September 10, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26214 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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